Gainward 6600GT GS "GLH" unlocking pipelines?

[Northwood]

got a 128mb 6600GT from gainward and was wondering if i can unlock some pipes to make it more than 8 pipes.

i notice in rivatuner theres an option to enable/disable active pixel/vertex units, what does this do? can i use it to gain performance? if so which pixels and vertex thingies do i unlock?

hoping to squeeze quite a bit more performance out of this card, only getting about 20,500 in 3d01.

thanks in advance for any help :)

[$0m#0n#]

got a 128mb 6600GT from gainward and was wondering if i can unlock some pipes to make it more than 8 pipes.

i notice in rivatuner theres an option to enable/disable active pixel/vertex units, what does this do? can i use it to gain performance? if so which pixels and vertex thingies do i unlock?

hoping to squeeze quite a bit more performance out of this card, only getting about 20,500 in 3d01.

thanks in advance for any help :)
nothing 2 unlock on the card :)

[kouch]

yep 6600GT uses a different core than 6800's so there are no locked pipelines there to unlock. Everything the core has is already enabled so sorry.

[Jackass]

20.5k for that card is not too bad depending on your system. go run 2k3 and 2k5 6600GT's really shine there

[Bennah]

so the 6600's have 12 pipes max?

the gainward 6600gt gs glh are great cards, I'l probably end up getting one for my dfi nf4 ultra-d...

[Jackass]

8 pipes max

[kouch]

I think 6600gt's have 8 pipes.

[Bennah]

ah, didnt know that.

[=STE=BloodAngel]

How does yours overclock? Mine made it to 610/1300Mhz with the stock fan and a 80mm fan blowing underneath the card.

Compare http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=617507

[perry_78]

#5 -> Get an ASUS TOP OVERCLOCK card, those are by far the best. G/S GLH cards suffer from the HoHum syndrome, i.e. they overclock about as well as a rusty tractor competes in Formula1.

My MAX with stock cooling was 571/1140. After applying watercooling I'm on 605/1237 bench stable, but still not much. The stock coole is horrible, and the ram thermal pads arent exactly superb either. My advice, stay away from them :(

[=STE=BloodAngel]

#5 -> Get an ASUS TOP OVERCLOCK card, those are by far the best. G/S GLH cards suffer from the HoHum syndrome, i.e. they overclock about as well as a rusty tractor competes in Formula1.

My MAX with stock cooling was 571/1140. After applying watercooling I'm on 605/1237 bench stable, but still not much. The stock coole is horrible, and the ram thermal pads arent exactly superb either. My advice, stay away from them :(

I think you just have bad luck, very bad luck. Since my card clocks better on stock air than your does on water.
I think the Gainward's better than the Asus, GS have handpicked gpu's and 1.6ns mem. Asus only has 1.6ns mem.

[Jessfm]

My XFX does 650/1300 watercooled.

This is my second one, the first (that died, dont ask) managed a 700 core !

Thats stock card, just a waterblock fitted.
The XFX use 2ns ram too.
So out of 2 cards, both have managed good clocks. That leads me to believe that nrl all GT's should manage 600/1200 with a decent cooler,.

[Northwood]

mine reaches 615/1300 all stock cooling no mods.

only run that for benching, and hafta let the card cool down between each test.

[Jessfm]

ah I can't do that, as I have to let it run through all tests , not purchased 3Dmark. :(

[grimREEFER]

where can u get gainward cards in America?
i want a glh
:(

[grimREEFER]

got a 128mb 6600GT from gainward and was wondering if i can unlock some pipes to make it more than 8 pipes.

i notice in rivatuner theres an option to enable/disable active pixel/vertex units, what does this do? can i use it to gain performance? if so which pixels and vertex thingies do i unlock?

hoping to squeeze quite a bit more performance out of this card, only getting about 20,500 in 3d01.

thanks in advance for any help :)
no, although everyone else thinks your crazy, i have heard they have extra pipes. Unlocking them is a big risk, but u might be famous for doing it, and then everyone will be buying gainward 6600gt''s and unlocking them. Be ready to rma ur card though if u do plan on unlocking the extra pipes

[=STE=BloodAngel]

no, although everyone else thinks your crazy, i have heard they have extra pipes. Unlocking them is a big risk, but u might be famous for doing it, and then everyone will be buying gainward 6600gt''s and unlocking them. Be ready to rma ur card though if u do plan on unlocking the extra pipes

That's total BS, the 6600 gpu isn't a down graded 6800gpu. Its made for max 8 pipes. So there is nothing to unlock, so don't tell anyone he'll get famous by sending his card to the graveyard.
Unless you've got some information no one else has :)

[c7775]

ah I can't do that, as I have to let it run through all tests , not purchased 3Dmark. :(
pain that one