A nice (and critically easy) way to get another 20% out of an already great card; thanks go to ooo for finding this one.
"Not too long ago there was a flurry of 9500 Mod articles and guides, most of which showed exactly which items to solder and move. One very popular card was the Sapphire that sold Radeon 9500 non-Pro cards already modded for this exact purpose. These "special cards" offered higher-clocked memory which outperformed even a stock Radeon 9700 Pro at nearly half the price. But what about the folks who either did not want to pick up a soldering iron or never knew how to solder - or simply didn"t want to drop some extra coinage for a pre-modded card?"