6800GS AGP

[CKXP]

Originally posted by: helto
Hi again.

Is this what you want to see?


Helto

one question....on Rivatuner before you "unlocked" the extra pipes, did it show as a 6800GS(A1,12x1,5vp)?, i notice it shows as a 6800gt(A1,16x1,6vp), which would make sense, since being "unlocked" it would have the same specs.

 

[CKXP]

Originally posted by: CKXP

Originally posted by: helto
Hi again.

Is this what you want to see?


Helto

one question....on Rivatuner before you "unlocked" the extra pipes, did it show as a 6800GS(A1,12x1,5vp)?, i notice it shows as a 6800gt(A1,16x1,6vp), which would make sense, since being "unlocked" it would have the same specs.

http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/3365/nvidiascreen4kf.gif, well i wanted to say congratulations Helto, you answered the BIG question about the 6800gs agp, it does unlock, i just noticed the default configuration in the image you provided Def:00001f0b(A1,12x1,5vp)

 

[NoStateofMind]

Well there is one of the WHITE ELEPHANTS. One more to go

 

[secretanchitman]

YES IT UNLOCKS!

might get this now...but maybe better versions w/ higher clocks will come out soon...or who knows, maybe a 7800 series in AGP.

 

[GeneralSir]

I'm thinking about getting this card too. What is involved in unlocking the pipes? I'll probably wait to see if a few more people can unlock theirs too.

 

[CKXP]

you can unlock the extra pipes and vertex with Rivatuner here

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: helto
Hi again.

Is this what you want to see?


Helto

Please OC also!

 

[GeneralSir]

Is there any risk in trying to unlock the pipes?

 

[CKXP]

Originally posted by: GeneralSir
Is there any risk in trying to unlock the pipes?

yes...unlocking the extra pipes can cause artifacts, video corruption(ex. 6800nu),many who bought the 6800nu agp, were successful in unlocking the pipes but the extra pipes were "damaged" causing artifacts.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: CKXP

Originally posted by: GeneralSir
Is there any risk in trying to unlock the pipes?

yes...unlocking the extra pipes can cause artifacts, video corruption(ex. 6800nu),many who bought the 6800nu agp, were successful in unlocking the pipes but the extra pipes were "damaged" causing artifacts.

Even though there were artifacts, CKXP forgot to mention that you CAN soft mod it back to the origan spec. Just remember which quad you unlocked, then lock it again. In most cases you can atleast unlock the shader...enjoy!

PS. Will you still have the artifacts after chaging it back? No!

 

[CKXP]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon

Originally posted by: CKXP

Originally posted by: GeneralSir
Is there any risk in trying to unlock the pipes?

yes...unlocking the extra pipes can cause artifacts, video corruption(ex. 6800nu),many who bought the 6800nu agp, were successful in unlocking the pipes but the extra pipes were "damaged" causing artifacts.

Even though there were artifacts, CKXP forgot to mention that you CAN soft mod it back to the origan spec. Just remember which quad you unlocked, then lock it again. In most cases you can atleast unlock the shader...enjoy!

PS. Will you still have the artifacts after chaging it back? No!

:thumbsup:

 

[Chriz]

The EVGA card is on Newegg now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130002

XFX looks like a better deal, faster memory and 10 dollars cheaper.

 

[GeneralSir]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon

Originally posted by: CKXP

Originally posted by: GeneralSir
Is there any risk in trying to unlock the pipes?

yes...unlocking the extra pipes can cause artifacts, video corruption(ex. 6800nu),many who bought the 6800nu agp, were successful in unlocking the pipes but the extra pipes were "damaged" causing artifacts.

Even though there were artifacts, CKXP forgot to mention that you CAN soft mod it back to the origan spec. Just remember which quad you unlocked, then lock it again. In most cases you can atleast unlock the shader...enjoy!

PS. Will you still have the artifacts after chaging it back? No!

Thanks for the info!!! I think I'll wait to see if most people can unlock the pipes without any problems

 

[GeneralSir]

I also wanted to ask if you guys thought the 6800gs would be better than the x850 pro. I figured the 6800gs would be better if you could unlock the pipes but if not then the x850 pro would be because of the higher clock speed. Am I right or wrong?

 

[NoStateofMind]

GS listed at Zipzoomfly:

eVGA 6800GS AGP $225

XFX 6800GS AGP $299!! WTF??

Hope they don't a set a stupid price jump war!

 

[Wolfshanze]

Am I the only person who noticed that picture provided of Riva Tuner is clearly showing a 6800GT, not a GS?!?!

If Riva Tuner is miss-identifying the card somehow, how about showing official NVidia drivers somewhere in the screenshot that clearly shows "6800GS". I can unlock all 16 pipes on my 6800GT too!


