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Unlocking the GeForce 6800

Posted by samzenpus on from the making-it-better dept.

Timmus writes "Firingsquad is running a story on how to unlock all 16 pipelines in nVidia's GeForce 6800. By default the card only ships with 12 pixel pipelines enabled, but with a tool and a few mouse clicks, the card can be unlocked to run with all 16 pipes. Performance improvements are seen everywhere, so it's a pretty nice free upgrade. These cards are currently selling for $200 online, so a 16-pipe GeForce 6800 delivers great bang for the buck."

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  1. Nice Work! by coop0030 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm surprised, this actually showed a significant increase in performance in their charts. This is one of the best mods I have ever seen on a Video Card.

    I wonder if this would actually hurt, or help Nvidia's sales, or have no effect?

    I currently have an ATI card, and am very happy with ATI, but would be willing to switch to Nvidia since the price/performance on this card is so high now.

  2. Re:I hate to trolll but.... by grasshoppa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    although everyone needs to remember that if the card worked 100% fine with 16 pipelines they would have sold it that way.

    Not necessarily. If they need to fill a price point, chip companies will sell the higher grade stuff at a lower price point and intentionally cripple it.

    Intel and AMD have been doing it for years, and they are hardly the only ones.

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