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

[2Xtreme21]

BUMP for hosting request. Details in first post.

 

[hdeck]

hey, sorry to bump an old thread but i had a question (i know i'm pretty late on the unlocking goodness).

i made another thread about upgrading (see here). now i have pretty much settled on the Apollo Geforce 6800 Apollo 6800 128 Video Card - Retail because of the good reviews.

NOW MY QUESTION:

the latest review on this card is from 6/2 which reported a successful unlock. is it still possible to unlock this card with the riva tuner method (or other posted)? if not, are there any current 6800agp cards that can be unlocked this late in the game?

THANKS!

 

[2Xtreme21]

I answered your PM. Yep it's still possible, and as far as I know, it's still around the same chances that they were when this was first discovered. I don't think nVidia stopped throwing their cores away if they could be unlocked.

It's about 50/50 whether or not yours will completely unlock, and about a 75% chance that something, either pipes or shader, will unlock.

 

[Generic Moniker]

Originally posted by: hdeck
hey, sorry to bump an old thread but i had a question (i know i'm pretty late on the unlocking goodness).

i made another thread about upgrading (see here). now i have pretty much settled on the Apollo Geforce 6800 Apollo 6800 128 Video Card - Retail because of the good reviews.

NOW MY QUESTION:

the latest review on this card is from 6/2 which reported a successful unlock. is it still possible to unlock this card with the riva tuner method (or other posted)? if not, are there any current 6800agp cards that can be unlocked this late in the game?

THANKS!

Just got my Apollo 6800 vanilla (from Newegg of course). Anybody have a suggestion on which driver to use?

 

[2Xtreme21]

XG 77.77

 

[hdeck]

thanks for all your help 2xtreme21 -- you've saved me many hours of looking up guides and figuring everything out. hopefully i will have the card by next week (moving over the weekend so no need to order yet).

 

[2Xtreme21]

Not a problem hdeck. Unfortunately, my hosting just cut me off, so until I find somewhere else I can host my images, the guide will be offline. I apologize for any inconvenience.

 

[BlacKJesuS]

I cant unlock w/ rivatuner w/o artifacting and if i try that /bat file..its just flashes up and doesnt fix anything...How can i unlock now>?

 

[Generic Moniker]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
XG 77.77

Successful unlock! Thanks, 2Xtreme21. With highest settings on BF2, I get some minor hitching, too. But, I can live with it.

Regarding the drivers, I installed the 32bit 77.77 (for my P4) and I could'nt figure out what "advanced options" to install. So, I opted for "stock".

I like to run as minimun as possible. Is there a better option(s), e.g., SLi, etc?

 

[2Xtreme21]

Well my images are back temporarily. Still in need of hosting.

Moniker, you want to select the Series 6 box to get the best performance. Stock is just merely the Forceware 77.77's.

 

[BlacKJesuS]

ANSWER MY QUESTION!!! please....bat file thingy doesnt work..just flashes up real quik then goes away

 

[2Xtreme21]

I chose to ignore for a reason.

Have you ever ran a batch file? You can double-click on it in windows, it will open up an MS-DOS prompt, execute the file, and then close the prompt. It does this fast because .bat files are very fast to read and execute, typically.

With all that said, when you double clicked on it the first time, it did its thing and is now working. If you want to see if it said anything after in the DOS prompt, open up your Command Prompt, navigate it to whatever folder you put the .bat file, and then type in its name. The DOS prompt won't close immediately following the running of the file.

 

[Generic Moniker]

Originally posted by: BlacKJesuS
ANSWER MY QUESTION!!! please....bat file thingy doesnt work..just flashes up real quik then goes away

I wouldn't mess with the batch file. The rivatuner creator says not to. See:

link

 

[2Xtreme21]

Bump

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[fibes]

Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Bump

RC 15.7 Released! Boat load of new features... make sure you get it!

Link

Do you think this version will help me unlock the pipeline and shaders successfully?
Ver. 15.6 did not work at all with my Leadtek 6800LE.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Try it.

 

[r0llot0masi]

Unlocked my eVGA 6800nu and upped my 3DMark05 score from 3202 to 3488... vertex wouldn't unlock, though...I recall hearing that usually the vertex shader would unlock more often than the extra pipes...

anyway, to anyone familiar with my card---should I overclock with the stock heatsink? What temps are acceptable? What are your results? Has anyone been able to unlock the pipes and not the vertex?

System specs:

AsRock 939Dual-SATA2 w/ 1.20 Bios
E6 3200+ @2.0ghz
2x512 Corsair Value
eVGA 6800nu 128MB 325/700 (16 pipes unlocked, no vertex)

 

[2Xtreme21]

r0llot, you can OC if you want to. I have my eVGA with stock cooling, and I can get it up to 400/850 generally. My temps generally stay around 68-70 load and 48-50 idle.

And yes, earlier in the thread someone reported only being able to unlock the pipes.

 

[CrowNest]

Hi im new here, i just want to ask a very n00b question. Among all of the manufactuers that makes 6800LEs. Which one has more successful unlocks? I heard Leadtek has more, but is this true? Cause i might be getting one soon.

EDIT: Its the Leadtek GeForce 6800LE 128MB version. They dont sell it in 256MB

 

[2Xtreme21]

Brand has no bearing on ability to unlock, for like the billionth time. It's all the exact same nVidia cores put on different PCBs.

 

[stilz]

Hello,
I have an Leadtek 6800LE and I was able to unlock 2 vertex units. Enabling either quad unit will give me artifacts, though one does more than the other. In this case, should I try to unlock with command line instead, or would doing so give no benefit at all? If this isn't an option, I'd like to try to voltmod, though I'm having trouble locating a guide for that.
Thank you.

 

[2Xtreme21]

If they both give artifacts, both are probably defective. Try the command line and voltmod at your own risk.

 

[jdurg]

I've got an eVGA 6800nu and I could not unlock my pipelines without artifacts, but the vertex shader unlocked beautifully without any problems. I'm using the NV Silencer 5 (rev 2) on my card and I couldn't be happier. I initially had a problem with a cable blocking the movement of the fan, but once I fixed that problem my card idles at about 43C and under a full load it doesn't get any higher than about 54C. Completely shocked me to see that. I'm using Arctic Silver 5 on the GPU and the standard thermal pads on the memory.

I currently have the core at 375MHz and the memory at 395MHz (790 effectively). With the temperatures that low, I'm really tempted to go and try and overclock it a bit higher and see how it goes.

 

[stilz]

Sorry, I should've been a bit more clear. What I meant to ask is, are there cases where voltmod and/or command line (after RivaTuner 15.7 came out) would "fix" pipelines that were previously causing artifacts?

 

[Rock Hydra]

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