Posted by Videofx66 Yes this reminds me of the GeForce hack, converting your GeForce 4 into a Quadro 4 professional card using a simple solder, and now only software :D Unfortunately it's not that easy with the Matrox cards. The x10 and x100 are different
on 1/1/2004, 1:28 pm, in reply to "Re: It's called piracy! :) Maybe not?"
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All this is good but at the end, it is NOT possible to convert an x10 to an x100, sorry 
--Previous Message--
: Hrm.... I'm of two minds on this...
: On one hand, I agree with what you're
: saying. Certainly, if somebody
: started selling RT.X10s as RT.X100s
: because they were able to 'hack' it
: as such, that would be wrong.
: On the other hand, if somehow
: (theoretically) you were able to take
: hardware that you now own and alter
: it in order to make it run
: differently, is that inherently
: wrong? I'm only looking at this from
: the hardware point of view, rather
: than the software. The software is
: licensed, but the hardware is owned
: outright by the purchaser.
: As an example, do you remember the
: Promise Ultra ATA66 controller cards
: that were 'hackable' into an Ultra
: ATA66 RAID simply by doing a tiny bit
: of creative soldering and performing
: a BIOS update? The BIOS was freely
: available on the website, and the
: hardware is wholly owned by you. So
: was that wrong? I don't know. I had
: an Ultra66 card and never did it
: because I didn't need the RAID stuff,
: but I always thought it was cool to
: know that I COULD do it.
: I think if the hack was purely a hack
: involving your own hardware and you
: weren't reselling it as something
: that it was not, and the software is
: freely available, that it shouldn't
: be considered piracy.
: But you're definately correct on the
: warranty voiding part. I wouldn't
: solder something onto my card, have
: it get screwed up, and then expect
: Matrox or Promise or anybody else to
: fix it for me.
: My $0.02USD.
: Cheers,
: Matt
: --Previous Message--
: Not a good idea to openly request
: this,
: any type of modification to your card
: voids its waranty. This is a form of
: hardware piracy - If you really NEED
: RTx100 functionality, then you are
: making money out of it, the least you
: can do is pay for it ! You can't get
: what RTx100 EXtreme Pro users are
: getting for free.
: And plus, sorry, it is not possible
: anyway, I also wish I could convert
: my Rt2500 to a RTx100 but
: unfortunately I am happy (to some
: extent) with what I have.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi there!
: I seriously doubt that this can be
: done. To my knowledge, there is a
: bit of a hardware difference between
: the RT.X100 and the RT.X10. So I
: don't think a software upgrade will
: give you what you're looking for.
: Cheers!
: Matt
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: i have a matrox x10 , ill want to use
: the plugin for after effects, but it
: only works with the x100 , some
: trick or tip to do it?
: i can convert my x10 to x100 without
: pay?
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