eVGA 6800 LE 256MB $229 shipped 2nd day air

[rlemieux]

The cheapest 128MB 6800 LE on pricewatch.com is 242 shipped. This is a 256MB version. They are selling the 128MB (eVGA) version for 279.00 on thier web site.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=322717

[{PMS}fishy]

Its not. The real "LE" Limited edition card, was a 6800U. That is not. Not Dual power, not dual DVI, not a 6800U cooling solution.

This card is slower than a 6800NU.

[rlemieux]

Its not. The real "LE" Limited edition card, was a 6800U. That is not. Not Dual power, not dual DVI, not a 6800U cooling solution.

This card is slower than a 6800NU.

I understand that is this a dialed down 6800NU but its got the same memory speed with twice the memory. And should be able to overclock a fair amount above nU speeds. You should also be albe to unlock the pipes also.

[Posidon42]

man I wish I bought one of the "real" LE's when I had the chance... :(

[Silversinksam]

man I wish I bought one of the "real" LE's when I had the chance... :(

Don't feel bad, they were very hard to get, both Newegg and Zipzoomfly sold out quick and weren't able to easily restock them. I had my eye on that card and used a program to notify me if the card ever was back in stock, but it never materialized, so I jumped on that BFG deal last week..

[mattspalace]

Hey SSS - my 6800 Ultra that I got is still sitting in the box. I'm not even sure what I'm going to do with it now... lol :rolleyes:

[Posidon42]

/thread hijack

now why in the world would you want to come in here and say something like that? That is just wrong. And as a punishment, you should send me your unused 6800 Ultra. To be fair, I will pay for shipping :D Well, I can hope :beer:

/end thread hijack

and bump!

[mattspalace]

Maybe you should check out my for sale thread Posidon :D

[Mortis03]

Man, I got all excited when I saw this thread, I was going to order like 3.... Oh well, thanks anyway

[mgoode]

can the pipes on this card be unlocked? will it be faster than my 9800 pro?

[Silversinksam]

Hey SSS - my 6800 Ultra that I got is still sitting in the box. I'm not even sure what I'm going to do with it now... lol :rolleyes:


That card is a sweet card. You should be slapped with a 10lb mullet :beer:

[rlemieux]

If the pipes can be unlocked should be a nice card, if I wouldn't had just bought a new GT I would seriously think about getting one of these. May go ahead and buy one and see what happens.

[diehrd]

I am amazed people are thinking this a bad buy..It must conform to the 6800 series specs in GPU and ram right ? Or how could it be called a 6800..It has to have 12 pipes and 4 shaders opened,,,I wish i saw this i would have gotten it and Oced the crap out of it..

[rlemieux]

I am amazed people are thinking this a bad buy..It must conform to the 6800 series specs in GPU and ram right ? Or how could it be called a 6800..It has to have 12 pipes and 4 shaders opened,,,I wish i saw this i would have gotten it and Oced the crap out of it..

Exactly. Less than a eVGA 6800 128MB with twice the memory.... Can't go wrong with that.

[Papier]

Looking at specs, it's 256-bit ram too. Killer deal. :drool:

[mgoode]

any reviews on this card? Can't find anything on google or the evga website which make me leary, is the memory ddr3? anyone know?

[doublejack]

I am amazed people are thinking this a bad buy..It must conform to the 6800 series specs in GPU and ram right ? Or how could it be called a 6800..It has to have 12 pipes and 4 shaders opened,,,I wish i saw this i would have gotten it and Oced the crap out of it..

I think you're exactly right, except about the pipes. I'm 99.99% sure all the 6800LE cards only have 8 pipes open. It is probably modable to 12 or 16 though. I know for certain that 128mb LE's only have 8 pipes, and people have been successful and opening up additionals.

[CordialSpam]

this is better than 6600GT right??? o.o

[{PMS}fishy]

this is better than 6600GT right??? o.o

In stock form they are probally about the same.

