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can anyone post the steps to unlock the 6800

James3shin

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Just got my 6800 and want to unlock the 6800 with rivatuner but can't find the steps here or on guru3d, the guru3d link in the vid card guide doesn't show the steps/directions. I think rollo posted his steps once but couldn't find them as well, thanks in advance
 

fstime

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Ok, open up riva tunner, go to customize>low level system settings>Nv Strap driver> Install>change determaimed by VGA bios to custom, then go to customize> put check marks next to the ones that say HW Masked, OK>check allow enabling hardware masked units>apply> will ask to reboot> run 3dmark, trust me, if it doesnt work it will be very obvious, artifacts all over, if that happens, try checking only one of the two, its rare both the vertex and pipes are broken, if you dont get artifacts, your good to go, it will say 16x1,6vp on rivvatunner.
 

James3shin

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thanks so much BouZouki, the softmod was successful it seems according to riva, and i just ran 3dmark03 and am about install hl2 to test. Thanks