My new BFG6800GT-OC's scores, what do you guys think?

[Kobra007]

http://www.boredmofo.com/downloads/kobras3dmark2003.JPG

I ripped off AT's chart on Doom3 card performance, and used my elite paintbrush skills to show where this BFG is scoring..

http://www.boredmofo.com/downloads/kobrasdoomscores.JPG

I'm highly impressed by this cards amazing performance! Also, not sure if everyone knows, but now they ship BFG's with the baddest, most coolest copper and chrome heatsink + LED's that i've ever seen on a retail card.

http://www.boredmofo.com/downloads/bfg68001.JPG

[Aphex_Tom_9]

sex

[Supadude]

Looks awesome.

[Maxvla]

wow. that is sweet. where did you get it and how much?

pretty good oc. is there anymore left in the card without mods?

[Flashfx2]

:drool: Holy cow that heatsink looks sweet! My heatsink on the BFG 6800 GT looks lame compared to that. :bang head

What speeds did you get your card to overclock to?

[Sentential]

Very nice. Not bad for a 6800GT at all. 420 | 1150 is very very nice. I have mine at 412 | 1190. I would have a better core speed but I have PNY

[Chaos_Being]

wow. that is sweet. where did you get it and how much?

Ditto on that...I'm planning on getting a 6800GT eventually, I think I may have just found my brand :) Especially stacked with all the good things I hear about BFG on the boards.

[Kenshiro]

Man... your score is ridiculous. Makes my 9800 pro looks like at 5200 card. I am soooo tempted to get this next gen card.

[bobmanfoo]

man freaking BFG, WHYYYY!!!!

[mattspalace]

Is that a heatpipe I see on there? Man, my BFG didn't come with a HS like that one, but still overclocks just as well..

[Lifthanger]

all right guys, :cry: :cry: :cry: I won't stop crying until someone told me where I could buy this card (in germany or shipping to germany) .
How much did you pay for it?
:cry: :cry: I want this card oh so much.

[bobmanfoo]

could you give us some temps? idle and load, tia

[Acrobatikdan]

Sweet, I just got my BFG 6800 GT OC less than an hour ago! I lucked out, there was one Best Buy about an hour away that had one left, and it was in a worn-down town where not many people could really afford such a thing, so I think that is how I lucked out, but damn-I'm one happy sob, I had a day off work today and I spent 3 bloody hours searching the net, calling people, checking the phonebook+online superpages... and I found a bunch of places with a couple of X800's in stock, and a few with 6800 GT's (not BFG though). Anyway, I have been using ATI cards for awhile now, so I have no clue what programs to OC Nvidia cards, could someone help me out here?

[mattspalace]

Does your heatsink look like the one in the pics above? Just curious how widespread this new design is..

[Lifthanger]

Is this card a limited edition? Or is there a chance for me to get one of these?

[bobmanfoo]

BFG have started to make there own cards, so the above hs is the one we will be seeing from now on

[Kobra007]

Ok heres the Scoop... BFG6800GT's originally shipped with the referenced cooler/fan on them.. BFG found that they lacked a coolness factor (hehe)... So they had a custom one designed for the 6800 series, and what you see above is it... *ALL* of the new BFG's will have this setup on them, its not limited edition. But if you have their first production run, you don't have it.

I managed to overclock it stable, to 428/1180, and got even greater scores, with some additional tweaks, I hit 13K on 3dmark2003, and hit 75FPS in Doom3 at 1600x1200, high quality. I've read that BFG only uses the top end, cream of the crop components and chips, and this seems to be true.. I also bought a eVGA 6800GT and tried to overclock and it capped out at 415/1100.. LAME.. I returned it the same day..

Temps on this overclocked idle load are 58'C, paging out of Doom3 while its running the timedemo, it spikes about another 10'C. Nothing outrageous i'd say.. lol

I bought it at Best Buy, most stores seem to have it in stock, but you really gotta bug them to find them. They are not usually on store shelves, and are either up ontop of the canopy, in the cages, or in the back room locked up. SKU for Best Buy for it is 6684652.. You can go to Bestbuy.com and look it up, and check availability in your area. Stores with black names, got em in stock. Make sure to have them check the computer when you arrive, and insist they look for it if it says they got em.. Took the clerk at my store 20 minutes to find the cards!

PS: eVGA has a 1 year warranty. BFG has a lifetime warranty. My box had no warranty card in it, so I called BFG and the guy goes "Man, you don't need one, its lifetime, we don't care when/how/where you bought it!"... Wow..

