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$200 Compusa PNY 6800 good for me?

Originally posted by: ElementK1
Topic...whaddya think? I want it to last 1 1/2 -> 2 years. Any luck?
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My sister can still play sims 2 on a geforce 2 mx 200. The 6800 is a great card, i'd buy it, based on price alone. If you buy high-end, it'll last awhile, that's pretty much a gaurentee.
 
Originally posted by: ElementK1
The 6800 is what you'd consider High-End? OK! I guess your opinion is the only one convincing me.... anybody else?
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this, and this pretty much give you an idea of how this bad boy performs, and combine those, with... THIS! and you should have a very good idea 😉
 
Also, I'm upgrading from a Ti 4200....would a 4200 to a 6800 be a pretty good leap in those games especially at the settings I play at?

EDIT: I have a 420 watt Raidmax with a 13a 12v line. Would that be OK to run this?
 
430 watts will be able to run it fine, but you might wanna watch out, Raidmax isn't one of the better brands.
 
I am not a serious gamer. If I buy this 6800, is there any other significant benefit except gaming? Such as video editing, CAD
 
If you're planning on playing at 10x7 with no AA/AF, then this card should be fine for you. I'm not sure how well it overclocks, but I've read that people have unlocked the extra four pipes pretty easily. And even if you have problems with the rebate at CompUSA, getting it at $230 (price before $30 MIR) is still a hot deal in itself (especially seeing that 6600GTs are selling for $245 right now on NewEgg).
 
Originally posted by: ElementK1
The 6800 is what you'd consider High-End? OK! I guess your opinion is the only one convincing me.... anybody else?
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MSRP on a 6800 is $300., which makes it either highest mid range or lowest high range, take your pick.
 
Where did you find a 6800NU for $200.... I'd like to jump on that deal too. DOH nevermind I see the Subject line...
 
Originally posted by: ElementK1
What's the success rate on PNY softmod unlocking?
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ive been trying to dig up info on this card so i could buy it tomororw and softmod it myself. so far ive seen two successes on it and no failures that ive heard from pny 6800... but i also saw a deal at microcenter... 2404 for evga 6800... and ive heard nothing but good things from their sucesses. oh yeah. all 16 pipelines and all vp's unlocked from what i read.
 
Originally posted by: James3shin
how bad is the PNY cooler?
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Not bad at all.
There isn't much diff in the coolers for the 6800nu series between manufacturers. Most of the coolers look the same except for the screw-on name badge plate. They all seem to be running the heat pipe setup which does just fine.

AFAIK, the RivaTuner SoftMod works well with this card. Only a small handfull of users reported one of the 16 pipes was bad after the softmod. You can disable that bad pipe VIA the softmod. Also, this baby OC's fairly decently.

Just got mine from CompUSA and enjoying the newfound glory of HL2. I was using a Ti4200 64MB before.

The softmod and OC'ing will come later.

 
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