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6800GT vs 6800

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darkeyed

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I am building a new system and I am wondering if the 6800GT is worth the extra 80 or so dollars. I will be running it in a MSI Neo 4 board so it will be PCI-E.
 
Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
Originally posted by: LTC8K6
If you unlock the pipes on the 6800, the difference isn't so big anymore. 😀
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Pipes is not why the 6800 performs slower then the 6800GT
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Well, it has 25% fewer pixel pipes (and so more than 25% less fillrate), and a significant deficit in memory bandwidth (it's 256-bit, but uses regular DDR instead of GDDR3). Unlocking the pipelines removes the first disadvantage but not the second (at that point you essentially have an ASUS V9999 "6800GT").
 
Well since I am tring to build a pretty fast machine I guess I will go with the 6800GT

Probabbly the BFG one. Does it tend to overclock well?
 
I can clock my BFG 6800GT to 412 1.14. I leave it at stock Ultra though.
I can clock the BFG 6800nu to 390 760 fully unlocked.

No artifacting after ~4hrs of rthdribl on either.

The 6800nu will do 800 on the mem, but the screen will turn pinkish after an hour or so.
Same thing with the GT at 1.18 on the mem

 
Originally posted by: darkeyed
Well since I am tring to build a pretty fast machine I guess I will go with the 6800GT

Probabbly the BFG one. Does it tend to overclock well?
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Currently the Leadtek is the cheapest at newegg. And with that massive cooler it should overclock real well.
 
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