Depending on how/if you can mod the card it might be able to pull away from a 6600GT.

If you have a 6600GT I would not consider upgrading to this.

[TollhouseFrank]

That card is a sweet card. You should be slapped with a 10lb mullet :beer:

he needs slapped with a 10lb hairdo?

[treepop]

any reviews on this card? Can't find anything on google or the evga website which make me leary, is the memory ddr3? anyone know?
on the site it says its ddr so I am preaty sure its ddr and not gddr3 :(

**EDIT**
If anyone gets this PLEASE post your results ASAP....if it can be modded into having 16pipes and 6 shaders then that would rock!....seeing as it does have 256 megs of 256bit ram; this would be better then a 6800 by alot and hella cheaper!

[deez]

That card is a sweet card. You should be slapped with a 10lb mullet :beer:

he needs slapped with a 10lb hairdo?

hehe I thought I was the only one who caught that one for a sec.

[rlemieux]

I ordered one, should be here tomorrow. Will take some picks when I get it and fool around with it to see what it can do. I needed a new video card for my other machine anyway so lets hope this works like I think it will.

[Silversinksam]

he needs slapped with a 10lb hairdo?

A mullet is a fish ;)

http://www.floridamarine.org/images/articles/15960/15960_2939.gif

In Florida, some people have mullet tossing competitions, since the fish is better tossed, than eaten as they don't taste to good. Some people eat the gizard and the roe, but these people are nuts if you ask me.


http://www.florabama.com/Special%20Events/Mullet%20Toss/mullet_toss_faq.htm

http://www.florabama.com/images/Mullet%20Toss/Camera%20Guys/51818%20Mullet%20Toss%202004-04-24%2016-19-55.JPG

http://www.florabama.com/images/Mullet%20Toss/Camera%20Guys/51777%20Mullet%20Toss%202004-04-24%2015-37-24.JPG

[TollhouseFrank]

LOL. around here, a mullet is a hair style.

[treepop]

I ordered one, should be here tomorrow. Will take some picks when I get it and fool around with it to see what it can do. I needed a new video card for my other machine anyway so lets hope this works like I think it will.
Supa sweet if you dont mind; pm me with your setup and 3dmark scores; or post here for all to see:beer: :santa:

[rlemieux]

Supa sweet if you dont mind; pm me with your setup and 3dmark scores; or post here for all to see:beer: :santa:

Not a problem, will post some here. I probably won't get to play around with it much until I am off Friday, but I will do what I can before then.

[rlemieux]

got card today.... Just installed it and installed the NVida 66.93's. Fixing to take some stock tests and see what it can do.

[diehrd]

hurry back with results

[Sentential]

hurry back with results
It aint gonna be good. LEs have 8 pipes and probly wont softmod :-/

[rlemieux]

Here is another one

[Quailane]

It aint gonna be good. LEs have 8 pipes and probly wont softmod :-/

My dad's 6800LE softmodded perfectly fine to 16 pipes and 6 vertex shaders.

[rlemieux]

Well I am glad his did, cause this one is giving me trouble. I can open up all pipes and shadders but get major, major problems trying to reboot. Then when I finally got it to open windows, tried to run 3D mark and just wouldn't get past the first screen.

I think I might try some different drivers, but I doubt that has anything to do with rebooting.

[treepop]

Well I am glad his did, cause this one is giving me trouble. I can open up all pipes and shadders but get major, major problems trying to reboot. Then when I finally got it to open windows, tried to run 3D mark and just wouldn't get past the first screen.

I think I might try some different drivers, but I doubt that has anything to do with rebooting.
well thats not good to hear; maybe try only 12 pipes; is this possible?

[rlemieux]

well thats not good to hear; maybe try only 12 pipes; is this possible?

Don't know will see what I can do. Will play around with it a little and see what happens.

[treepop]

:attn: :beer: :clap:
numa numa yeah!

