How to unlock Pipelines and Vertex Shader on a 6800 (nu/le/gs)

[kotix]

http://uploader.ws/upload/200607/Untitled1_16.gif

 

[2Xtreme21]

Hmm, your link does not seem to work. Are all of the descriptions for the shaders "N/A" as in bits 04-07 and 14 onward in my picture? There should, ideally, be one bit in the 08-13 range that has a description of "Vertex Unit x" and has "disabled" instead of "enabled" in the third column. If yours is not shown in the same manner as mine, I would really like to see it. Try uploading it here and linking that.

 

[kotix]

here u go
http://bin.mypage.sk/FILES/Untitled-1.gif

 

[2Xtreme21]

Wow that is REALLY odd. There's only a few things I can see: one, the 6800GS that you have uses the NV-41 core. That means any extra pipes are hardware masked and cannot unlock. Second, your 6800GS is 128-bit and I've never seen a 128-bit GS. If I were you I'd set it back to default in the NVStrap menu since right now you're only running on 8 pipes and 4 shaders... and it SHOULD be 12 pipes and 5 shaders.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[whosey]

Sorry for the delay in posting the pic. As you can see I have 4 selected spots that have no description to them. I am mainly curious as to why they are listed this way or as to what they may do. Either way I have gotten my card to 12/5 and its running just fine.

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/9069/examplexb7.jpg

 

[2Xtreme21]

Did you try updating video drivers?

 

[wwolf226]

work for me with the vshader but got pixelized with the pipes... i have the evga6800gs .. gonna try to update the drivers and re-try.

 

[sgtBaker]

Great guide. I unlocked my Leadtek 6800le to 12/6.
I would get artifacts with 16 pp.
3dmark 03 went from 5300 to 9962.Not bad.I am selling my whole system with this card.Check it out.Great price.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=45&threadid=1922973&enterthread=y

 

[TheOnlySuperdog]

I'm having the exact same issue as kotix. I have the AGP card with NV41 core. NV41 has 12/5, but this XFX 6800 XTreme is only allowing 8/4. No luck unlocking, and I get the same N/A as kotix posted.

I've read that the NV41 is a pci-e native chip, and a bridge was needed to make this an AGP part....I wonder if they were able to lock it through that bridge? I dunno. Was really hoping to get 12/5, but am satisfied with the performance for the price I paid.

However, if anyone has learned how to overcome this obstacle, please let me know!

SD