Geforce 6800 LE, turning on AA 77.77

[Codec666]

Hey,

Haven't had an Nvidia card since the geforce 2. Just bought a 6800LE and unlocked it. However, I can't find the setting for turning on AA in the forceware 77.77 drivers. I also installed Ntune to unlock the other options. Any help would be great.

Codec

 

[baddog121390]

down in the taskbar, theres the little nvidia logo. right click, and then go to 'performance and quality' settings. in there look for 'antialsiaing settings'

 

[Nextman916]

Wow codec I just bought a evga 6800 LE also but I cannot figure out how the heck to flash its bios to gt. Ive read every forum there is thats out, even thugsrook. Can you please help me out and tell the steps and provids links to exactly what I should do please??? Please im really confused. Also pleast note im sorta a noob at computers but if someone directed me i would be fine.

 

[gac009]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1500237

if you are a noob you might want to leave it alone.

 

[Nextman916]

well im not a noob, I just built a new pc and I have a pretty good knowledge about computers however I never studied them, I learn from experience. Why did you post that link? that has nothing to do with my problem. I have the EVGA 6800 LE clocked at 325/1100 stock im currently running it at 365/1180 with rivatuner, i would like to flash the bios from LE>GTU permanantely can anyone aid me in this process?

 

[Fardringle]

Flashing the BIOS on a 6800LE to a 6800GT requires a physical modification of the bridges on the bottom of the card before the BIOS will 'stick'. I read a guide somewhere recently that said exactly how to do it but I can't find it right now. I'll post back here if I can track it down.

 

[Nextman916]

ok thx alot

 

[BrokenArrow]

Why do you want to "permanently" flash the bios and 'make' your card a 6800gt? It's not really ever going to be a 6800gt, just because the bios says so. Just use riva-tuner to unlock the pixel pipes and vertex shaders. Functionally will there be a difference in performance by flashing the bios to make it say 6800gt compared to just simply unlocking the pixel pipes and vertex shaders? I've unlocked my 6800le to 16/5 and I don't really give a care what it says it is. It runs faster than a vanilla 6800 stock, and it will never be a 6800gt.

 

[Nextman916]

Well i would do that except for one thing....the EVGA 6800LE is clocked already at 325/1100 with 16pipes and 6vertex shaders all unlocked and flashing the bios does make the card faster...

 

[BrokenArrow]

How does flashing the bios make a card faster? And I've never heard of a 6800le comming stock with 16/6 clocked at 325/1100!!?? Are you sure thats a "LE" card? Can you link such a beast so that we can see what you are talking about, or just call it bigfoot? Anyone else know of stock 6800le's with the settings this guy is talking about?

 

[BrokenArrow]

I found a few references to the evga 6800 LE card I believe you are talking about. It isn't a 6800le per say. Its a LIMITED EDITION 6800. It has 256MB DDR3 and has 16/6 out of the box. This isn't the same as a 6800le like this one. These are 8/4 300/700 stock. These can (possibly) be unlocked.

Your 6800 LE isn't being made or sold anymore that I can find. Evga's website doesn't even make reference to them.

Can someone tell me how a bios update makes a card faster?

 

[Nextman916]

umm well i dont know how really, but i kno that it does :] also i found a link to evga's reference http://www.evga.com/products/pdf/N347.pdf however evga lists these card with only 12 pipes when really there is 16. Not just mine but everyone who owns this card has 16 pipelines 6v.

 

[BrokenArrow]

Ok. I see now. If you notice it says its a 6800, not a 6800le (like the one I linked) core. 6800le cores start with 8/4 (but with 8/2 locked), and standard GDDR with 300core/700mem clock speeds. I know they are all NV40 cores (the AGP cards anyhow). The standard 6800 nu is a 12 pipe card. Since yours is a Limited Edition 6800 (not quite the same as the 6800le), it seems basically that we were referring to two different cards. Anyhow, I still am not sure I understand how a bios update, without changing anything else such as pipes or clock speeds, could have a major (if any) effect on card performance.

