6800GS AGP

[chillstatus]

Originally posted by: morfinx
Hey guys, I know NV40's WMV acceleration is kinda wonky, but has anyone tried to play 1080p WMV HD on a 6800GS AGP? I'd appreciate it if someone could take a few mins and give it a try

1080p clips below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/window...ent_provider/film/ContentShowcase.aspx

I downloaded and played the T2 1080p clip on a stock XFX 6800GS AGP flawlessly full screen on my Dell 2005FPW. This was on a P4 2.4c @ 2.8

 

[Speedstream]

3dmark05 v1.2 all tests selected.
6600gt
2907 @ 560/1100 54c idle 73 load stock cooling
6800gs
4323 @ 350/1000 48c idle 63 load stock cooling
6800gsoc
5173 @ 430/1100 50c idle 67 load stock cooling
6800gsul
4926 @ 350/1000 49c idle 61 load stock cooling
6800gsuloc
5712 @ 440/1110 50c idle 64 load stock cooling


asus an8x-deluxe mcp-t, barton mobil 2500 @ 2563, agigaram from corsairs ballistic (tracer) series... I had the core up to 464 with a 12cm fan just under it, but it was unable to run 3dmark again successfully with it that high. I'm gonna hit up that zalman fatality cooler a little later today from frozencpu...hopefully i can get it back to at least 450-460 with some stability.

so does the agp 6800gs beat the agp 6600gt, yeah...hands down. is it worth it to upgrade, yeah...i was willing to anyways.
hope this helps the rest of you folks.

 

[CKXP]

BFG 6800GS AGP now that's a pretty good deal

btw: it might be typo on Neweggs part, but it shows 16 pipes on the item specification.

 

[Fly Guy]

Originally posted by: Fly Guy
I just got an XFX 6800GS AGP from Newegg. I unlocked the pixel pipes but turned out they were bad. The sixth vertex unit was ok, though, so I left that on. An overclock of 365 core and 1050 memory is stable. I guess I'm noy one of those lucky ones, hehe.

After more testing, I guess I was being too cautious, I feel better and can run a stable 400 core and 1000 memory. 1050 memory gives me errors in the ATITOOL test. I can probably go a little higher on the core but at 410 I sometimes see dots in the test. At 420 I get errors.

morfinx, I wanted to try out your test but my display won't support that resolution.

 

[Wolfshanze]

No one seems to have 3Dmarked to compare a '6600GT AGP 500/1000mhz' with a '6800GS AGP 350/1000Mhz'.

No, and we may never see one done as the market loves to ignore AGP users.

However, I HAVE seen reviews comparing a 6600GT AGP (500mhz/8 pipes/128MB GDDR3)) vs a 6800NU AGP (325mhz/12 pipes/128MB DDR1).

When a 6600GT went up against the 6800NU, they essentially tied (give or take a few FPS) in most low-strenuous tests. However, when the AA was cranked up, the 6800NU always beat the 6600GT, thanks to the extra pipes... and that's regardless of the slower clock and the older memory type.

So it's clear the extra pipes are more important then core clock speed. Now the 6800GS is a lot like the 6800NU, except it has a slighty faster clock, improved memory type (GDDR3) and double the memory (256MB).

If the 6800NU could beat the 6600GT in most tests, then I can assure you, the 6800GS (stock) is a significantly better card then the 6600GT... now if you can unlock the extra pipes, then it's a HUGELY better card (I know, I went from a 6600GT to a 6800GT not long ago, the differance was significant).

So while we may not have an obvious review comparing the AGP 6600GT with the AGP 6800GS, I can assure you, the 6800GS is a good-deal faster then the 6600GT... even the 6800NU was faster.

 

[Speedstream]

ah, yeah i just posted my results there, about 3 posts up.

even overclocked the 6600gt is not as fast as a 6800gs locked, or unlocked.