Ok, so it looks like the internet archive has the article: https://web.archive.org/web/20140814134510/ht … L_X1_mod/17/1/1

It looks like the resistors are to the center left of the GPU core itself. According to the article there will be a resistor bridging positions 6 and 5. If that resistor is moved so that it bridges 4 and 5, the card should be seen as a 9700 Pro after a bios flash. Posting all of this here in case the internet archive gets nuked.

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-11-02, 02:46:

It looks like the resistors are to the center left of the GPU core itself. According to the article there will be a resistor bridging positions 6 and 5. If that resistor is moved so that it bridges 4 and 5, the card should be seen as a 9700 Pro after a bios flash. Posting all of this here in case the internet archive gets nuked.

Thanks for sharing the link and mirroring the important parts of the article 😀

What's the benefit of switching the chip to Radeon mode rather than FireGL? Does it behave any differently in games?

Thermalwrong wrote on 2025-11-05, 23:04:

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-11-02, 02:46:

It looks like the resistors are to the center left of the GPU core itself. According to the article there will be a resistor bridging positions 6 and 5. If that resistor is moved so that it bridges 4 and 5, the card should be seen as a 9700 Pro after a bios flash. Posting all of this here in case the internet archive gets nuked.

Thanks for sharing the link and mirroring the important parts of the article 😀

What's the benefit of switching the chip to Radeon mode rather than FireGL? Does it behave any differently in games?

The main reason I might do it is so I don't have to deal with the driver issues especially in windows 98. I have heard that you can patch the drivers using Rivatuner and that some of the Omega drivers are tweaked to work with FireGL cards but 'd rather just swap the resistor over and be done with it. I might try bios modding before (I plan to downclock the core and memory to try and cool off the ram and core) however.

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-11-02, 02:46:

It looks like the resistors are to the center left of the GPU core itself. According to the article there will be a resistor bridging positions 6 and 5. If that resistor is moved so that it bridges 4 and 5, the card should be seen as a 9700 Pro after a bios flash. Posting all of this here in case the internet archive gets nuked.

Those thingies look big only on pictures. You'd need microscope and fine soldering tip. I have few FireGLs. Just mod the driver. Last moddable is Catalyst 4.12. Only OpenGL component needs modding, you can always force DX driver.

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-11-06, 04:16:

Thermalwrong wrote on 2025-11-05, 23:04:

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-11-02, 02:46:

It looks like the resistors are to the center left of the GPU core itself. According to the article there will be a resistor bridging positions 6 and 5. If that resistor is moved so that it bridges 4 and 5, the card should be seen as a 9700 Pro after a bios flash. Posting all of this here in case the internet archive gets nuked.

Thanks for sharing the link and mirroring the important parts of the article 😀

What's the benefit of switching the chip to Radeon mode rather than FireGL? Does it behave any differently in games?

The main reason I might do it is so I don't have to deal with the driver issues especially in windows 98. I have heard that you can patch the drivers using Rivatuner and that some of the Omega drivers are tweaked to work with FireGL cards but 'd rather just swap the resistor over and be done with it. I might try bios modding before (I plan to downclock the core and memory to try and cool off the ram and core) however.

In that case, just buy 9700 non-pro or TX. They come with much cooler Infineon chips and no mods needed.

stef80 wrote on 2025-11-06, 07:41:

Jackal1983 wrote on 2025-11-06, 04:16:

Thermalwrong wrote on 2025-11-05, 23:04:

Thanks for sharing the link and mirroring the important parts of the article 😀

What's the benefit of switching the chip to Radeon mode rather than FireGL? Does it behave any differently in games?

The main reason I might do it is so I don't have to deal with the driver issues especially in windows 98. I have heard that you can patch the drivers using Rivatuner and that some of the Omega drivers are tweaked to work with FireGL cards but 'd rather just swap the resistor over and be done with it. I might try bios modding before (I plan to downclock the core and memory to try and cool off the ram and core) however.

In that case, just buy 9700 non-pro or TX. They come with much cooler Infineon chips and no mods needed.

Ideally, yes. But a FireGL is what I have. Also, the 6.22 driver is more compatible in some respects, hence why I might try moving the resistor around. I will try bios modding it first, though. It seems some have managed to force install regular drivers that way.

You can always install regular driver, but OpenGL won't work.