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

[racefan]

I got my RMA number back from eVGA in about 1 hour but does not say anything about being charged shipping back to me so I will have to call my credit card company and call them.

 

[Rhagz]

Well, I am sorry you guys are having troubles.. my card ends in 48X and came 325/700 from ZZF. I flashed to the GT1.5 BIOS and am currently running 440/1125 with no problems at all. 3d'05 scores are 5200-5300 or so, and am very pleased with a high quality card at half the price. ZZF has no control over what BIOS is on the card or what it is set at. The get them sealed in plastic just like you do, so I think it is very unfair to blame them. With the amount of RMA they are doing, and most people are getting RMAs quickly and easily, it seems they are doing the best they can. Call eVGA, ask them WTF is up with it and why it isnt what it should be. Try their new BIOS, see if it works. If it doesn't, then call them back, say it didn't work. If they offer no other solutions, RMA it.

 

[imported_MONSTERUS]

Rhagz
It would be unfair, if they would n't be claiming it's ok 700Mhz "cause it's like in 2D and than it's like 1100 in 3D"

egoadk
6800 LE is out of stock at zipzoom, any idea how are they gonna exchange it?

 

[302efi]

Well I got mine today from Newegg but...Check this out...

The card came in an Ultra box but with NO stickers too covering up the Ultra labels and no Limited Edition stickers on the card???...then I installed it all 16x1 pipes and it Identifed itself as an ultra... but heres the fun part...The clocks on the card are 400 /1100 !!!!

Did they mess up and send me an Ultra ???

I used cool bits 2 to detect the clocks and I got 431/1300 !!!!

GREAT card for $328.99!!!

 

[Warzero]

Damn it must be a nightmare being you guys who got a cheap model. Us lucky folks who got the 325/1100 are prettyluckywe did'nt get to go through what you guys are going through.


Best of luck getting your EvGa Ultra card...

 

[egoadk]

Originally posted by: MONSTERUS
egoadk
6800 LE is out of stock at zipzoom, any idea how are they gonna exchange it?

Monsterus,
ZZF mentioned that 6800 LE *should be* in stock by the time our shipment reach them.
I am gonna do it anyway.

though first thing in the morning, I am gonna call up ZZF and see if I can return 6800 LE
and exchange for a 6800 GT for extra $50. I am sick of this eVGA crap.

 

[Viper87227]

Originally posted by: 302efi
Well I got mine today from Newegg but...Check this out...

The card came in an Ultra box but with NO stickers too covering up the Ultra labels and no Limited Edition stickers on the card???...then I installed it all 16x1 pipes and it Identifed itself as an ultra... but heres the fun part...The clocks on the card are 400 /1100 !!!!

Did they mess up and send me an Ultra ???

I used cool bits 2 to detect the clocks and I got 431/1300 !!!!

GREAT card for $328.99!!!

Talk about getting lucky. My guess is that they sold out of the cards before they got your payment. Beause you got your order in while they were in stock and thay already had your check, they just sent you a real ultra as opposed to making a fuss about it.

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: Viper87227

Originally posted by: 302efi
Well I got mine today from Newegg but...Check this out...

The card came in an Ultra box but with NO stickers too covering up the Ultra labels and no Limited Edition stickers on the card???...then I installed it all 16x1 pipes and it Identifed itself as an ultra... but heres the fun part...The clocks on the card are 400 /1100 !!!!

Did they mess up and send me an Ultra ???

I used cool bits 2 to detect the clocks and I got 431/1300 !!!!

GREAT card for $328.99!!!

Talk about getting lucky. My guess is that they sold out of the cards before they got your payment. Beause you got your order in while they were in stock and thay already had your check, they just sent you a real ultra as opposed to making a fuss about it.

Yeah thats what I'm thinking too. I ordered the card on the 18th and they had plenty in stock. I paid by check so that took them time to verify it and check it ect...I just went to Evga to register the card and I did find out that it is indeed an Ultra...The part number is: 256-A8-N345-AX

:thumbsup: to Newegg & a for me

 

[THUGSROOK]

wow, thats incredible ~ congrats

 

[aonic]

omg you lucky biatch
/me kills you

congrats

 

[johnannie]

Wow, you are a lucky bastard!!!! What are everyone else's part numbers. Could the ones from ZZF be different numbers from the NewEggones? My number is 256-a8-n347-ax (I bought mine from a guy on E-Bay)

 

[aonic]

whats the max you can OC to with your new shiny ultra

 

[egoadk]

Originally posted by: racefan
I got my RMA number back from eVGA in about 1 hour but does not say anything about being charged shipping back to me so I will have to call my credit card company and call them.

Keep us posted on how it goes. I will ship mine tomorrow.

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: aonic
whats the max you can OC to with your new shiny ultra

you ask and you shall receive:



Ultra stable overclock

 

[Rhagz]

I actually can get those speeds on my LE.. with an occasional artifact, not too bad really.. just like one or 2 black boxes on 3dmark05.. and i think mine is a power related problem. What mobo/psu you have that on?

 

[Fenring]

I finally got my 6800 working in my main computer, I have to boot the machine into windows with no monitor plugged in, then plug it in but it works.