[Hydr0 Styles]

that cooler is awsome. The one on my Leadtek 6800GT is huge, but it gets the job done.

[Kobra007]

One thing to add..

The setup on the BFG, dual fans, the fans COUNTER rotate, which is simply sweet.. Blowing hot air out both sides of the card, past mad amounts of copper fins inside, and a rather large heat pipe system that works its way around. Oh, and the card seems like it weighs 2lbs, I mean its heavy, real heavy - theres a lot of copper in it.

Here...Maybe this will show you better..

http://www.boredmofo.com/downloads/bfglayout.JPG

[Lifthanger]

nice post.. I think the BFG is the best of the GT series.. and I think the 6800 gt is the best gfx card at the mo (considering price/performace value).
I'm searching for this card for two long weeks, but it isn't available in germany (almost no 6800gts are available and if they are, they cost >480€ = >570$).
Does anyone know of a way to ship them to germany?
maybe I'll just have to wait.

[Kobra007]

Out of all of the video cards i've bought, and i've bought a ton in the last 15 years, this is the most impressive, well built, and best backed/supported one out of the lot.

The last card I had was a ATI 9800Pro and it was VERY problematic.. 3 RMA's later, I find out that they just have poor heatsinks and fans on them (have you seen how bad they are? My god, talk about cheese), and are basically defective in a few ways (I will go into it if anyone wants, but i'm tired of typing it). That was my first and last ATI purchase ever again. If you factor in lost shipping costs, and the $150 I lost on the value of the card, I probably lost a good $200 on ATI because of their defects and bad business.

I used to like eVGA, they treated me well with a Ti-4600 I had that went bad otu of warranty. But then with the 6800 series they dropped their warranties to 1 year... I'm simply stunned that a $400 product has that kind of warranty - do they lack confidence in it?

Then I found out about BFG, they are 5 hours from my house, the company is run by gamers, for gamers, and they don't play games with people.. If they keep this kind of business up, i'll be shopping with BFG for a long time to come!

[Maxvla]

wow. i've definately found my card. thanks kobra. any idea if these are in regular circulation yet or are there still a bunch of older cooler cards on the shelves?

also.. how much are they? :)

[Maxvla]

found a UK site that has the box with picture updated to the new heatsink.

http://www.pcwcomponentcentre.co.uk/invt/bfgr68256gtocuk

all 3 best buys local to me have them instock. gah! someone needs to buy this rig i'm selling now!! :bang head

[lament]

i just picked up one at Best Buy as well. damn if it isn't a beauty.

haven't overclocked it yet, but my 11125 3DMark03 score is pretty nice. :)

if anyone wants a 3-month-old PNY 5900nu (not the XT and plays Doom quite nicely), PM me.

[Maxvla]

i just picked up one at Best Buy as well. damn if it isn't a beauty.

haven't overclocked it yet, but my 11125 3DMark03 score is pretty nice. :)

if anyone wants a 3-month-old PNY 5900nu (not the XT and plays Doom quite nicely), PM me.
they had them on the shelves?

[lament]

seems like a few stores got a couple, and they're going like hotcakes - and you have to have them look in the back because they're not on the shelf.

[Maxvla]

thanks. now if only people would buy my stuff i have for sale i could get me one! :)

[Supadude]

How noisy is that card? Looks like it might be kinda loud.

[Kibo-kun]

grrr, Doom 3 is starting to make me a bit angry because all the cards are selling out behind it. ><

Does anyone know how long this production run on these new coolers is?

[bobmanfoo]

just call up your local bestbuy, these cards were put on the shelves last thursday, as of last night there are 3 left in houston

[Kobra007]

How noisy is that card? Looks like it might be kinda loud.

Can't hear it.

[lament]

How noisy is that card? Looks like it might be kinda loud.

my old 5900nu is louder.

[SilverJag]

Did you trying taking that thing apart to apply some AS5?

[Kobra007]

No, but i'm very very tempted to try that.. I bet I can drop the temps a ton more, assuming they use standard sticky pads or something.

[theELVISCERATOR]

I have read numerous threads on these cards and remember about ocing, your results may vary..

Others have had trouble getting much above stock...some very good results...

[SilverJag]

No, but i'm very very tempted to try that.. I bet I can drop the temps a ton more, assuming they use standard sticky pads or something.

Lol if you do it PM me or just post.. i'm very anxious to see!! :sn:

[Myhre]

The results of this card are awesome. I've been waiting to find a 6800U but it will probably be a while before they make it to my compusa or best buy. What I'm wondering is do you guys think that it's worth getting a GT versus an Ultra. This card looks very sweet, but I've been holding off on getting an Ultra or even a 6900U whenever they come out(if they do). I'm going to go by my local Best Buy in the morning. I've got the cash on hand, what do you guys think? go with the GT or just keep waiting, it's not like I'm dying for a video card, I've got a 9800xt, I'm just wanting one of the new gen cards.

