Suggest me a make for 6800nu

[zmaster]

Well im going from a 6600GT that scores over 4000 when overclocked with custom cooling, to a 6800Nu. I know that brands are similar, but i would like one that can be taken to very high speeds. I know the top speed on my leadtek 6600GT for memory was 1947 and it couldt do 1mhz above it. So my choices would be as follows...

Gigabyte
Asus
Leadtek
MSI

Also i heard about the unlocking of it to 16/6 so suggest me if any of them have a higher chance to do so.

Thanx

 

[mwmorph]

all have equal chance of oc and unlock.
Gigabyte is silent. no fan but you need decent airflow.

leadtek has best cooler imho. though people say there have been some problems with the leadtek 6800s, leadtek should be best quality in this pack

never had a problem with my asus products but it uses a reference cooling solution. nearly silent when at lower rpms but when you put the card under load and the fan spins up, it si more noticible than a leadtek, though reference tends to be quiet too, just not as quiet as leadtek under load..

msi, idk havent really seen their 6800 cards.

 

[johnnqq]

upgrading a 6600gt to a 6800 nu isn't really worth it. and you can only get lucky unlocking pipes on agp cards, not pci e.

 

[zerocool84]

why not just get a 6800GT or wait since all the new cards are coming out very soon and im partial to BFG

 

[mwmorph]

bfg 6800gt is great. 6800nu is good, but has a horrible choice of cooler. it has 2 small fans which whir at high frequency so it seems louder than it really is. Also, 2 fas burn out =twice as likely as 1 and dosent even cool all that well.

 

[CP5670]

Some of the BFG 6800 GTs have that cooler as well. I have one of those and the cooler does indeed suck. I think they went to a different cooler design though.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

Originally posted by: zerocool84
why not just get a 6800GT or wait since all the new cards are coming out very soon and im partial to BFG

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Plester]

get whichever 6800 meets your budget - leadtek does a 6800LE for $159 at newegg and people have had great success with them unlocking fully and overclocking well beyond normal 6800nu averages.