Im getting bad 3dMark03 scores though. The same card same stock settings got a 9500 on my amd 2100+@2.0. But on my main machine I get 6300 on a AMD64 3500+ http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3310070

It says 0xAGP? And my CPU score is pretty low compared to comparable CPUs.
Anyone got an idea?

Edit: Rivatuner says this
$0000000000 Description : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
$0000000001 Vendor ID : 10de (NVIDIA)
$0000000002 Device ID : 0041
$0000000003 Location : bus 1, device 0, function 0
$0000000004 Bus type : AGP revision 3.0
$0000000005 AGP status : disabled

Why would my AGP be disabled? In the bios its set to AGP 8x.

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: Rhagz
I actually can get those speeds on my LE.. with an occasional artifact, not too bad really.. just like one or 2 black boxes on 3dmark05.. and i think mine is a power related problem. What mobo/psu you have that on?

I'm using a MSI K7N2 Delta and a 550w MadDog PSU..The PSU is great, 30a on the 12v plus it has a vga power line...

Those speeds I posted was with the first pass with cool bits..I tried acouple more and it went up to 487 / 1320 !!!!

The LE is really an ultra so I'm not surprised yours can go that high

 

[Rhagz]

Originally posted by: Fenring
I finally got my 6800 working in my main computer, I have to boot the machine into windows with no monitor plugged in, then plug it in but it works.

Im getting bad 3dMark03 scores though. The same card same stock settings got a 9500 on my amd 2100+@2.0. But on my main machine I get 6300 on a AMD64 3500+ http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3310070

It says 0xAGP? And my CPU score is pretty low compared to comparable CPUs.
Anyone got an idea?

Edit: Rivatuner says this
$0000000000 Description : NVIDIA GeForce 6800
$0000000001 Vendor ID : 10de (NVIDIA)
$0000000002 Device ID : 0041
$0000000003 Location : bus 1, device 0, function 0
$0000000004 Bus type : AGP revision 3.0
$0000000005 AGP status : disabled

Why would my AGP be disabled? In the bios its set to AGP 8x.

Check your power connections first off. Try using the other DVI socket to connect your montior. Try cleaning drivers and reinstalling.. try a format, or get a fresh drive and do a total install if possible. Sounds like you have driver issues, not a card problem.

 

[Rhagz]

Originally posted by: 302efi

Originally posted by: Rhagz
I actually can get those speeds on my LE.. with an occasional artifact, not too bad really.. just like one or 2 black boxes on 3dmark05.. and i think mine is a power related problem. What mobo/psu you have that on?

I'm using a MSI K7N2 Delta and a 550w MadDog PSU..The PSU is great, 30a on the 12v plus it has a vga power line...

Those speeds I posted was with the first pass with cool bits..I tried acouple more and it went up to 487 / 1320 !!!!

The LE is really an ultra so I'm not surprised yours can go that high

Heh, running at those speeds though.. the card might not last 2 months.. I also found that my 3d'05 scores were lower at higher speeds. Run some 3dmark05's at different speeds and post what you get, and make sure you look close for artifacts or other small video errors (like bad shadows, flicker, off color lights etc).

 

[johnannie]

Which power input did you use your VGA cable with?

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: johnannie
Which power input did you use your VGA cable with?

The top one...its marked with "primary" or "one" or "1"

 

[302efi]

Originally posted by: Rhagz

Originally posted by: 302efi

Originally posted by: Rhagz
I actually can get those speeds on my LE.. with an occasional artifact, not too bad really.. just like one or 2 black boxes on 3dmark05.. and i think mine is a power related problem. What mobo/psu you have that on?

I'm using a MSI K7N2 Delta and a 550w MadDog PSU..The PSU is great, 30a on the 12v plus it has a vga power line...

Those speeds I posted was with the first pass with cool bits..I tried acouple more and it went up to 487 / 1320 !!!!

The LE is really an ultra so I'm not surprised yours can go that high

Heh, running at those speeds though.. the card might not last 2 months.. I also found that my 3d'05 scores were lower at higher speeds. Run some 3dmark05's at different speeds and post what you get, and make sure you look close for artifacts or other small video errors (like bad shadows, flicker, off color lights etc).

I'm not gonna run the card at those speeds (even though I could)..I'm not even gonna overclock it...A ultra is a nice card right out the box

 

[Fenring]

Originally posted by: Rhagz

Check your power connections first off. Try using the other DVI socket to connect your montior. Try cleaning drivers and reinstalling.. try a format, or get a fresh drive and do a total install if possible. Sounds like you have driver issues, not a card problem.

Using primary DVI. Using a friends monitor it boots into windows just fine even if its hooked up, gonna check tommorow to see if its still agp0.

Im using a 530w Fortron. People raved about it on the HardForums, but my asus probe says the 12v rail is rock steady at ...11.491. Ive got 2HDS, the 6800 LE, a DVDRW and an 80mm Tornado on CPU all on it. The 6800 is on one rail. But when I used it on my old system the 2100, It was on a cheap Allied 400 on the same rail too and it worked marvelously.

 

[Rhagz]

definitely your computer and not the card then

 

[Vallybally]

How do you check your 3d/2d speeds?

RivaTuner?