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December 31st, 2004, 07:28 PM

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Is it safe to flash? I agree with carnivore on that one. It's not safe to flash any card, there is always a chance of corrupt bios. But if your looking for some thoughts and suggestions, i would suggest that you be happy with that core clock as it's much higher than the 6800Ultra. I think if you want more fps you need to oc the memory clock. Get memory sinks (maybe water cooling?) and then up the memory speeds some. It is hard to believe that's an nVidia card with the core so high for a 5900.

do you have any idea what you talking about? how can you compare the clocks of a 5900 to a 6800ultra...seriously.

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i heres a nub question... whats the difference between flashing your card and just overclocking it?

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January 1st, 2005, 07:33 AM

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no r3g, don't lower the core. That's good to have but the best thing for fps is the memory clock. Also if the card plays all but hl2 fine then i would suspect that it has to do with the hardware capabilities of the 5900. Some newer games require more than just high clock speeds.

Flash, to flash a card means to write data to the bios area of the card. If you flash a card you actually make that card into what you flash it to without the hardware. By flashing a card means to make the driver software think that the card is a better model and therefore let you oc it more than before by providing more of a maximum oc range and in some cases maybe allowing more power to the card. That is what I gather about flashing but I have never done it to any of my cards except motherboard, but the motherboard flash was to upgrade the bios to a newer version.

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man i wana flash my card but i hear talk i shouldnt

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January 1st, 2005, 08:36 PM

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whats the card your trying to flash

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e-GeForce FX 5900se 128mb ..... its already OC 451/737 (400/700 stock)

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January 7th, 2005, 08:33 AM

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All UNITS ALERT...EEprom problem to flash geforce4 mx 440

i try to flash ,and i have always the same error "supported eeprom not found". i looked on the card and found this number pm37lv512-70jc wich is the eeprom i think.
so my question is wich version of nvflash support my eeprom ?

thankx

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January 9th, 2005, 11:25 AM

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flashing a 5200 and mx420

what would be the best upgrade for the ASUS GeForce FX 5200 and mx 420?

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January 9th, 2005, 02:19 PM

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what would be the best upgrade for the ASUS GeForce FX 5200 and mx 420?

an mx420 might be able to go to a mx440 but its really pointless to flash it.
and the 5200 might possibly be flashed to a 5200 ultra.

but remember, inorder to flash a card, the cards must have the same type of memory(hynix,samsung) running at the same speed(5ns,4ns), and they must have the same PCB

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January 9th, 2005, 02:23 PM

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how do i find out the type and speed? :/

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January 9th, 2005, 02:34 PM

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nvm, i got it, bust whats the dif between the 5200NU and 5200U?

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January 9th, 2005, 03:01 PM

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lol, forget everything i said...i did the flash, everything booted fine, benhced it with 3DMark03, everything went fine, how do i know if it's really Ultra now? cause i dunno if i did this correctly

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January 9th, 2005, 03:57 PM

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if it flashed right, and u booted up, check your clocks and check if it says 5200ultra in nvidia's control panel

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Does anybody know if a XFX 6600GT can be flashed

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January 9th, 2005, 04:47 PM

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Does anybody know if a XFX 6600GT can be flashed

no, it cant be flashed

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