POST YOUR 6800 SOFTMOD RESULTS.. *new Riva Tuner 15.2!!!*

[demenion]

download here

New version will unlock hardware masked pipes and vertex shaders.

Post your results!

I'm about to try it out.. brb 🙂

edit:

My card is ONLY partially moddable..

when i try enabling the extra pipes i get green graphic errors in doom3.. timedemo went up by ~3 fps..

unlocking the extra vertex shader seemed to work (12x6) right now.

Better then nothing I guess.. 😛

users with fully unlocked 6800s are reporting ~15% performance increase!!!

 

[DrMrLordX]

Damn, this isn't going to drive up the cost of 6800NUs is it? I remember how the Radeon 9500 Pro got kinda expensive after people figured out they could make a 9700 Pro out of it.

 

[Creig]

Actually, that was the 9500 Non-Pro that was moddable to a 9700 Pro.

 

[PliotronX]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Damn, this isn't going to drive up the cost of 6800NUs is it? I remember how the Radeon 9500 Pro got kinda expensive after people figured out they could make a 9700 Pro out of it.

Yup, and ATI went on a tirade of mandating all 9500 cards be 128-bit memory configs from then on and demanding resellers cease selling remaining stock of the 256-bit cards =\ I suspect nVidia will be killing off the 6800nu shortly after the 6600GT hits the shelves, to widen the gap some between the 6800GT and the "mainstream" cards.

 

[kylebisme]

As long as they have defective chips they will have reason to sell the 6800 and 6800le, but as long as that is the case there is a chance the softmod wont work. 😉

 

[stnicralisk]

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Damn, this isn't going to drive up the cost of 6800NUs is it? I remember how the Radeon 9500 Pro got kinda expensive after people figured out they could make a 9700 Pro out of it.

Yup, and ATI went on a tirade of mandating all 9500 cards be 128-bit memory configs from then on and demanding resellers cease selling remaining stock of the 256-bit cards =\ I suspect nVidia will be killing off the 6800nu shortly after the 6600GT hits the shelves, to widen the gap some between the 6800GT and the "mainstream" cards.

I doubt it; the 6800 is lucrative because if a gt or ultra fails but can be saved by disabling one of the quads / vertex units or possibly even the RAM the board could be salvaged for a price that still will draw a profit for nvidia. I think when the 6600 gt is available for AGP the price of the 6800 will actually drop a bit to draw some buyers to the next level - hell I got my BFG 6800 OC for 249.99. Also these cards JUST became widely available - I dont think there is a possibility of halted production until the refresher comes out.

 

[CU]

I have mine doing 16x1, 6vp. 3dmark03 seems to run fine with a score around 9300.

 

[Marsumane]

Originally posted by: stnicralisk

Originally posted by: PliotronX

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Damn, this isn't going to drive up the cost of 6800NUs is it? I remember how the Radeon 9500 Pro got kinda expensive after people figured out they could make a 9700 Pro out of it.

Yup, and ATI went on a tirade of mandating all 9500 cards be 128-bit memory configs from then on and demanding resellers cease selling remaining stock of the 256-bit cards =\ I suspect nVidia will be killing off the 6800nu shortly after the 6600GT hits the shelves, to widen the gap some between the 6800GT and the "mainstream" cards.

I doubt it; the 6800 is lucrative because if a gt or ultra fails but can be saved by disabling one of the quads / vertex units or possibly even the RAM the board could be salvaged for a price that still will draw a profit for nvidia. I think when the 6600 gt is available for AGP the price of the 6800 will actually drop a bit to draw some buyers to the next level - hell I got my BFG 6800 OC for 249.99. Also these cards JUST became widely available - I dont think there is a possibility of halted production until the refresher comes out.

It may drop a bit, but i doubt too much. I say it drops when the ultra also drops. Its priced nicely between the 6600gt and the 6800gt respectively and thus i dont see it falling. NV doesnt want to increase the sales of their mid-upper range cards all that badly to warrent a price drop on it.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Damn, this isn't going to drive up the cost of 6800NUs is it? I remember how the Radeon 9500 Pro got kinda expensive after people figured out they could make a 9700 Pro out of it.

Doubtful. Not only is this not a full mod to 6800GT (it still has half the memory and much less memory bandwidth, unlike the 9500 > 9700 Pro mod) but also the 9500 was selling for IIRC the $140-175 range when it first came out, and then less after that, while the 6800nu is still going for ~$275 on average.

 

[kylebisme]

I don't mean to be following around correcting you jiffy, but I feel it is important to point out that the nu still has the 256bit bus of it's faster brothers.

 

[stnicralisk]

Jiffy is refering to the bus speed I believe. Most of the NUs have cheap memory. 🙁