Unlocking the 7800GT?

[Bona Fide]

Has anyone heard any updates on this?

In AT's review, they said one of the pixel-pipeline quads and one of the vertex shaders were *disabled*, but not physically removed. This could lead to people unlocking them using Coolbits. I haven't yet heard anything, but I was wondering if anyone else had.

 

[Hacp]

I'm not sure. In the review, it also says that they used a different PCB..... Maybe the PCB was specially designed to prevent unlocking? I dunno!

 

[imported_Kensai]

The 7800GT PCB is shorter than the 7800GTX so there must be differences.

 

[Fenuxx]

Over at TweaksRUs, they tried to do it, and it failed. This lead them to believe that the pipes are laser-cut at the factory, making it to where it is impossible to unlock the pipes . Oh well. Its still a fast card .