Saphire radeon 9800se

MrCrowley · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:15 am Post subject: Saphire radeon 9800se

Had this gfx card a while now, but since theres a hardware forum i will mention it.

The 9800se is basically a 9800pro but half of the 8 pipelines are disabled. Some of the 9800se's components are of a slightly lower grade thus the reason the pipelines are disabled to stop any chance of overheating.

There is a softmod to unlock the other 4 pipelines, but after doing that extra cooling is needed. What i am left with is a card that performs as good as a 9800pro but it was a third of the price.

There are also a lot of variations of the 9800se some of which the softmod doesn't work. I just got lucky.

bl4h · Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:38 am Post subject:

Took your advice and am reading your other threads.

I have a Sapphire 9800Pro and it's a great card. I was a little leary buying it (not familiar with Sapphire name), but I came across it for $125 after shipping and said what the hey. I't worked out great. Beats the crap out of my old 5600XT.
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