[rlemieux]

:attn: :beer: :clap:
numa numa yeah!


All pipes and shaders open, running fine, rebooting fine..... I think there was something else wrong with my windows, just ran updates and everything is fine.

[treepop]

All pipes and shaders open, running fine, rebooting fine..... I think there was something else wrong with my windows, just ran updates and everything is fine.
THATS AWESOME! please run some tests on 3dmark 01 and such please! :)

[treepop]

if I am not mistaken; if ddr and gddr3 are running at the same speed; wouldnt the ddr be faster; since gddr3 runs at looser timmings but can run at faster overall speeds?....as for the core; I dont see 50mhz to be out of reach for this card....any thoughts?

[diehrd]

So what is the story ? ? ? What is the 3d 03 score ? Are ya able to overclock it ? Come on before the sale expires LOL..

[Posidon42]

yeah, stop posting 2001 scores when they really don't test anything that relates to current games. Show me 03 or 05 scores please!!

[blueswitch]

Just to add to the discussion just because you can unlock the extra pixel pipes doesn't mean they are going to work. I unlocked the extra pipes on my eVGA 6800 and I got wicked artifacting in 3Dmark 03. I read in a post this was happening to others as well and someone commented that sometimes the difference between the GT models and the base models is that the board the base models are on failed a quality test for example bad pixel pipes so they close them down and make it a base model instead of tossing out the card. I will say though that I was able to unlock the one vertex shader with no problems and it did overclock fairly well. I also think the eVGA's seem to have better heat sinks than some other brands, I know BFG's have a small HS.

[diehrd]

My BFG heat sink is pure copper with 2 Blue LED FANS,, And when ya take it off it has decient weight to it,The only thing that makes it so so is it was never made to make direct contact with the ram and it uses 1/8 thick thermal pads that I think do more harm then good...If I hade some copper shims I am sure it would help in cooling the ram..

[EvilCloudStrife]

Scores? on a side note, if you dont want the LE, i found a PNY 6800NU for $250
linky linky below
http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4122813?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

[d94]

so if this thing fully unlocks would it be like a gt or a nu?

[mat1314]

^ ^ ^ = good question...

And will it be faster than a 6600GT...And if so by how much, they are about the same price...

[treepop]

NU:
It will be greater then a stock NU becuase it will have 2x the amount of memory; if both the nu and this one have all the sharers and pipes unlocked then the LE would still have 2x the memory.

6600GT:
It will have 2x the memory and 256 bit memory vs the 6600gt's 128bit memory; along with that it will have the same pipes and shaders if both are unlocked successfully; the only advantage I see the 6600gt having is gddr3 memory; which although faster; has looser timings and is only 128bit

I would say this card is a prime candidate for Overclocking; as I said earlier; with all the pipes and shaders unlocked; the core and memory overclocked; this card has the potential to rival a GT......if you can get that ddr1 memory to the same speeds; please correct me if I am mistaken :)

[mgoode]

youre killing me :p Post some 3dmark03 scores aready!

[rlemieux]

Here is the deal, I can softmod it to open 16/6. Will play games that way (Doom/Diablo II) but will not run 3DMark2003. However if I disable bit02 (rivatuner) and get it to 12/6 it runs it perfectly no problems.

Stock out the box it gets between 7000-7100
With 12/6 I can get around 7600
However I bumped up the clock speeds from 300/700 to 375/850 and I just got 8881. Keep in mind I haven't tried different drivers or even tinkered with the settings. Also I jumped to 375/850 right away and it hasn't flinched. This is with the stock eVGA cooler and thermal tape. I think this card can go much higher.

All and all right now its looking like a very good buy.

[rlemieux]

Here is the screen shot a 12/6 and 375/850 (btw, I am running a very cheap ECS mobo that came with my processor and may be limiting this quite a bit, also processor and memory are completely stock settings, no overclocking).

