A couple of weeks ago, I heard from a friend that the powercolor 9800 Se can be softmoded to near 9800 levels because the card is identical to a 9800 pro but it has 4 pipelines disabled. I never softmoded anything before but I thought that I would try it and it work perfectly without artifacts. My 3d marks score was 5150 so basically I got a 9800 pro plus several games for 150 bucks. I don’t think this works with other brands because my friend said specifically to buy the powercolor. Here is how to do the softmod…

1) Download the Omega drivers 2.5.22 from omega homepage http://www.omegacorner.com/index_ati.html

2) When you start install the driver, you should pick the option "Soft-Mod 9800SE Omega Driver 9800SE -> 9800 NP/Pro/XT".

3) Actually, it is already unlock the other 4 pipelines when the driver finish installed. However, you cannot really tell from video properties. You should download riva tuner software http://download.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

4) After installed the riva tuner, you can see the 4 pipelines are already unlocked. (You need to responsible for your own risk!)

Good luck moding

Make sure the card has sufficent cooling though! else it could end up a burnt out reck, or even worse, it could ruin some of your computer components!

I looked into this. it seems legit. and stable. actually if you get the 9800 vs the SE from power color. (9 dollar difference). it actually shows up as a pro. anyone know of any oc'ing potential?

get some arctic cooling and overclock to XT speeds...

not bad for a 130 dollar card. guess i know what i'm putting in customers computers then.

Is the 9800 Pro a good card?

Yep... though the 6600GT is the new 9800pro

Since my Geforce 59000Xt (whcich everyone says is a terrible card) got a 3d03 sccore of 5130 which is right behind the 9800. is that bad?

Also can i Soft modd my card?

well its not bad in that it will still work fine, but if your asking in comparison to the best out there right now. well your at about half the speed of them. and yes, i believe you can just not sure how much. havent used that card, sorry.