Eh what the hell...UPDATED WITH CARD IN COMPUTER

[Kholdan]

Ok, First thanks goes to Thugsrook and Aonic for there hard work.... I have had my card for about a week now from newegg. At first i flashed my bios to the standard ultra bios that we had at the beginning of the week. I am running an AMD Barton 2500 oced to 2.088, 1 gig of mem at 166mhz. With the Ultra bios I could get 425/1250 out of this card but was worried about not having the dual speed fans, so tonight I reflashed my card using the new boot disk created by Thugs and Aonic ( worked great and very easy to use) Thx again..... I reflashed to the GT bios for the dual fan mode and the better memory settings. These were my results:
Ultra Bios
3Dmark03
425/1250 = 11331 temps idle 55 during benching up to 65

3Dmark05
425/1250 = 4938 temps idle 55 during benching up to 63

When I went with the GT bios 1.4 I uninstalled my video drivers and riva and when I reinstalled I used coolbits 2.0 for the ocing. I used the detect optimal freqs and it said 350/1100 so I manually adjusted the overclocking to my old 425/1250... no go would not let me becuase you have to test the settings. They would not work. So I uped my core to what it would accept which was 450mhz and my memory stayed at 1100. I also opened my case to see if the dual fan mode really worked. As I ran the benches I listened for the fan. It only stayed on for about 3 secs into the benchmarks and then cut back down to the lower setting. My results were:
GT Bios
3Dmark03 = 12282 temps idle 53 during benching up to 79

3Dmark05 = 5391 temps idle 53 during benching up to 68

So I believe the tighter memory settings caused me not to be able to run my memory any higher than 1100mhz. However the extra 25mhz on the core definately made up for the lower memory. I am concerned about the fan not ever going to full speed. Can someone else check this on there computer and see if I'm the only one with this problem? Or are the temps I had not justify a speed up in the fan? I also have a thermaltake true 480 psu and would like to know if the warning for not enough power to the card is something in the driver or is it something that has to be installed like a monitoring program. I have not recieved any warning yet, so I think everything is getting enough power..... Thx all

 

[thecat13]

hi, skene, i have a question.
this card (and ultra) have a expansion slot cover
did you cut it off to install NV5 or what. i want a NV5
but I don't want cut half of my card slot cover

 

[THUGSROOK]

Originally posted by: Kholdan
I believe the tighter memory settings caused me not to be able to run my memory any higher than 1100mhz. However the extra 25mhz on the core definately made up for the lower memory.

I am concerned about the fan not ever going to full speed. Can someone else check this on there computer and see if I'm the only one with this problem? Or are the temps I had not justify a speed up in the fan?

yes, the tighter mem timings could easily explain that. however the tighter timings more then make up for the speed.

your fan problem has already been confirmed.
if you want full control over what your fan does and when it does it ~ please dload EXPERTool from the main post in my thread.

HTH

 

[Elfear]

Well, I just threw the new card into my box and the results were somewhat disappointing. Results were as follows:
3DMark05- 2200
3DMark03- 7900

Scores with 6800GT
3DMark05- 4800
3DMark03- 11800

I'm thinking I didn't set something right and hence the horrible scores. I also got some pretty bad artifacting through both 3DMark programs. I had a 6800GT in before and all I did was uninstall the drivers, used driver cleaner, switched the cards around (made sure I attached two unused 12V lines), and loaded 66.81 drivers on. I know everything else is working fine because I was benching with the GT right before I switched cards.

I was planning on flashing to Thug's new bios but if the card is screwed up to begin with I don't want to void the warranty. Any ideas?

 

[THUGSROOK]

please read the main post in my thread for some hints

<uninstall/reinstall rivatuner?>

 

[skene]

thecat, Yea, I had to cut off half of the cover. I checked all my spare pci and video cards to see if I could mod. one of them to fit, but nothing had a screw tab like the one on this card.
I know other companies sell dual DVI 6800 cards with a single slot cover, so you *might* be able to find one somewhere. I looked around a bit but thought I'd just hack it off since I'd already voided my warrenty by flashing the bios.