[d94]

wow! thats not bad @ all

[Posidon42]

indeed, very nice

[diehrd]

That should do about 9000 ..

[rlemieux]

That should do about 9000 ..

Like I said also, I am not running high end memory or a mobo (check my sig). I am also not overclocking my CPU at all. I will probably play around with drivers this weekend, when I have the time, and see what I can do. With only tweaking the drivers I should be able to hit 9000. I am fixing to test the card at 405/885 and see what it does. I am sure with the right combo of mobo/memory and overclocking the system it could get much, much higher.

[rlemieux]

Ok..... 12/6 at 405/885 I got 8952.

[EvilCloudStrife]

so this card compares to what exactly? better then a 6600GT? man, this is a killer deal it seems!

[rlemieux]

Update, will not try to push the overclock any further until I get some good AS5 on the heatsink and play with the drivers, however she is very stable at 415/1000. Just ran 3DMark03 and got a 10201.

I am going to try some differnt drivers later this week and see what I can do.

[__TRONIK__]

just for those wondering, there are some 6800 variations that unlock everything and run everything perfectly. in my girlfriemds rig I put in a pny 6800nu that I got on black friday, $220. it goes to 16/6 and at 16/6 did 400/800 on water with no real pushing on the core. I did flash it to the 1.5v bios. the mem eventually gave a bit of artifacting at 800 I think I remember.
it really is a crap shoot though, I got two of those cards on the same day, one for a friends build and one for the gf's, and the other one would only unlock a shader. almost 100% unlock that shader. the pipes are trickier.
agree that if you get a 256mb le and it unlocks everything, it can be better than an NU, but do note that the nu's are 12pipes default, so the worst you can do is 12. unless we find that all le's do 12 at least, you could get hosed and only get 8. with the nu available for only a bit more, i'd go with that again if given the choice. those lucky enough to get 256mb 16/6 cards may pass it, but the nu is the safer bet until the le proves otherwise. that said, I wish those le's that were ultras in disguise came back as $220 cards!

[d94]

if only this card had a connector for the psu!

[diehrd]

But right out of the BOX this deal is way better then a 6600GT....And that it easily closes in on 9000 points is a big deal as well as having 12 pipes opened ...Great deal for 229.00

[DooLocsta]

I gave 186.00 for my eVGA 6600GT and right out of the box without o/c on the card I got 8209 3dMark03. I don't know if it is worth trying to get that unlocked. I guess I will try to o/c my 6600gt and see how much more I can get out of it.

[{PMS}fishy]

if only this card had a connector for the psu!

It does.

[diehrd]

I gave 186.00 for my eVGA 6600GT and right out of the box without o/c on the card I got 8209 3dMark03. I don't know if it is worth trying to get that unlocked. I guess I will try to o/c my 6600gt and see how much more I can get out of it.


I would love to see that 3d 03 score , You have a link to it at futuremark ?

Usually the 6600GT is in the low to mid 7000 Point range stock out of box..I am sure it can do better in some systems but even over clocked it is hard pressed to score as well as a Basic 6800NU 128 meg at stock..

[d94]

It does.

so if everything could be unlocked and this card oc's well, then you could flash it to gt/ultra?

[treepop]

THe thing is; He is using a stock Intel system and is getting those marks in 03 with the LE!

[doublejack]

so if everything could be unlocked and this card oc's well, then you could flash it to gt/ultra?

No. The gt/ultras use different memory than the le/nus.

[mat1314]

So everyone agrees? This would be better to get than a 6600GT?

[EvilCloudStrife]

So everyone agrees? This would be better to get than a 6600GT?


yeah, i think so.. i would jump all over this one if it was pci-e... i just got a new system and i dont have agp.. i stand by the choice i made though :bang head

[diehrd]

So everyone agrees? This would be better to get than a 6600GT?


Ya I do

[DooLocsta]

I would love to see that 3d 03 score , You have a link to it at futuremark ?

