Seen FX4000 at local auction site. This is actually a FX6800 chip with 256Mb.
Can I unlock it's shaders or do any other mod to get it like FX6800GT or even some better...
I know people moded 6800 to FX4000 but now I want to go other way. đ
But, FX4000 already has all 16PS/6VS active ?
No point in moding since there is nothing to mod.
U can update BIOS in it to be seen as 6800 GT (no "FX" needed here), or make it more like 6800 Ultra (400MHz/1100MHz), but that is about it.
I'm guessing it's 256bit version (?) : http://www.gpureview.com/Quadro-FX-4000-card-494.html
If so, it's got 6800 GT performance as it is (no mods are needed).
TNX
That's good news.
I looked at wiki: Chip also used in GeForce 6800, 2Ă Dual-link DVI (2nd link using external TMDS transmitter).
Now I wait....8th March.
With a FX card I've had success in forcing the GeForce driver onto a Quadro. You install the driver, so that it extracts itself into C:\Nvidia, then go through device manager and manually force the GeForce equivalent model.
Maybe flashing the BIOS works also, but I haven't tried this.
I remember on a Radeon 9700 or 9800, you had to de-solder, or move a resistor to change it from a Radeon to a Fire GL card, so it does depend a little bit on the card.
Keep us posted though, this is an interesting topic!
I have never had to force any drivers, the normal Geforce driver packages install fine with all my Quadro cards and I have never seen a reason to force a different device ID or driver.
Back in the day people changed their Geforce device IDs to Quadro to gain some extra features, the performance stayed the same though.
New PC: i9 12900K @5GHz all cores @1.2v. MSI PRO Z690-A. 32GB DDR4 3600 CL14. 3070Ti.
Old PC: Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3R@2000MHz, Intel X25-M. GTX 980ti.
Older PC: K6-3+ 400@600MHz, PC-Chips M577, 256MB SDRAM, AWE64, Voodoo Banshee.
wrote:Yes the driver installs fine, but as a Quadro, not a GeForce.
Im just curious when/why this becomes a problem, do some games have issues with some Quadro cards installed as Quadro cards?
I have to admit that I have not done that much testing but both my Elsa Gloria III and my Quadro 980 XGL have always seemed totally issue free.
New PC: i9 12900K @5GHz all cores @1.2v. MSI PRO Z690-A. 32GB DDR4 3600 CL14. 3070Ti.
Old PC: Dual Xeon X5690@4.6GHz, EVGA SR-2, 48GB DDR3R@2000MHz, Intel X25-M. GTX 980ti.
Older PC: K6-3+ 400@600MHz, PC-Chips M577, 256MB SDRAM, AWE64, Voodoo Banshee.
I wouldn't say it's a problem, I don't think it is at all, and it might be purely cosmetic. I'd love to do a comparison one day and see if there is an actual difference. I do remember reading an article that did discover differences but I believe it was a much later generation of cards.
I too have the Quadro 980 XGL đ Great card.
I for one am dorky about little things like that. I once tried to bios-mod a 7600GS to 256 megs simply because I wanted that size.
