Turning A FX5900 Into A FX5950 Ultra, Tool-Free

A reader writes "Some very interesting details coming from various tech sites such as ExplosiveLabs and 3DChips that shows it is possible to turn a GeForce FX5900 into a FX5950 Ultra (which is NVIDIA's top of the line video card chipset currently available) through simply using the FX5950 Ultra BIOS on the FX5900 video card."

Comments

Re:Turn Howard Dean into a Dean Ultra

[shaitand]

How about voting for none of the above?

Re:I wouldn't recommend this

[pjh3000]

The SX was the same as the DX, but with the Math Coprocessor disabled (for one reason or another). You could then add a seperate Math Coprocessor chip which was just a DX with different pins. Once installed, the Math Coprocessor chip would disable the SX chip and take over as the CPU.

Crazy, eh?

Re:I wouldn't recommend this

[/dev/trash]

Correct. The parent was ill informed.

Re:Just cause you're a dork doesn't mean...

[wampus]

Then get off the computer and join the fucking Peace Corps.

Re:Just cause you're a dork doesn't mean...

[Babbster]

Well done! The get-a-life troll COMBINED with the more-important-issues troll, and a homophobic remark to boot. I salute you, sir.

PS - The apostrophe between "you" and "all" is unnecessary since you didn't leave any letters out. When contracting "you" and "all," it's typically accomplished by removing the "ou" like so: "y'all."

See how I managed to get some grammar nazi nonsense into this thread? I will now go off into the sunset singing the Rawhide theme, replacing "rollin'" with "trollin'."

Re:reading slashdot on saturday night?

[old_unicorn]

Had a life, am now baby sitting the kids resulting from it.