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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. cheapskate's advice by tofucubes · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    not to be jerk, but spending $200 on a video card ALREADY seems like overkill...the video card industry has coming out with faster and faster cards when alreadly the video cards were overkill.

    People (expecially benchmarkers) have to turn on all the bells and whistles and crank up the resolution and everything just to make "full" use of thier video card. Nice to have and beautiful and all, but if you are willing to turn down resolution you can have a hundred dollars and run just as smooth.

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  2. OK, Honest question... by JawzX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know there are many like me out there who have become so used to reading Slashdot, and only Slashdot, that we are horribly out of touch with whats what in nerd news aggregators, What if any other options are there that cover as much (or nearly as much) general nerd goodness in a (mostly) non-repetetive and up to date manner?

    P.S. discussion of articles is one of the features I've come to appreciate here on slashdot.

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  3. Re:I hate to trolll but.... by msim · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    because of the italics i read that as ...if the card worked 100% fine with 16 pipelines they would have sold it that way.

    I then thought what the??? i need another coffee i think.

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  4. Re:Disabled Hardware?? by jericho4.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I was making a joke, and slashdot doesn't allow one to moderate and post in the same discussion. I really have no idea why you were modded troll, slashdot is a great reaffirmation of the "everyone is a stupid idiot" school of thought. I keep coming back though....

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