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Just purchased the Viewsonic VX2025WM

Mine came shipped with a dead DVI connection. Will see if i can get it returned to Zipzoomfly or Viewsonic.
- SelfishGene
- Post #13
- May 1, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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20" Widescreen LCDs-am I the only one who doesn't understand the point of them?

I'm not terribly enthralled with widescreen. Most games look like i'm peering through a very wide 17". IMO the vertical component of games is much more important because it adds "size". Eventually, when more games support widescreen natively, i think it might be a better format. But right...
- SelfishGene
- Post #40
- May 1, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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Upgrade from 6600GT to 6800GS?

I upgraded my 6600 GT to an 6800 GS agp. Because of the price i got for it on ebay, i am happy with the upgrade. The big difference is in AA and visual quality. If you run without AA, and don't want it, i wouldn't upgrade. But now i can run some games like IL-2 Sturmovik with high water...
- SelfishGene
- Post #6
- Feb 15, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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A mini review of the 7800GS!

At stock it's not any faster then an overclocked AGP 6800 GS. O/C'ed it's only 1000 points faster. Yea, it is the fastest stock card, ect. But even at 300 (-50$ retail markup) it's still not a good buy at this particular time. Of course there is a chance you'd get an 6800 that couldn't...
- SelfishGene
- Post #16
- Jan 29, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6800gs agp doesn't run with forceware v8x.xx

If all else fails do a system restore to a point before you installed the card. A lot of hardcore guys diss system restore because it uses up HD space - but, imo, system restore is the greatest driver-conflict resolving tool you have. If something gets FUBARed with your graphics drivers and...
- SelfishGene
- Post #9
- Jan 29, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6800gs agp overclocked unlocked benchmarked comparison

Hmm i'll have to get 3dmark 03 I have one tip though. Get another case fan :). My card was running 425mhz/1118 more or less without any artifacts. Suddenly whilst in Guild Wars the card crashed, i got a "green screen of death", and had to hard reset the computer. I've since been running...
- SelfishGene
- Post #4
- Jan 27, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800GS AGP is identical to BFG 6800GT AGP?

I wouldn't be too quick to assume this is a general problem with the card or drivers, since i can both unlock the card using RivaTuner and overclock the card using coolbits without any effort or trouble at all. And having tested many different settings in 3dmark, i'm assured that these settings...
- SelfishGene
- Post #31
- Jan 25, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6800GS AGP

Well, be sure first you have the latest BETA drivers (82.xx); they're the only ones that support the 6800 GS. I honestly don't know what version BFG included on their CD, but it's only a 20+ mb file to download. I didn't bother trying to overclock it myself. In fact, when i tried to...
- SelfishGene
- Post #106
- Jan 24, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6800GS AGP

Yes
- SelfishGene
- Post #104
- Jan 24, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6800GS AGP

I just o/c'ed mine with coolbits. A recap of my scores w/o'c included. 6800 GS @ stock speed and pipes: 4548 "" "" @ 16pipes, 6v: 5189 "" "" @ 425core/1.16mem w/16p6v: 5768
- SelfishGene
- Post #102
- Jan 24, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6800GS AGP

I just installed and tested my new BFG 6800 GS. Now i don't know how stable it is, i only ran a 3dmark2005 test to see if the pipes unlocked or not. There was no visual corruption or whatnot during the test. I also have an Enermax 350W with 17amps on the 12v+ line btw. The short story...
- SelfishGene
- Post #75
- Jan 23, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Buy a eVGA 6800GS CO AGP now or wait for 7800GS AGP if its ever released?

Zipzoomfly has te BFG 6800 GS for 199.00$ and free shipping. I think Fex-Ex too. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=326031]BFG 6800 GT[/url] The crucial bit of information in the AGP 6800 GS deal is where these chips are being derived from. Are they defective 6800...
- SelfishGene
- Post #6
- Jan 21, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800GS AGP is identical to BFG 6800GT AGP?

Well... it's a give and take :) If you get a 6800 GS, O/C it to 400 and unlock all the pipes - whala! you have yourself an 6800 Ultra. Which is pretty much the fastest last gen card there is, at least in Open GL games. The PCI-e 6800 GS IS about 100 mhz faster out of the box - so its a...
- SelfishGene
- Post #24
- Jan 21, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800GS AGP is identical to BFG 6800GT AGP?

IMO-- the AGP 6800 GS cards are only worth it if you can enable those extra pipes. The PCI-e version is a different fab process and has only 12 pipes but runs nearly 100+ mhz faster. 200$ for the equivalent of an x800 pro isn't, perhaps, the most exciting deal. My biggest consideration was...
- SelfishGene
- Post #14
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800GS AGP is identical to BFG 6800GT AGP?

They also just upped the price 15$ at Newegg :/. I think they have some kind of automated script that raises the price of any item that seems to be selling unusually quickly.
- SelfishGene
- Post #12
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800GS AGP is identical to BFG 6800GT AGP?

BTW Newegg just changed it's page to say 12 pipes. Probably the best guess about it's performance it to look at the XFX 6800 GS thread. Odds are you'll be able to open up the pipes and run it at least close to GT speeds.
- SelfishGene
- Post #8
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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BFG 6800GS AGP is identical to BFG 6800GT AGP?

I should point out BFG tech support doesn't really know anything beyond tech support questions. Once on the phone with them, as his computer was doing it's thing, i tried to strike up a conversation in the dead time. I said that i'd like to get a 6800 GT but that they were virtually impossible...
- SelfishGene
- Post #7
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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New 6800GS AGP cards

It's possible that its both 12 and 16. According to the review the tech support guy said that it came with the pipes "unlocked"; that is, maybe, unlocked but not activated. So it might be 12 out of the box but 16 without much effort.
- SelfishGene
- Post #10
- Jan 19, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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New 6800GS AGP cards

I just ordered the BFG 6800 GS on the off-chance it had all the pipes unliked like it said in the description, before reading your post :). If it DOES have them unlocked (and i'll know in less then a week) then it's basically just a repackaged 6800 GT.
- SelfishGene
- Post #3
- Jan 18, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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6600gt vs

Just a quickie; Guild Wars and Serious Sam 2 both use HDR lighting, and do so fine without any slowdowns (relatively). HDR lighting can also be used in Age of Empires 3 with the 6600GT, but damn, it's just not playable. Unfortunately AoE 3 is not exactly a well optimized game and there are...
- SelfishGene
- Post #53
- Jan 16, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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6600gt vs

I had a BFG 6600 GT, and it kept freezing and locking up my games. The problem was overheating. 6600GTs run VERY fast; faster, in fact, at least in terms of pure clock speed, then almost any other NVidia based card. This generates a whole lot of heat over a (relatively) small chip area. I...
- SelfishGene
- Post #44
- Jan 15, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Leadtek 6800 GT for $290 or Visiontek x850XT-PE for $312 AR?

Age of Empires 3 heavily uses shades 3.0. Heavily. Everything, the trees, the grass, the buildings, the water, are affected by these shaders (using something called "Bloom" to make the colors brighter).
- SelfishGene
- Post #13
- Oct 4, 2005
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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