Originally posted by flatpacmac
But I am very interested in the nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS softmodded to a Quadro 4600, any chance you could point me in the right direction on how to do that?
Cheers Chris
No problem.
Back in November of 2006 when the GF 8800 GTS was released, my hardware guy found a simple few bits of software to easily, and reliably softmod the 8800 gts to the Quadro 4600.
He explained that the 8800 gts is the exact same hardware as the Quadro 4600, just told not to reach it's full potential via firmware so as to compete better in the lower-cost gaming market.
Most videocard companies do this sort of thing, it's old news
Since then, this easy technique has been circulating the web like mad, hehe.
For example, below is a recent post here at SM about a newer variation of it:
HERE.
Same deal, just different software.
Good luck
PS, Keep in mind, you are NOT changing the physical harware of your card, so unless you SEVERELY overclock or somehow bugger-up the chipset firmware, you won't be hurting it as it is already a Quadro 4600.
That being said, you don't want to use the 8800 gts model that only has 256 megs of ram.
Use the 8800 gts model with 512 or more
I've had mine that way since 2006, no problems
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