Help me decide this please!

[Todorov]

Hello

I am getting this system..

AMD64 3000+ s939

MotherBoard
-Chaintech nforce4U (PCI-E)
-MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum nForce 3 (AGP)

with a regular 6800 and i Want to unlock/mod this 6800 to GT either Ultra

But i have been told that the 6800 PCI-E interface "CANT" unlock pipes/Modify

Could you let me know if this is true??this means i have to get the AGP instead??? Because i actually want THE PCI-E interface for the future upgrading! I cant decide please help me!!

THANK YOU

 

[ribbon13]

Unless you can afford to get the exact same brand and model of SLI-PCIe nVidia card, the Radeon X850 XT is better except for the very few games that support SLi in the drivers.

 

[Todorov]

no i do not want SLI i just want to know if the 6800 PCI-E can be mod/unlocked!!!

 

[ribbon13]

No.
If you really want SLi prepare to spend $1500 on video cards

 

[Tostada]

ribbon13, what the hell is your problem? He already said he's not talking about SLI. He never even mentioned it once. You joined the forum just a few hours ago and you've already made 63 posts, not one of which is even remotely useful. You don't seem to know the slightest thing about anything you say. Why post?

 

[ribbon13]

He did once, I misread his first post. Get over it. Besides, there is a more appropiate forum for this question anyway. And to answer the question, you can't unlock it.

For single card PCIe, ATi is better

 

[Todorov]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
He did once, I misread his first post. Get over it. Besides, there is a more appropiate forum for this question anyway. And to answer the question, you can't unlock it.

For single card PCIe, ATi is better

I saw some benchmarks which tell me to go for nvidia?! or correct me if im wrong!

 

[ribbon13]

UT2004 is an nVidia friendly game, and lookee, unless you have SLi, ATi wins

http://graphics.tomshardware.c...22/images/image008.gif

Half-life 2 agrees
http://graphics.tomshardware.c...22/images/image023.gif

article from here
http://graphics.tomshardware.c...ic/20041222/index.html

 

[Todorov]

Originally posted by: ribbon13
UT2004 is an nVidia friendly game, and lookee, unless you have SLi, ATi wins

http://graphics.tomshardware.c...22/images/image008.gif

Half-life 2 agrees
http://graphics.tomshardware.c...22/images/image023.gif

article from here
http://graphics.tomshardware.c...ic/20041222/index.html

Yes thank you but if you compare to the price and performance of x800 and 6600gt which is close..id stick with the 6600gt IMO thanks for the links

 

[ddviper]

yup the price difference imo is not worth the xtra cash needed

 

[MaverickBP]

Nvidia baby all the way. Ati has come a long ways but not enough for me. It boils down to personal opinions.

 

[ribbon13]

Sorry. I didn't understand. In your first post you said 6800, not 6600gt

Good luck