GF6800 Non U/GT 16 Pipelines Softmod!

[stalkersoftware]

http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=1750
:eek:

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Alexey Nikolaychuk, the author of RivaTuner, found the mechanism which NVIDIA cards use to set 12 or 16 pipelines on GeForce 6800 and 6800GT/Ultra, respectively. Now then, if you own or are buying a regular 12 pipe GeForce 6800 then you might be able to make it a full 16 pipe version by using a patch in RivaTuner (patch is not yet released). Anyway, that's a 100 bucks easily earned I'd say. Of course there's a risk that the 4 disabled pipes are defective but hey .. it's fun to try out and see if you got a winner !


Hay this reminds me of the x800 pro VIVO series..
We had a thread about that is it still here??

Hay Guru3d has got a new look and feel to it too.
www.guru3d.com


:t

[Midknyte]

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167501

it's a bad idea. you're gonna end up with a dead card. the yields are not high enough that they have to cripple perfectly good cards. 6800s have only 12 pipelines because 1-4 of them are defective.

[stalkersoftware]

How can this kil the card? Wer not flashig the card. Its just a softmod?
:confused:

[Midknyte]

did you read the link I posted?

The problem is that if you flash the bios or do the softmod to enable the pipelines, it is not easily reversible.

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In order to disable the defective pipe-work and restore the card’s operability you will need special software and a specially modified version of the BIOS.
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It's up to you if you want to risk killing a $300 card.

[Yoshi]

Nvidia has no shortage of defective chips to start using Full 6800 GT/Ultra chips with 4 good pipes locked, Maybe later as production starts to pick up.:t

[CrazyCrusher]

wouldnt be worth it in my book thats for sure.