9800np?

[hashi]

would a gecube 9800 np which runs at 325mhz core and 620mhz memory ( faster than ati reference chip) be good enough for like the next crop of games eg half-life 2, doom 3 and stalker? im couplin it up with 2x256mb pc3200 corsair ram, amd 2800+ and asus an78x-e deluxe mobo. it should be a good gaming system... right?

[Drozdov]

yes it would. you can even flash the 9800NP to a 9800 Pro if you have samsung memory

[john_spit010]

yep it should be good.

[chris4404]

yeah save some money buy the np and flash it to a pro.

[hashi]

if you have samsung chips is it a guarenteed stable flash? becasue i dont really wanna stuff up
thx

[Twelve Orphans]

if not you just have to flash it back

Where are you buying from?

[Drozdov]

Originally posted by hashi
if you have samsung chips is it a guarenteed stable flash? becasue i dont really wanna stuff up
thx

yeah its pretty much a guaranteed successful flash with samsung memory

[Twelve Orphans]

^^^ I had one that didn't flash with standard bioses, but I just had to find a wierd third party bios and it worked fine

[hashi]

im gettin it from an australian site called Below 0 it also shipes internationally , check it out its such a good site for gamers and ocers website is www.below-0.net

[rutger75]

I haven't been shopping for a while.... what happened to all the 9800 NP? now all I can find are SE's! Anybody know where to find NP's for sale?

edit::

Looks like new-egg is selling the 9800's cheaper than tne Non-pro's were!

[Twelve Orphans]

Originally posted by hashi
how did u do that?

Magic




I don't know, I just stumbled upon it. PM me if any of your flashes don't work and I'll see if I can dig it up

[Knitecrow]

i bought my 9800np with samsung memory in the hopes of flashing it.... guess what?
the label and p/n said np, but the memory (samsung GC2a) and bios said pro

i got a pro for the price of np.



good things do happen to bad people

[Twelve Orphans]

Dude, all NPs are just underclocked pros. you have to flash your bios to get the right voltages to get better OCs.

Every NP that ever shipped says PRO in the bios

[rutger75]

Yes but where can you buy a NP for less than a Pro "Now" ?

Maybe I haven't found them, but New Egg sells Pro's for $212.00 or the Retail version $224.00 and so far I haven't found an NP for less than $234.00 !!!

Edit::
Hmm
Looks like they discountinued the 9800 Non-Pro.
http://www.ati.com/buy/pricespcusa.html

[Drozdov]

yeah i know, might as well go get a 9800 Pro now.

[billb124]

i just sold my blazer and im soon gonna get that 224 buk 9800 pro card its the saphire right

[Drozdov]

its $212 now and yes its Sapphire

[pain]

Dude Flashing the NP to a Pro does Nothing to the voltages, They Stay the Same. I have watched it on my multimeter when Flashing, because I did'nt want my voltages to go any higher than I set them When I did the Volt mod. Just use the Original Bios, and Modify the Default Clock speeds to a Pro. I have Found that no Bios including the XT Bios works better for My ATI 9800NP than the Stock bios modified. Using the Stock Bios with the card Volt modded 1.9volts on the GPU and 3.2 volts on the DDR Card runs @ 510/368 on AIR. No pelts no waterblocks just Ramsinks and VGA silencer
http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_vie...run=1550438143

[Sapper]

This is a great thread. I just purchased a 9800np from ebay and am waitting on it to arrive. Does it have to have samsung memory to flash to 9800 pro? Also, is it as simple as downloading the latest pro bios and flashing it to my 9800 np?
Thanks,
Sapper

[Twelve Orphans]

Originally posted by pain
Dude Flashing the NP to a Pro does Nothing to the voltages, They Stay the Same. I have watched it on my multimeter when Flashing, because I did'nt want my voltages to go any higher than I set them When I did the Volt mod. Just use the Original Bios, and Modify the Default Clock speeds to a Pro.

It definitely raises your voltages, you wouldn't notice it during the flash b/c you have to reboot in order to get the new bios to kick in.

It's just like a motherboard bios, have to reboot.

With my npro I could barely acchieve pro clocks, after the flash with nothing else done to it I got a little above XT clocks