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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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