 

[imported_kouch]

has anyone gotten theirs from zipzoomfly yet (or it has been shipped)? I placed my order monday night and still says "Packed" grrrr. How long did it take for them to ship the thing?

 

[jonny13]

Originally posted by: kouch
has anyone gotten theirs from zipzoomfly yet (or it has been shipped)? I placed my order monday night and still says "Packed" grrrr. How long did it take for them to ship the thing?

Man, at least I am not alone. I ordered as well Monday night and as of 10 AM PST yesterday, it was packed and it still hasn't shipped. I had Thursday night off so I could put the thing in, but not it won't arrive till Friday and I work and won't be able to get it till Saturday. Damn ZZF!!

Jonny

 

[imported_kouch]

yeah really, I want my grubby little hands on this thing right now so I can get tweaking and have everything primed and ready for hl2.

(I think we have all been spoiled by newegg's excellent shipping times, as long as they ship this thing today so I get it friday or saturday at the latest)

 

[imported_k00k]

Don't see the product page on NewEgg anymore. I was hoping they were going to get more in so I could buy another...second choice was to buy from ZZF, but I'll wait until I hear they are actually shipping orders.

 

[imported_kouch]

yeah I saw that newegg.com stopeed listing them today. I guess they really mean it when they say "limited edition"

 

[jonny13]

Good news for those that ordered from ZZF. I just checked the status and it says shipped now. Also, my tracking info said it was shipped yesterday and will arrive tomorrow, so thats sweet.

 

[imported_kouch]

yep same here, just checked the update on their website, shipped with tracking number

 

[Rhagz]

ordered mine Monday afternoon also, it shipped Tuesday morning, due to arrive Thursday according to FedEx.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

my card from ZZF is waiting for me in RI,i will have the results tonight for you guys who can't wait

edit: no dice, no one was home to answer the door for fedex

 

[johnannie]

I have waited for my card to arrive from an Ebay vendor for a week. Apparently he shipped it last week and UPS can't locate it. I'm running out of patience. What do you guys think? Should I continue to wait for it or should I just go buy a 6800 GT from a reputable dealer?

Thanks.

 

[imported_kouch]

you should have just bought a 6800 Limited Edition from Zipzoomfly.com instead. I mean why pay 360 on ebay when you can get it from a reputable vendor for 339?

 

[thecat13]

johnannie, why don't you buy from zipzoomfly. i got my card with $329.99 from zipzoomfly yesterday. it's identical with newegg version. they increase their price but it still cheaper than your ebay price. $349 including 2 days air shipping. not bad

 

[johnannie]

Well I would have if I had know about it. I am currently sitting on my ass waiting again for the UPS guy to hopefully deliver my card. Unfortunately, UPS can't seem to locate my package with the tracking number and says,"it should come today, but it might not. Call us if it doesn't and we'll issue a trace." So, I could buy the one from ZZF, and then have them both show up at the same time. I don't know, I want to wring the hillbilly's neck that I bought it from on Ebay.

 

[imported_kouch]

lol, that's the thing with ebay, it's hit and miss. That is why I only buy from there if I can't find vendors or if there is a price difference of greater than 20%. But hang in there, it will come.

I just hope that it is a 16x6 card that I get otherwise I will be really mad:| All of the fingers and toes crossed.....

 

[Warzero]

Bought mine from newegg last week for 335 or something and got it in 2 days with fed ex(Order thuesday night got it thursday morning). Highly recommend newegg if they still selling it.

 

[imported_kouch]

nope, not anymore

they don't even list it as out of stock anymore.

 

[Warzero]

Anyone who thinks this card is a non ultra then just look at the description on the box where it is telling you what your getting. It Listed specifically a 6800 Ultra LOL

 

[imported_kouch]

well from what I hear they ship in both ultra and GT boxes but this is just because they didn't make boxes for these limited editions. They are for sure failed ultras so that is not a problem. The only thing that makes me nervous is that official spec is 12 pipes so there must be some cards of the batch that had a bad quad and I don't want to end up with one of these cards.

 

[Warzero]

LOL that was my worry to when i order it from newegg but when it came I was really happy to see it had 16 pipes. :laugh: