6800nu

[Susquehannock]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
I'm currently running on a Radeon 9500 non-pro, and it's feeling pretty old. I don't really stay on the cutting edge of games.. I'm still playing a lot of Dota (Warcraft III) and CS:Source. Should I go ahead and buy a 6800nu now, and try to unlock/overclock to an ultra? Or should I wait a while and buy a 6800 ultra or better in the future, for the same price.

I went from a 9500np like you to a Leadtek 6800nu and the improvement was amazing
even before any unlocking & OCing. Even at stock it over doubled my 3dMark score.
You won't be sorry.

Have mine running 410/880 16/6 now and get 11,300 in 3dMark2003. With my 9500np
I was lucky to break 4,500 in the same nForce2 system.

Originally posted by: Rage1881
for best chances of unlocking i would recommend the evga 6800nu

Unlocking success is luck of the draw with any brand.

Originally posted by: dfloyd
Sorry keysplayr2003 but your wrong friend. My 9600 XT ran way smoother in WOW than my 6800 NU did, this was tested after several formats, and many tests. All things being equal the only difference was the video card.

I'd say you had driver issues or something as the 9600xt and 6800nu aren't even in the
same class. Should have over doubled your 3dMark2003 score with no eye candy enabled.
The gap is even wider at 4xAA / 8xAF.

Some tables at Tom's Hardware to illustrate my point :
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-04.html#3dmark_2003

Did you reformat the HDD when switching from an ATI to nVidia? Some have had
success with using "Drive Cleaner" but I've found it best to wipe the drive
and start over. Totally eliminates the chance of driver conflicts.

 

[aka1nas]

Dfloyd, were you running a board with an Nforce3 chipset? If so, then you would probably need to update your GART driver as the one included on the Nforce drivers pre v6.53 had issues.

 

[Rage1881]

that sucks banshee.... getting alcu or cu vf700 will greatly imporve ur oc.. not sure if it makes a diff with the pipes though... dont worry about bf2... the actual game with patch 1.02 plays way better.. the demo sucked for me i ran retail awesome... btw i run my board right now at 390/830... i can almost hit 900 on the mem though.. and about 410 on core with 100 stable play no artifacts.. but i dont need to right now,..... i was able to higher with another set up drivers though.. dont know whats up there..

 

[dfloyd]

Yes Aka1nas it as a Nforce III chipset.

And that makes sense. Only strange thing was though that all other games ran fine with it. But if its fixed thats all that matters, thanks for the headsup on it.

/edit becasue sleep got the better of me, never go to work when your really asleep. Its scary some of the things you end up doing.

 

[Susquehannock]

Originally posted by: Lord Banshee
>>>>>>>

*edit* Do you think it could be my PSU that is not allowing more core speed to the GPU. I only have 380Watt that came with the SONATA. I have whats in my sig plus 80GB 72000HD and 160GB 7200 HD DVD-RW and CD-RW and two 120mm fans.

It is possible a weak PSU could cause slower OCs, but I think you would see stuttering
in games first.
What is the spec for your +12v rail? That's what powers the card. If you think your PSU
may be too week try checking it with a volt meter. Software apps are generally inaccurate.

 

[SlowSpyder]

I have a BFG 6800 nu. It comes from the factory overclocked to 350mhz for the core. I have overclocked it to 384mhz/775mhz. My memory won't go any higher, though. Also, I am able to run 16 pipes / 6 vertex shaders. I couldn't be happier for the money. I replaced my GeForece Ti4200 with this card, and it is a night and day difference.

And a 9600XT being faster then a 6800nu? Suuuuuuure, and Ford Escorts are faster then Corvettes.

 

[formulav8]

I got my PNY 6800 NU AGP for $160 shipped brand new from newegg.com.

Mine unlocked perfectly. all 4 pipes and the extra shader.

Although it is true that you will never get Ultra speeds and most likely not even GT speeds, you CAN get pretty close to GT speeds if you get a decent one.

My card can do 400mhz on the core which = Ultra core speeds.

The ram can do 870mhz which is alittle over 100 less than GT speeds. So, maybe the higher than GT core speeds with alittle less than GT memory speeds will put me fairly close to the overall speed of a GT?? Maybe not. But for $160 I can't complain


Jason