Usually the 6600GT is in the low to mid 7000 Point range stock out of box..I am sure it can do better in some systems but even over clocked it is hard pressed to score as well as a Basic 6800NU 128 meg at stock..

Don't know if this help but I ran 3dMark again when I got home from work. This is on my eVGA 6600GT out of the box no o/c. I am running a 3200+ @ 2350. I guess if I ever get a better video card I will purchase 3dmark. I may try and o/c it tommorrow night to see if I can get better.

[rlemieux]

Update. I went ahead and went to the 71.25 Nvidia drivers that came with the card to see what I could get. I also went ahead and used coolbits to update my registry so I could overclock with the Nvidia utility. I set my video card at 410/886. WOW!

3Dmark2003 new score is 11141. Am trying to get a picture up on a free webhosting site so you can see the score.

[rlemieux]

hope this works

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y34/rlemieux/3dmark0312-6410-886with71.bmp

[homer77]

the pix looks.....nice and .... small...

it would help if it's about 5 times bigger. :D

thanks

[rlemieux]

the pix looks.....nice and .... small...

it would help if it's about 5 times bigger. :D

thanks

Sorry its a free hosting site, more than happy to email someone the pictures if they can get a bigger picture. Anyway, this is the last update I will do on these. Deleted the 71.25's and installed the new 75.90's. Didn't get a great increase but did manage 11560 at 410-885

All and all this card is definitly worth the 229 bucks. Especially if you can do what I couldn't and unlock 16 pipes and make it stable.

[EvilCloudStrife]

Sorry its a free hosting site, more than happy to email someone the pictures if they can get a bigger picture. Anyway, this is the last update I will do on these. Deleted the 71.25's and installed the new 75.90's. Didn't get a great increase but did manage 11560 at 410-885

All and all this card is definitly worth the 229 bucks. Especially if you can do what I couldn't and unlock 16 pipes and make it stable.


MAN! i 2nd that.. that is increadible. what a find for 229.. about the same price as a 6600GT.. if you are looking for a videocard, jump all over this.. my only concern is this.. i was looking at the specs on the card and i saw that it has 2.5ns memory! not the normal 2.0ns... but the 256bit memory makes up for it i bet

[diehrd]

those ar 6800 GT scores People..for 229.00

Is it stable no artifacts ? at those speeds

[CordialSpam]

god this is very very very temping..

[DooLocsta]

Hmmm... If it were only PCIe those are some hella scores, very nice find.

[mat1314]

Heh I'm all over this one...

[rlemieux]

those ar 6800 GT scores People..for 229.00

Is it stable no artifacts ? at those speeds

Not one artifact, super stable and that is with the stock cooling and with stock voltages. I am sure with some water cooling, or even removing the heatsink and adding AS5 or a better one you could do much better than that.

[rlemieux]

OK guys, I knocked everything back down to stock speeds, except left the pipes and shaders open 12/6. I don't know what I was doing before, maybe it was the drivers. Anyway at stock speeds 300/700 I am now getting 8910 3Dmark03 and that is with everything still running in the background.

[CordialSpam]

can you please run 3dmark05? I really want to know the score of it..I am guessing about 3-4k

anyways do any of yall think it is wroth it to upgade from 6600gt?

[treepop]

can you please run 3dmark05? I really want to know the score of it..I am guessing about 3-4k

anyways do any of yall think it is wroth it to upgade from 6600gt?
is it possible to unlock the pipes and shaders of a 6600gt?...if so then I would do that and overclock the poop outa it and be happy :)

[blueswitch]

yeah the eVGA card clocks pretty decently Im at +60mhz on the GPU and +454mhz on the RAM. Haven't played with it much though but off bat thats what I could do...unlocking the pipes gave me artifacting in 3dmark03 but I didn't see if it did it in the games I play..I suppose I should check that out because if it doesn't artifact in the games then who cares.

