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Aldrich Co
is it possible? what are involved?
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I
Inglo
is it possible? what are involved?
buying a new card.
A
Augustus
Aldrich Co said:is it possible? what are involved?
Impossible....unless you Ebay the 128Mb and buy the 256Mb version. Or buy
another 128Mb and run them in SLI mode <grin>.
J
JLC
Don't confuse the poor guy, he's probbly right now posting "How to run twoAugustus said:Impossible....unless you Ebay the 128Mb and buy the 256Mb version. Or buy
another 128Mb and run them in SLI mode <grin>.
9800Pro in SLI please"
A
Aldrich Co
without buying a new one aside, like adding memory? is that allowed?
C
CrimsonLiar
The reason you cant upgrade the card with extra memory is because there is
no where to put it! Your card was made with 126MB and 128MB it will have to
stay, sorry
CrimsonLiar
no where to put it! Your card was made with 126MB and 128MB it will have to
stay, sorry
CrimsonLiar
[/QUOTE]Aldrich Co said:without buying a new one aside, like adding memory? is that allowed?
buying a new card.
S
Stoneskin
Aldrich Co left a note on my windscreen which said:
I can't recall ever seeing this mod performed. It probably can be done
(most things can be done) but the reason this has probably not been is
because it's just too complicated for very little gain.
Even 128MB is overkill for many games being played today and if your
were to have a look at comparitive benchmarks you will find the 256MB do
not perform any better than their 128MB counterparts.
By the time you will see significant benefits in using 256MB VRAM you
will probably find your 9800 Pro too slow anyway.
Save your money and your time. Just upgrade the card for the next model
when you feel you need to.
is it possible? what are involved?
I can't recall ever seeing this mod performed. It probably can be done
(most things can be done) but the reason this has probably not been is
because it's just too complicated for very little gain.
Even 128MB is overkill for many games being played today and if your
were to have a look at comparitive benchmarks you will find the 256MB do
not perform any better than their 128MB counterparts.
By the time you will see significant benefits in using 256MB VRAM you
will probably find your 9800 Pro too slow anyway.
Save your money and your time. Just upgrade the card for the next model
when you feel you need to.
I
Inglo
Aldrich Co left a note on my windscreen which said:
I can't recall ever seeing this mod performed. It probably can be done
(most things can be done) but the reason this has probably not been is
because it's just too complicated for very little gain.
This used to be possible, like 6 or 7 years ago. There were cards
made, by 3dfx maybe, can't remember for sure, that had room for adding
extra memory. But that was all back in the day before there were even
16 Mb video cards.
C
Clint
But the cards back then came with sockets to plug memory into them. Of
course, finding the proper memory was another issue entirely. But my point
is that the card was designed that way on purpose.
With the newer ones, the best case scenario would probably be that you'd
have to un-solder the old memory, and solder new stuff in it's place. Much
better off just replacing the card, given the risk.
Clint
course, finding the proper memory was another issue entirely. But my point
is that the card was designed that way on purpose.
With the newer ones, the best case scenario would probably be that you'd
have to un-solder the old memory, and solder new stuff in it's place. Much
better off just replacing the card, given the risk.
Clint
W
Wblane
This seems unlikely, depending on how the memory addresses are generated and
how many address lines there are on the card. If there's only 27 address lines
you're shit out of luck. I'll bet the 256MB cards have memory that has a
different pin-out than the 128MB cards.
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)
how many address lines there are on the card. If there's only 27 address lines
you're shit out of luck. I'll bet the 256MB cards have memory that has a
different pin-out than the 128MB cards.
But the cards back then came with sockets to plug memory into them. Of
course, finding the proper memory was another issue entirely. But my point
is that the card was designed that way on purpose.
With the newer ones, the best case scenario would probably be that you'd
have to un-solder the old memory, and solder new stuff in it's place. Much
better off just replacing the card, given the risk.
Clint
-Bill (remove "botizer" to reply via email)