[Mr.Hankey]

Man... your score is ridiculous. Makes my 9800 pro looks like at 5200 card.

owch that hurts :D

[henesse]

I cant wait for my BFG 6800 Ultra to come in.
from what i've heard the Ultra doesnt ship with the silver heatsink.
something to do with inadequate cooling.

so i guess im stuck with the refference HSF

[bobmanfoo]

Seems the new BFG heatsink doesn't cool as well as the reference heatsink,http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=791526

[dukat]

where can i find the temperature of my card? never had a piece of hardware that gets so hot!

[gigabit]

should be in your display panel click on 6800 ultra or gt or what ever you have and it should be in the control panel.should say temp.

[gigabit]

One thing to add..

The setup on the BFG, dual fans, the fans COUNTER rotate, which is simply sweet.. Blowing hot air out both sides of the card, past mad amounts of copper fins inside, and a rather large heat pipe system that works its way around. Oh, and the card seems like it weighs 2lbs, I mean its heavy, real heavy - theres a lot of copper in it.

Here...Maybe this will show you better..

http://www.boredmofo.com/downloads/bfglayout.JPG
thats cooler looks just like the one on my old BFG fx 5900 that i just sold to drec .I hope drec enjoys it.i already miss it...lol Now i want want one of these.If my new job comes through with kimberly clarke starting rate 16.00hour .I might treat myself to the ultra and and a 3.4c

[gigabit]

looks very close

[mms4ba]

My BFG 6800 GT OC doesn't OC very well :(

coolbits will only let me do 400/1100 (stock ultra), not the 425/1200 a lot of people are reporting :(

Is there a better program to OC with?

[bobmanfoo]

My BFG 6800 GT OC doesn't OC very well :(

coolbits will only let me do 400/1100 (stock ultra), not the 425/1200 a lot of people are reporting :(

Is there a better program to OC with?
forget the autodetect, manually set it, rivatuner is right on with my max stable clocks

[gigabit]

YEAH I AGREE GO WITH THE RIVATUNER .ITS A LITTLE CONFUSING WHEN YOU FRIST TRY TO GET IT TO WORK.I NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH COOLBITS EITHER THOUGH.I WOULD JUST KEEP IT ON AUTO OC AND THEN IF I THOUGHT I NEEDED MORE I WOULD JUST SET IT MY SELF.DONT USE THE AUTO DETECT.IT WOULD SET MY FX 5900 BELOW THE ADVERTISE 475 / 950 IT WOULD PUT IT AT 465 / 947.I COULD RUN IT AT 490 / 1001

[Acrobatikdan]

My BFG 6800 GT OC doesn't OC very well :(

coolbits will only let me do 400/1100 (stock ultra), not the 425/1200 a lot of people are reporting :(

Is there a better program to OC with?

I use PowerStrip, and I am OC'd at 420/1100. If I try anything more than 425 or 1150 I see artifacts here and there, so I figured 420/1100 is a safe OC.

[Maxvla]

well you know.. after thinking about it.. bfg was using these coolers on the 5900 series cards which are not as hot as these 6800s. they are just making do with the 5900 coolers til they get more 6800 coolers in.

hmph. not sure what i'll get now.

[Myhre]

well you know.. after thinking about it.. bfg was using these coolers on the 5900 series cards which are not as hot as these 6800s. they are just making do with the 5900 coolers til they get more 6800 coolers in.

hmph. not sure what i'll get now.

You know, it's sad really. I saw that card and thought, wow, that's sweet looking, maybe I'll get one of those instead of waiting for an Ultra. Heh, the bling is very very powerful. Glad I saw the reviews on that heatpipe setup before I made a finalized decision. I think I'll definatly be waiting for a 6800Ultra to pop up at my local Compusa. I have about a 400 buck credit from there for taking back p4p800-e deluxe boards that I had bought before anyone figured out that Antec and p4p800-e dlx boards don't like each other(at least the first revisions didn't, not sure about now)

[Maxvla]

well pny cards aren't fairing too well as far as reliability and afaik they only come with a 1 year warranty. my friend went through 3 of them before the 4th one worked properly. got them all from compusa.

[Myhre]

well pny cards aren't fairing too well as far as reliability and afaik they only come with a 1 year warranty. my friend went through 3 of them before the 4th one worked properly. got them all from compusa.

