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August 15th, 2004, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mykex You'de be much better served with the GT since it has the same amount of pipes as the Ultra (standard has 12 pipelines, GT and Ultra 16).
Edit: To me your saying "Hi I want to buy the newest top of the line hardware but give me the crippled one please". |
You can hack the 4 pipelines and open them, but that's an extra for me, if that doesn't work I'll still be very happy with the card (ONLY IF ITS GAINWARD) | 
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August 15th, 2004, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bombledmonk I'd say "Hi I don't have an extra $100+ to spend." |
 same goes for me  I can barely afford the 6800! | |
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August 15th, 2004, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Mykex I dont know, you're already going for 300$, I think longevity suggests going for the extra? Its a third more bandwith where it counts at a 25% increase in cost. |
Yea, but the actual difference in preformance isn't that big, and I'm never gonna spend that much on a graphics card! | |
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August 15th, 2004, 02:44 PM
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Im sure down the road there will be plenty of options to upgrade the 6800 to gt speeds and maybe furthur. I have heard from multiple sources that rivatuner is working on a driver that allows you to get 16 piplines for the 6800.
Becuase the 6800 is the basis for a whole new generation of cards, the room for upgrades and improvments is huge. Not to mention the 6800 is the best bang for the buck card right now. I ordered the evga 6800 for 286.00$, this includes three day shipping. http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...&AFFIL=dt&NR=1
Stock these things are getting 8k-10k on 3dmark03. Thats amazing. | |
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August 15th, 2004, 03:27 PM
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As far as I know they dont exist to be opened but if thats the case It's not a bad choice. That disabled card feature thing is an ATI halmark, nV usually just does different chips and PCBs.
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August 15th, 2004, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by matthewd Im sure down the road there will be plenty of options to upgrade the 6800 to gt speeds and maybe furthur. I have heard from multiple sources that rivatuner is working on a driver that allows you to get 16 piplines for the 6800.
Becuase the 6800 is the basis for a whole new generation of cards, the room for upgrades and improvments is huge. Not to mention the 6800 is the best bang for the buck card right now. I ordered the evga 6800 for 286.00$, this includes three day shipping. http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...&AFFIL=dt&NR=1
Stock these things are getting 8k-10k on 3dmark03. Thats amazing. | Thats if your lucky. A lot of times, the extra 4 pipes in a 6800 or broken and will display artifacts and tearing once enabled.
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