6800GTO ... 6800GT for PCI-e Already in Dell Computers?

[Ka0t1x]

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Found this on Ebay....... I guess some of their higher end systems come with these and people are pulling them and selling them on ebay.

 

[gamekid]

think this needs a bump...

 

[Mrvile]

The GTO is basically an underclocked version of the GT with a PCIe bus. Dell had to underclock it so they could sell em for lower prices. You should wait a month for PCIe versions of all Geforce 6 cards (6800, 6800GT, 6800ULTRA) to come out in PCIe before making decisions though.

 

[Mrvile]

"PCIe versions of all Geforce 6 cards (6800, 6800GT, 6800ULTRA) to come out in PCIe"

lol I'm so retarded.

 

[Ka0t1x]

Yeah, But I'm just asking..Don't know if anyone's heard anything about them..
- The only thing that looks underclocked is the Mem speed 100Mhz under 6800GT for AGP, might be something to look into.

 

[flexy]

interesting !

 

[Kyrano]

You should read this thread about the GTO. Aside from the slower core and memory speed, it also only has 12 pipelines and 5 shaders enabled. However I and many others were able to activate all 16 pipelines and 6 shaders, and overclocking is pretty easy (except for me, apparently).

 

[gobucks]

so basically they are selling vanilla 6800, and naming it something that "happens" to sound almost like it is a GT. That doesn't sound at all misleading... Grrrr, way to sell top-notch PC equipment, Dull.

 

[striker17]

Anyone who's successfully unlocked your pipes on the 6800 GTO:

Can you provide your BIOS information/dump? Looks like the latest crop of Dell 8400s shipped from Dell cannot be hardware unmasked. My BIOS revision is 5.40.02.17.15.

Thanks.

--striker17

 

[Kyrano]

My bios is 5.40.02.17.15, and I successfully unlocked the 4 pipes and 1 shader. However, I have not been able to overclock the card at all.