6800LE vs 6800GT

[faye]

Hi,

I heard that when a 6800LE (Winfast A400LE) is unlocked, 12x pipline 6x vertex shaders.

and some says 16x pipline but 5 vertex shaders... actually which is which and is it true?

afterall, how does it compare with a 6800GT or even a 6800ultra.

does 6800LE only somes with 128mb version?
I will do games like F.E.A.R. in the future, but will not do AA/AF, do i really need 256mb of ram.

as you can see, i have a ATI Radeon 9800pro , hahah, should i upgrade to 6800LE
anyways, any of you still see this in store?

 

[volrathy]

a 6800le has 8 pipelines with the possibility to unlock another 8 however I haven't found one that was unlockable for a long time.
Keep the 9800pro and wait for the next gen after 7800/r520 the 9800pro will perform for awhile yet.

 

[faye]

yes, i love my card really much,
I actually want to flash it to xt, and i did for my previous card until it was burnt. now i want to flash again, but the chipset is kinda weird, i am not sure which chipset it is..

i am now playing F.E.A.R. and i find that it is not smooth at all time, i already overclock my cpu to 3.8Ghz, i know it is depending on videocard side... so... i want to see which card to get for the best performance and bang for the buck.

 

[BrokenArrow]

The 6800le cards have the same core NV40 as the rest of the 6800 line. 16 pixel pipes and 6 vertex shaders. They come with 8 pixel pipes (2 quads) and 2 vertex units disabled. You can use rivatuner to unlock these, although not all of them may be functional. I have a 6800le that I have unlocked to 16/5 with no artifacts and it runs great. I have only seen 128mb versions. Hope this helps