Just got word those mad guy's over at Madshrimps have dug up some Info on howto for flashing your nVidia FX 5900 none ultra to a fully fledged FX 5950 Ultra graphics card!
nVidia used to hardwire all graphic cards with the correct BIOS so flashing cards like ATi wasn't possible... However, newly released information suggests that the NV38 (5950u) is simply a software rebadged NV35 (5900).
From a simple flash, the 5900's Device id:0331 could be transform into te 5950's device id:0333 Now you may ask yourself about the 128MB vs 256MB question and how the 5900 has both variants while the 5950u only supports 256MB. Well unlike ATi's cards, nVidia chipsets do not store their buffer memory into its BIOS and rather, the amount of memory onboard is detected each time when then computer is booted. This means that even a 128MB 5900 can be flashed into a 128MB 5950u. This also applies to VIVO. Does this turn you on yet?
Flash your FX5900 to a FX5950 Ultra
nVidia used to hardwire all graphic cards with the correct BIOS so flashing cards like ATi wasn't possible... However, newly released information suggests that the NV38 (5950u) is simply a software rebadged NV35 (5900).
From a simple flash, the 5900's Device id:0331 could be transform into te 5950's device id:0333 Now you may ask yourself about the 128MB vs 256MB question and how the 5900 has both variants while the 5950u only supports 256MB. Well unlike ATi's cards, nVidia chipsets do not store their buffer memory into its BIOS and rather, the amount of memory onboard is detected each time when then computer is booted. This means that even a 128MB 5900 can be flashed into a 128MB 5950u. This also applies to VIVO. Does this turn you on yet?
Flash your FX5900 to a FX5950 Ultra
