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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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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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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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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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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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Reply #5 - 11.07.04 at 23:35:44
 
Get me 8 5.5ns chips and i'll convert ur 5500 into a 5800 Wink
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Reply #6 - 12.07.04 at 01:26:05
 
Doesn't the V3500 use 5.5ns chips? *evil grin*
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Reply #7 - 13.07.04 at 07:44:44
 
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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.  Tongue  So, I'd say you can't use v3 ram chips on a V4/5 board.
Heh, my V3 3000 has 5n5 ram chips Grin
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Reply #8 - 07.08.04 at 11:43:27
 
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Is there a file like that for the V3's?
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Reply #9 - 07.08.04 at 11:56:45
 
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voodoo4/5 use chips of 4MB each (or is it 8MB?), where Voodoo3 boards use chips of 2MB/each.  Tongue  So, I'd say you can't use v3 ram chips on a V4/5 board.
Heh, my V3 3000 has 5n5 ram chips Grin


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Reply #10 - 07.08.04 at 13:18:48
 
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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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