hey i'm gettin' one of these badboys
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=323284
i'm gunna hit you up when i get it, so i can figure this out relitively simple lol
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hey i'm gettin' one of these badboys
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=323284
i'm gunna hit you up when i get it, so i can figure this out relitively simple lol
I’m really impressed with what you guys have done with these cards. I’m returning my recently purchased FX5700 for this one. I have a few questions for you guys.
What is the status of the voltage mod?
I would like to activate the temperature monitoring on the card, I read you guys had to hex edit the bios. I’m okay with computers, but have no idea how do to that. But if I were to over-clock, I think that would be a critical aspect to have. Can you show me or give me a copy of your bios?
I see you had to get the Rivatuner to unlock the extra pipelines, once you set it, does it stay that way or do you have to reset it every time you restart your computer? Is there any way to rewrite the bios to do it for you? I read you guys were looking into this and wondering if anything came from that.
It would be nice just to download the changed bios to flash the card…
I just got my Apollo 6200 PCI-Express in but I can't test it because I have no processor yet :(. From what I can tell the PCB looks just a little different than the pictures on newegg. I can't get a look at the core though because there's this really thick thermal paste on it that I can't get off. I hope this thing softmods. How does everybody's PCB look?
Did some more tweaking and now have an overclock that I'm comfortible with. I'm now running my 6200 AGP @ 425/650 and getting 5920 in 3dmark03 and 2571 in 3dmark05. :)
This thread was leading me towards a 6200 but I ended up getting a 6600 GT Refurbished at Newegg for $157. Thanks for all the tips, I thought I'd post in case anyone was interested.
They have a bunch of them. .99 cent shipping on everything until April 4th. I think it's a great deal if anyone is still looking for a card. I ended up with this card. (refurbished though)
MSI 6600GT
Thanks to everyone for the info. I will post back whether it's a decent card, and good luck with the 6200 Overclockin' Push those cards til they fry. :)
CLICK HERE to see some more AGP cards from Newegg.
well been reading for the last 2 hours (lol)
and considering my upcoming "downgrade" selling the stuff in my sig and buying...
2x asus A8N SLI standard (they cheap as hell)
2x 3000+ s939 (or 1 3000 and 1 3200)
1x 1GB dual kit (2x512mb kingston)
1x 512mb kit (2x256mb OCZ or Geil UltraX or similar)
2x of so far undecided 500w+ PSU's with active PFC (any ideas? around the 100-130$ range)
2x TT Tsunami Black windowed
and last but not least
2x 6600GT PCI-E (duh!)
but after reading i must admit i'm fairly tempted to get a asus 6200GE for the 2nd rig instead of a 6600gt for both (allthough the SLI option for LANs is veeeery tempting)
but i'd still need ramsinks+the zalman to get it to perform like it "should"
so around 100$ + an added cost of around 30-35$ for sinks+cooler
granted the around 80$ i'd save could be used on something nice.. like say a new res for the water and a gpu head+sinks to slap on the 6600gt (those stock coolers can be way noisy)
so i'm a bit confused now.. cant decide what to slap in the 2nd rig :confused:
but excellent work indeed :bows:
take a 6200 if you haven't too much money to spend .. :)
in other case buy 6600 GT... :)
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Originally Posted by i found nemo
beware of the 64 bit memory interface!
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Originally Posted by David Coleman
Yeah I messed up and bought that one too. Thankfully ZZF has a 30 day return policy. I am going to see if I can return it. I would exchange it for the Leadtek(?) that they offer but they don't have it in stock. I dunno whut else to do except return it, you guys got any suggestions??
i've got the temp mod right here, though i warn you i'm not reliable for you modding your card, anything having to do with your card screwing up is at your own fault.
only reason i say this is if it don't work on ur card i'm not gettin' yelled at
also, good luck ladies and gents if you don't know how to use nvflash.exe, don't worry i don't either
here's proof that it works
i noticed that while playing counter strike 1.6 my fps got upto 72 , and fluctuated from 50 to 72, i thought games were locked at 60?
What card is this bios taken from?Quote:
Originally Posted by i found nemo
I stupidly flashed my leadtek 6200 with a 6600 bios without checking the integrety of my origina "rip".
When it didn't work correctly I tried to flash it back but my original bios had a checksum error. The machine which is supposed to have this card won't even post with it in so's I needs to flash it back. In the other machine the nvidia drivers just acted a bit strangely and everything detected it as a 6200 still.
So what's the current status on a modded bios which keeps the pipes open? Is there one that works floating around? This card is supposed to reside in a linux only box so the rivatuner pixel pipe unlock won't work.
i dunno how to unlock the pipes with bios, umm i have a 64 bit 6200, but got the info from a 128 bit 6200, i don't think i had a 6600 bios on that one
http://forums.vr-zone.com.sg/showthread.php?p=631062
tha's the website that gave me the info, all i did was add the temp reading string, an' tha's all and my card is a chaintek
Can you post up a picture of you how your 64 bit 6200 looks?
Yo men!
I've bought a 6200 Sparkle PCI-Express 128MB and I've succesfully done the soft-mod using RT 15.4 but if I use the VGA modded I can't get any MHz of OC, otherwise if I use the VGA not modded, then I can OC without problem...
I use ForceWare 66.93 and I see that many other people use this driver and OC very well the 6200s, why I can't?? It's beacause the mod isn't really done good as I think??
Mobo is DFI NF4-Ultra-D...
Thanks in advance.
Tom.
please post all videocard and videocard overclocking related topics here in the x3d team section and not in xtreme overclocking, thx :)
Wow, took a few months to get this thing forcibly moved over to the 3D section. LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Hi Toki,Quote:
Originally Posted by Toki
When you say it will not overclock do you mean it fails the test ( assuming you are using rivatuner with standard settings or coolbits ) or that it passes the test but then you cannot overclock it very far ?
If the latter then Dr Jay also reported this as well.
Regards
Andy
Sorry zakelwe, I forgot to explain well the problem (I was very bored)...Quote:
Originally Posted by zakelwe
The driver fail the test also if I oc of 1MHz for both, core and RAM, I try coolbits and RT and both can't do nothing...
Do you know what's the problem?
Regards.
Tom.
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Originally Posted by Toki
Yes, this is a known problem when pipes are soft enabled, you can either turn off the test in Rivatuner power user or you can use powerStrip.
Regards
Andy
Has anyone bought the Arctic Cooling VGA Cooler, Model "NV silencer 1" Yet?
I bought the nvsilencer 6 to fit on my 6200 PCi Express
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/evilrulez/nvsilencer.jpg
Hey eviLRuLeZ does it reduce the noise level like about 50%?
That simply means your unlocked pipe has errors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toki
Internal test is a fast way to know if unlocked pipe is damaged.
If internal test fails, then your internal pipe is damaged... but maybe you can use it in almost games or benchmarks withtout having any artefacts.
If internal test pass succefully, your pipe can be damaged or not !
I got a 6800 LE, when i reactived first pipe, internal test failed but i didn't see any artefact in 3DMark or games i tested. Then i reactived other pipe and internal test was ok but GT3 in 3DMark05 was all green :mad:
All 6200's mods to 6600? How do you softmod them?