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Cybercat
07-31-2004, 04:45 PM
Any way to see if it is possible to enable 16 pipelines on the card? Like by flashing the BIOS perhaps? I thought of maybe finding some way of editing a 6800GT BIOS to lower the memory clockspeed, and somehow get it so that it only calls for 128MB of VRAM (which is how much this card has).
Cybercat
07-31-2004, 05:07 PM
OK, I downloaded fafnir's Leadtek 6800U BIOS @ 325/700, is there any program that tells you how many pipelines are active on a GeForce 6 series card?
Silver
07-31-2004, 05:15 PM
Might want to go over to xbitlabs and read up on the vid cards. Looks like for now, the flash is a one way trip that may not be pleasant.
Cybercat
07-31-2004, 05:18 PM
I've got a PCI card in case anything goes wrong.
Arg, I can't find nvflash 4.42 anywhere. Can anyone hook me up?
EDIT: nvm, found it.
Cybercat
07-31-2004, 05:58 PM
No good. Scores went down just like the first guy that tried it. Overclocks the same.
Silver
07-31-2004, 05:58 PM
DUDE, DO READ THE ARTICLE!!! Not to be a dad or anything but it appears that disabling the pipes after the flash is not so easily done. Apparently you can flash back but the pipes don't go back.
Silver
07-31-2004, 06:00 PM
No artifacting and the pipes are there?
Cybercat
07-31-2004, 06:08 PM
Chill, there are no artifacts, and I don't think the 4 pipelines have been enabled. 3DMark03 score actually went down, so I'm just going to flash it back until someone finds a definite way of getting the 4 pipelines active.
Silver
07-31-2004, 06:19 PM
Just trying to save ya from a potentially disastrous event.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gf6800-oc_5.html
Cybercat
07-31-2004, 06:21 PM
I flashed it back to my original BIOS. 3DMark03 scores went back to where they should be. I'll read the article, thanks for the link.
Silver
07-31-2004, 06:25 PM
You got it guy. What we need is to get hold of, modify, etc whatever is necessary to flash back in its' entirety as eluded to in the article.
Cybercat
07-31-2004, 06:28 PM
I hope they find a way. 16 pipelines would kick ass.
Mavke
07-31-2004, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by Cybercat
I've got a PCI card in case anything goes wrong.
Arg, I can't find nvflash 4.42 anywhere. Can anyone hook me up?
EDIT: nvm, found it.
If you need anything to flash Graphic Cards are Guides on how to Backup/Flash and a lot of BIOS rom's for nVidia Cards or ATI Cards then check : http://www.mvktech.net