i got a sapphire x800gto agp:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102002

i have a r480 chipset in it... i have 12 pipelines. i want to unlock 16... i have heard of flashing the gfx card BIOS... but i have no idea how to do this. you need a floppy drive to flash the BIOS i think, and i dont have one. if anyone can show me how to unlock the pipelines without using a floppy drive, that would be good. and, if i have to go and buy a floppy drive, then could you PLEASE show me how to unlock the pipes via flashing the gfx card BIOS. ty..

I do not have a direct answer for you but am looking thru these searches:


http://forums.techpowerup.com/showth...=10955&page=51

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...king+pipelines

http://groups.google.com/groups?sour...es&sa=N&tab=wg


Flashing BIOS' usually require a floppy unless the BIOS has an ISO CD image version.



http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/127

my so called GTO2 unlocked fine using their bios, it depends on the chip
batch i think
the site also tells you how to check if your card will unlock or not

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.c...8348153a69c15f

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/127

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-...ch&sa=N&tab=gw

http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...es&qt_s=Search


Hope this helps for starters. As to the source of a BIOS upgrade I have not seen that yet.

hey.... yeah ive been here before:

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/.../vidcard/127/2

... i figured i might as well download the sapphire x800gto2 bios and try it... but i dont know how to do it! i have no idea when it comes to this stuff... ill research unlocking pipelines via flashing BIOS tommarow after work... im too tierd now... ty jephree