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grunw Junior Member Offline Barcelona, Spain Posts: 74 SPAIN (Barcelona) Gender:	V5 bios versions differences 11.07.04 at 00:33:56 Well, I will have a v5 5500 agp soon, and I'm wondering if its worth to update its bios to 1.18 (if older, of course) I can't find any information about the fixes/changes these bios updates implemented. Do any of you know?
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Re: V5 bios versions differences
Reply #1 - 11.07.04 at 14:25:36

http://hem.thalamus.nu/~ebo008121/goblingillet/v5_bios_release-notes.txt

There you have the exakt changes in the bios.

They may not be easy to understand but a later bios must always be better than an older one.

I flashed mine v5 from 1.06 to 1.18 and it worked perfectly. Flash your card but know what you do first. You can never interuppt a bios flash because then your card wont have a bios. And that is not good at all Wink

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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #2 - 11.07.04 at 18:17:39 The 5800 was included in some 'soon to come' reviews i saw online, never came out though
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3dfx_goblin YaBB Newbies Offline I Love My Voodoo 5! Posts: 44 Sweden Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #3 - 11.07.04 at 20:45:16 It is a quite nice history document also as you says... It is taken from the source that was released for quite a while ago. I would really like to have such a v5-5800...
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #4 - 11.07.04 at 21:46:00 By the looks of it, the 5800 is just an overclocked 5500.. nothing special about it
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #5 - 11.07.04 at 23:35:44 Get me 8 5.5ns chips and i'll convert ur 5500 into a 5800
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #6 - 12.07.04 at 01:26:05 Doesn't the V3500 use 5.5ns chips? evil grin
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agrelaphon YaBB Newbies Offline Spirtoulis Posts: 33 Kozani Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #7 - 13.07.04 at 07:44:44 Quote: Doesn't the V3500 use 5.5ns chips? evil grin voodoo4/5 use chips of 4MB each (or is it 8MB?), where Voodoo3 boards use chips of 2MB/each. So, I'd say you can't use v3 ram chips on a V4/5 board. Heh, my V3 3000 has 5n5 ram chips
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NitroX infinity YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 1936 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #8 - 07.08.04 at 11:43:27 Quote: http://hem.thalamus.nu/~ebo008121/goblingillet/v5_bios_release-notes.txt Is there a file like that for the V3's?
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DenisF Senior Member Offline So fluffy it hurts Posts: 409 Israel Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #9 - 07.08.04 at 11:56:45 Quote: voodoo4/5 use chips of 4MB each (or is it 8MB?), where Voodoo3 boards use chips of 2MB/each. So, I'd say you can't use v3 ram chips on a V4/5 board. Heh, my V3 3000 has 5n5 ram chips Yeh, i know, was just kidding
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3dfx_goblin YaBB Newbies Offline I Love My Voodoo 5! Posts: 44 Sweden Gender:	Re: V5 bios versions differences Reply #10 - 07.08.04 at 13:18:48 Quote: Is there a file like that for the V3's? There should have existed one but I don't have it...
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