[rlemieux]

can you please run 3dmark05? I really want to know the score of it..I am guessing about 3-4k

anyways do any of yall think it is wroth it to upgade from 6600gt?

Downloading it now, will post some results later tonight.

[fldrice]

So this card comes with 256mb of GDDR not GDDR3 correct?

[d94]

wholly hell
im still happy that i have my card, but WoW what i deal!

[rlemieux]

can you please run 3dmark05? I really want to know the score of it..I am guessing about 3-4k

anyways do any of yall think it is wroth it to upgade from 6600gt?

Stock scores, no over clocking I get 3812

[rlemieux]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=621441

[CordialSpam]

wow nice scores, almost 5k..that is really good...

I get 3293 on my 6600gt..oced (sig)..hmm...should I sell my 6600gt and get this instead?

[rlemieux]

wow nice scores, almost 5k..that is really good...

I get 3293 on my 6600gt..oced (sig)..hmm...should I sell my 6600gt and get this instead?


I am sure I could get over that by pushing the card a little bit more and getting some better cooling. Also that is with programs running in the background. Usually when I do benchmarks its with using ctl/alt/del and shutting down everything that is not absolutely needed.

For the price I would definitly say its well worth it. I may even sell my GT on ebay, seeing as they are going for more than I paid for it, and keep this one, or just keep this one for my backup rig although its a little more advanced than need be for my backup.

[rlemieux]

Ok, after some tweaking, changing display drivers etc I think I have done a farily decent job in showing what this card can do.

Final Benchmarks after much tweaking
3Dmark2001SE: 21,009
3Dmark2003: 11,662
3Dmark2005: 5,097
Aquamark3: 64,333

Again, with the proper cooling and overclocking this could be much higher. I could have gone through a little more and at least put some AS5 on the cooler but I just wanted to give you a basic idea of what could be done, and to see if it was worth what I paid for it. I could also have bumped scores by doing some thinkgs to the system, but again I just wanted to give a general idea of what can be done and how much bang for each buck I actually got for this card. All and all I am very pleased, I definitly got my money and then some worth out of this card.

If you guys have any more questions please let me know. I tried to run all of the modern day benchmarks to give a broader idea of the card.

[diehrd]

thise are amazing results for a 229.00 card ,,No way there is a better value in a video card then this one..Ya almost need 2 6600GT to keep up with it LMAO..

[fldrice]

Anybody else have any luck unlocking this card?

[Hughhefner]

Never fails, I do lots of reseach on the forums, figure out the best bang for the buck is the 6600GT, buy it, then 2 weeks later this DEAL comes around.

Thanks guys.

[rlemieux]

Never fails, I do lots of reseach on the forums, figure out the best bang for the buck is the 6600GT, buy it, then 2 weeks later this DEAL comes around.

Thanks guys.

Your welcome :) I am sure something else will come along next week though, thats how it always happens.

[DeadSmiley]

is it possible to unlock the pipes and shaders of a 6600gt?...if so then I would do that and overclock the poop outa it and be happy :)

No. The 6600GT uses a different core than the 6800 series, there is nothing hidden to unlock. ;)

[DeadSmiley]

on the site it says its ddr so I am preaty sure its ddr and not gddr3 :(


You are correct sir! Look at the very bottom of this page from the nVidia web site.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce6_techspecs.html

"6. GDDR3: GeForce 6800 Ultra, 6800 GT, and 6600 GT only."


**EDIT**[/COLOR]
If anyone gets this PLEASE post your results ASAP....if it can be modded into having 16pipes and 6 shaders then that would rock!....seeing as it does have 256 megs of 256bit ram; this would be better then a 6800 by alot and hella cheaper!


All 6800 series cards are 256 bit. ;)

[DeViL_909]

Ok guys I have been sucked in to the thread now. I need a new card and was about to buy a 6600GT. Now I am having second thoughts about it. Would it be worth getting this 6800 or paying $30 more and getting a NU? Lol help out a man in need.

