gilad_o said If i will do the softmod to my 9500 card to 9700 card, i will be able to download 9700 pro bios from omegacorner and changing my 9700 to 9700 pro?
The validity of that operation is in doubt. It's a risk. If you have a bad flash, the card is dead. No warranty will save you either.
Softmodding your Radeon 9500 ---> 9700 will not invalidate your warranty. Then you can overclock the card a little.
I personally wouldn't suggest flashing to the pro BIOS, but it's the risk you take. I can't comment on it's success rate, as I don't know enough about it. My gut tells me that you might suffer the curse if you do try it.
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ATI Radeon 9500 softmod
not hercules radeon card
In a word. Yes.
If it meets the requirements, any ATI built or third-party built Radeon 9500 non-pro can be modded.
Your mileage may vary, not every card can be modded as Im sure you have previously read
The validity of that operation is in doubt. It's a risk. If you have a bad flash, the card is dead. No warranty will save you either.
Softmodding your Radeon 9500 ---> 9700 will not invalidate your warranty. Then you can overclock the card a little.
I personally wouldn't suggest flashing to the pro BIOS, but it's the risk you take. I can't comment on it's success rate, as I don't know enough about it. My gut tells me that you might suffer the curse if you do try it.
after i softmod my radeon 9500 i can overclock it?
or i will need to flash my bios before i can overclock it?
Yep.
So lets review this to make it clear.
The Radeon 9500 non-pro must meet the conditions for soft-mod ability (ram, PCB design).
It can ANY brand (not just ATI built).
Soft-modding does not invalidate your warranty.
Your success is based totally on the card ONLY.
Overclocking following the mod is possible without flashing to a pro BIOS (and invalidating your warranty).
Think we got it all covered here
last quastion - i want to be sure.
if i will download the omega drivers it will softmod my card right?
Yep.
Don't install any standard ATI drivers, just use the latest OMEGA drivers with the softmod installation option.
Takes a bit of work to get there sometimes but we got there in the end huh
Good luck with the mod and let us know how you get on
Hope after all this it works for you.
http://www.cptech.com.tw/powercolor/web/product_inside.asp?prd_id=Radeon9500(XR95-B3)
2 of the memory chips are gone!! WTF??
now i cant do sofmode right?
i saw the picture and i dont know what to do..
SoftModdable? No idea...