 

[Nextman916]

it does change the clock speeds when you flash the bios and improves performance. there are bios for Le>gt 350/1100 instead of 325/1100 which is my default settings. Flashing the bios is basically a permanent change in speed for those who do not want to constantly use sliders in coolbits, rivatuner, etc. Also if a card is capable of performing higher speeds (like mine which is just an underclocked ultra) can flash the bios so that it recognizes itself as an ultra and ultra speeds.

 

[BrokenArrow]

I understand that the default clocks are higher with the bios update, but if you OC your card with coolbits (and use the apply at startup option) you don't have to keep adjusting the slider bars. As I said before, at a given clock speed, with everything else even, how can a bios change improve card performance. If you o/c your current card to 350/1100, and compare it to a flashed bios with 350/1100 stock, I'm betting you get the same performance. But I guess some people really want to see that 'GT' or 'ULTRA' in their card name. Personally I get more satisfaction seeing the 'LE' knowing that I paid less, and (after unlocking and o/c'ing) got more.

BTW Codec, since you say you unlocked your card, I'm assuming you got the 6800le like mine, and not the 256MB GDDR3 Limited Edition 6800 card that Nextman has?

 

[nitromullet]

http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/15/37/

hope that helps...

get the BIOS files here:

http://www.mvktech.net/index.php?option...temid=0&func=selectfolder&filecatid=51

Let us know how that works out.

 

[Nextman916]

Is this the correct order? let me get this straight:
-delete current drivers and apps like rivatuner, coolbits...etc.
-backup bios
-download modded bios kit to floppy or cd
-boot from floppy or cd
-flash to desired bios
-reinstall drivers
Is that correct???

Also how do you increase the voltage going to your card from say 1.4 to 1.5?

 

[flightlesscake]

Yes I bought one of the evga limited editions when they came out months ago... they are NOT le's, they are the SAME EXACT CARD/PCB as an 6800 ULTRA. The card comes out of the box with all 16 pipes enabled already. EVGA put in a crappy bios to make it "limited edition" but it is still an ultra. I have been running thugsrooks modded gtu bios on this card for MONTHS with NO PROBLEMS. And YES upgradding to thug's bios WILL make your card faster, it is optimized with better memory timings that the 6800 ultra and gt have. Go here nextman

http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7215

 

[Nextman916]

lol yes i have been there hundreds of times!!!! Thugsrook has rev2 up for download. I read the GTU bios actually performs better than the LE>ultra bios at the same timings. But i thought that was rev4 that included the GTU files. I do not need both DVI ports to work so it wouldnt matter to me. Im understanding more how to do this but i fear to mess up my card. I basically want to get the maximum performance of my card. Did you flash your card to an ULTRA bios, if so how is it?faster than GTU?

 

[flightlesscake]

no i used the gtu bios that is there. I just checked the revision of my bios in sandra and it matches the one thugsrook has listed (5.40.02.1501) so i think thats the most up to date. The gtu bios is faster than the ultra bios because he changed the memory timings to that of the gt so you get the best of both worlds, the ultra bios with better timings of gt.

 

[Nextman916]

so when i download thugs rev2 it will have the GTU files correct? Also how do you boot to flash disk?

 

[Nextman916]

 

[flightlesscake]

yup it will have the gtu bios and probably the default evga stock and the ultra bios but the gtu one is the one you want. To boot to the flash disk, follow the directions on the site to make a ms dos disk, then go to the site and down load "floppy image", then unzip this .zip file to the disk you just formatted. Then uninstall your video drivers and reboot your computer with the ms dos disk in the floppy drive. Make sure your system bios is set to boot from floppy first. Then just follow the instructions on your screen.

 

[Nextman916]

will there be an option to backup my current bios on my screen or do i have to do that before? thanx your help is greatly appreciated

 

[flightlesscake]

Yes there will be. When you boot to the floppy, it is a menu/choice system in dos mode and you can select your choices by pressing the corresponding numbers ie:

1. back up current bios
2. flash to gtu
3. flash to evga stock

the bios is really stable and quick ive never had any probs with it yw