[diehrd]

This card looks pretty darn good..

[rlemieux]

Ok guys I have been sucked in to the thread now. I need a new card and was about to buy a 6600GT. Now I am having second thoughts about it. Would it be worth getting this 6800 or paying $30 more and getting a NU? Lol help out a man in need.

With a limited mobo I have pushed this one pretty far. There is a guy at the other overclockers forums that got his to 434/933 with the stock cooler. Pound for pound its a heck of a card. I just went ahead and ordered a Silencer 5 for it, I am also debating ordering a P4C800-C Deluxe and getting away from this ECS. I really think that those two things, mobo and cooling, are holding this card back. Realistically I think I can push 450/1000 with the right setup.

[treepop]

With a limited mobo I have pushed this one pretty far. There is a guy at the other overclockers forums that got his to 434/933 with the stock cooler. Pound for pound its a heck of a card. I just went ahead and ordered a Silencer 5 for it, I am also debating ordering a P4C800-C Deluxe and getting away from this ECS. I really think that those two things, mobo and cooling, are holding this card back. Realistically I think I can push 450/1000 with the right setup.
wouldnt ddr at 1000mhz be better then gddr3 at 1000mhz?

[Hughhefner]

I don't think it exist YET!, OCZ just released some DDR I that can hit 772? at cas 3, 4,4.
DDR is not dead yet, just being reworked for its last stand in 2005-06

[treepop]

I don't think it exist YET!, OCZ just released some DDR I that can hit 772? at cas 3, 4,4.
DDR is not dead yet, just being reworked for its last stand in 2005-06
I am talking about video card memory

With a limited mobo I have pushed this one pretty far. There is a guy at the other overclockers forums that got his to 434/933 with the stock cooler. Pound for pound its a heck of a card. I just went ahead and ordered a Silencer 5 for it, I am also debating ordering a P4C800-C Deluxe and getting away from this ECS. I really think that those two things, mobo and cooling, are holding this card back. Realistically I think I can push 450/1000 with the right setup.
See how people are getting 933....so my question is: Say if rlemieux actually does hit 450/1000 then wouldnt his 6800LE running at 1000mhz beat a 6800gt with gddr3 running at 1000, since ddr has much tighter timings which intern means greater bandwith?

[EnermaxKid329]

thats a good deal....but im getting a 6800GT soon...otherwise..i'd buy it.

[rlemieux]

I am talking about video card memory

See how people are getting 933....so my question is: Say if rlemieux actually does hit 450/1000 then wouldnt his 6800LE running at 1000mhz beat a 6800gt with gddr3 running at 1000, since ddr has much tighter timings which intern means greater bandwith?

I have heard several people say this, but I am not familiar enough with it to know if its just speculation or if it is indeed fact.

[DeViL_909]

You all twisted my arm and made me buy one. I hope eveyone is happy :). I will let you all know when it comes in and how it does. Hopefully it will unlock with no problems.

[DeViL_909]

Ok guys got my card in today. With the old drivers and no unlocking, the card gets 7051 in 3dmark03. Not too bad but I hope it unlocks. Will keep you posted. I am going to install the new drivers and unlock the vertex shader first. I am taking it slow so that I can see where this card might crap out on me. Should keep you all happy for a little bit :)

[DeViL_909]

Scores jumped to 7212 with new drivers and the 6th vertex shader unlocked. Now to unlock the pipes

[DeViL_909]

Ok good news, bad news. Good news is that I finnally got 12 pipes unlocked. Bad news is that I have major problems with starting windows when all 16 are unlocked :(. I will keep messing with it and hope for the best. Right now I am running 3dmark03 with the new unlocked pipes to make sure they are working. Funny thing is that the first locked set were the ones causing the problems. I had to disable 0 and enable 2. Everyone cross fingers :)

[fldrice]

Thanks for the update really appreciate it.