I'm hoping I can get a BFG one if they ever come in. :-/

Oh yeah and the other reason why I always buy vid cards from my Compusa is for that unlimited two year warranty. It's saved me quite a bit of money on video cards in the past....The Great Milk Incident of 2004 :eek:

[Myhre]

I was wondering if coolbits is the same thing that I've been using to oc all of my nvidia cards. I've always used xteq to unlock the oc utility in the nvidia drivers. Is this the same thing as coolbits?

[flakrat]

I may be wrong, but I don't believe that CompUSA is listed as one of the retailers for the BFG 6800 cards.

As far as brick'n'morter stores go, I think BFG 6800's are only available at BestBuy and Fry's.

Here's the BFG Where to Buy page
http://www.bfgtech.com/buy_redux.html

Again, I may be wrong.

[Myhre]

I may be wrong, but I don't believe that CompUSA is listed as one of the retailers for the BFG 6800 cards.

As far as brick'n'morter stores go, I think BFG 6800's are only available at BestBuy and Fry's.

Here's the BFG Where to Buy page
http://www.bfgtech.com/buy_redux.html

Again, I may be wrong.

I think your right. So far they have only gotten in the PNY cards. But I bought my BFG 5950U from there, which they started carrying a few months after they had become readily available. And if I have to use PNY to get that warranty then I might just do that. It's worth it to me as far as video cards go because I tend to be accident prone, and I've completely ruined a computer twice. One time by accidently spilling milk through my exhaust fans on top of my server, and one time by dropping one while trying to maneuver around some stuff going down some stairs. Clumsy me. Anyway with one of the computers I had everything covered at CompUSA(It was the first computer I ever built so I went with all loca retail) and I took a pretty good loss on the other one.

[mattspalace]

You should still get the BFG Maxvla.. You know you'll be putting a VGA silencer on it anyway, once they are released. :)

My 6800 GT idles at 53c, what are temps of GT's with the other HSF?

[Kobra007]

well you know.. after thinking about it.. bfg was using these coolers on the 5900 series cards which are not as hot as these 6800s. they are just making do with the 5900 coolers til they get more 6800 coolers in.

hmph. not sure what i'll get now.

Thats simply not true.. The HSF on these cards is stamped and everything with 6800GT on them. Thats what they will be using. Call them, and they will tell you the same thing.

No complains here, mine overclocks like crazy and has never passed 60'C.

[IYIENACE]

Kobra, any way to tell if this is the version you have; is the box unchanged from the previous HSF or......?
There's one down at the local BB... ;)

BestBuy (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1083712392168&skuId=6684652&productCategoryId=cat01151&type=product)

Sorry ATi.

[gigabit]

nope thats the frist run

[IYIENACE]

Is the box different though? I'll go check it out.
Guess I could probably open it....kinda hate to : /

[flakrat]

I've checked all the only sites for these cards, and all of them are still using the same graphic for the box. So, I wouldn't base whether or not its a second run based on the graphic on the web page.

In fact, the graphic is always the same size, and look. I'd guess they all got it from the same source.

Btw, pardon my ignorance, but what's a VGA silencer (haven't oc'd a vid card yet)?

[SilverJag]

VGA Silencer is a product that cools video cards. It has a heatsink made of copper/aluminum and is chilled by a fan. It is one of the best, if not the best GPU cooler available. Some versions of VGA Silencer MAY cool ramsinks as well. If you overclock and want better temps. this is for you.
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/en/products/vga_silencer/

[gigabit]

there aint no copper in mine and i have a rev 3

[dukat]

hes talking about the new (http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=319365) ones

[gigabit]

oh ok dam thats sweet looking.is that out now?

[dukat]

well, here in germany its already available. in the us i think 20th aug

[Chowdy]

I like my BFG 6800 GT too. What are your ambient and gpu temps, out of curiosity?

[austinbmxnig]

im soooo tired of this supply issue with all the next gen hardware.....ati nor nvidia has estimated the demand for their products

[Lifthanger]

I feel the same, this is getting a bit out of hand.. in two years it'll be normal to run 2 PSUs in your case maybe..

[Kenshiro]

im soooo tired of this supply issue with all the next gen hardware.....ati nor nvidia has estimated the demand for their products


Well, X800 pro is available at a lot of places now. It's the 6800 that's in higher demand because of DOOM 3. After HL2 comes out, this may differ.

[Kobra007]

I like my BFG 6800 GT too. What are your ambient and gpu temps, out of curiosity?

37'C Ambient, 49'C GPU right now overclocked to 420/1100.