Edit;
Then again, the "Hardware Masked" bit seems to say something too that wouldn't be on a GT? Just making sure it's a GS!

 

[Subwayeatbig]

I saw on many of the evga and xfx forums regarding the 6800gs showing the card as a 6800gt for some reason... due to being old firmware or something like that. Well anyways does softmoding from 12 to 16 void the warrenty. and if the 4 pixel shaders were bad can we soft mod it back and not let them know.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: Subwayeatbig
I saw on many of the evga and xfx forums regarding the 6800gs showing the card as a 6800gt for some reason... due to being old firmware or something like that. Well anyways does softmoding from 12 to 16 void the warrenty. and if the 4 pixel shaders were bad can we soft mod it back and not let them know.

They (nVIDIA) are the one's who soft modded it in the first place. They test them and if it doesn't pass thier standards, they disable one quad of pipes. That being said, I don't think there is any way they can know. Actually I'm 99.99% sure they can't.

 

[CKXP]

Am I the only person who noticed that picture provided of Riva Tuner is clearly showing a 6800GT, not a GS?!?!

i noticed that to at first, but look at the drivers helto is using 81.89, only the newer forceware drivers 82.12 offical support the 6800gs agp 82.12 also look at the default configuration on the custom graphics processor configuration. Def:00001f0b(A1,12x1,5vp) =6800gs image

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: Wolfshanze
Am I the only person who noticed that picture provided of Riva Tuner is clearly showing a 6800GT, not a GS?!?!

If Riva Tuner is miss-identifying the card somehow, how about showing official NVidia drivers somewhere in the screenshot that clearly shows "6800GS". I can unlock all 16 pipes on my 6800GT too!


Edit;
Then again, the "Hardware Masked" bit seems to say something too that wouldn't be on a GT? Just making sure it's a GS!

Do you have to be so scepticle about everything? I mean this is atleast the second on Anandtech that has claimed to have unlocked, and it seems that both times you don't wanna believe it.

I too was a bit scepticle when I saw the 'GT' statement, but another pointed out that default pipes and shaders were set at 15/5. That made it pretty obvious to me.

If I had the money, I would buy one. If I had a camera, I would take pics. And after that giive screen shots. Whatever it takes to prove to you that it does unlock. Oh , and I'm waiting for that other "White Elephant" to show up. When it does....be prepared to eat your words. Yes I want you to literally print it out, ball it up, chew it up...and swallow

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon

Originally posted by: Wolfshanze
Am I the only person who noticed that picture provided of Riva Tuner is clearly showing a 6800GT, not a GS?!?!

If Riva Tuner is miss-identifying the card somehow, how about showing official NVidia drivers somewhere in the screenshot that clearly shows "6800GS". I can unlock all 16 pipes on my 6800GT too!


Edit;
Then again, the "Hardware Masked" bit seems to say something too that wouldn't be on a GT? Just making sure it's a GS!

Do you have to be so scepticle about everything? I mean this is atleast the second on Anandtech that has claimed to have unlocked, and it seems that both times you don't wanna believe it.

I too was a bit scepticle when I saw the 'GT' statement, but another pointed out that default pipes and shaders were set at 15/5. That made it pretty obvious to me.

If I had the money, I would buy one. If I had a camera, I would take pics. And after that giive screen shots. Whatever it takes to prove to you that it does unlock. Oh , and I'm waiting for that other "White Elephant" to show up. When it does....be prepared to eat your words. Yes I want you to literally print it out, ball it up, chew it up...and swallow

oooh nice.

 

[imported_helto]

Is this enough to satisfy some of the doubters?


Helto

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: helto
Is this enough to satisfy some of the doubters?


Helto

Thanks for the confirmation on the unlocking :beer: Tried overclocking the core yet? We just need overclocking and benchmark results now. Damned nice if it turns out to be 6800U performance or better, and maybe Wolfy will STFU

 

[joincamp]

http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?tracknumb...&clientype=ivshpalrt&language=english&

yay for tomorrow, can't wait to pop 'er in. I'll try some benchmarking to give you guys and idea of what increase I get if it does unlock. Maybe some before/after 3DMark? stock/unlocked/unlocked and overclocked results. I have a bunch of new games too, so I can give you benchmark results of stuff too. Gimme a request list and I'll try to fufill it. Keep in mind that the results will probably be CPU limited since I only have an Athlon XP 2800 (OC'd to 3200). But, even if my games don't perform as well as the same card on a newer system, the before/after results should give a clue to the speed increases.

Send in your requests.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: helto
Is this enough to satisfy some of the doubters?


Helto

i dunno . . . Wolfie?

HOT! EVGA 6800GS 1 day sale $189.99not sure this is still on.

please show more about the UNlocking and O/C'ing
[proof that it IS unlocked]