Which One Would You Choose?

[poindextermatic]

I am looking at these cards - which one of these four would you guys go for??

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=300896&cks=PRL

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=304639&cks=PRL

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/part...cat=Video+Card

http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/...3-8A8D0253C1B2

Cheers,

[mike_w]

The 6800 - it's faster than the other cards - from LOW because it's cheaper and in stock.

[skuzgib]

Well the best one is the 6800; so I'd go for the leadtek one at evesham coz it's the cheapest.

EDIT - Beaten to it. Damn you Mike_W!!!

[poindextermatic]

OK fair enough - I am deffo going for that one then - But I'll be back to complain if it sucks!!
Cheers 4 help!

[muddyfox470]

wot do you want to use it for? gaming?

if you want general use, i.e. watching dvds etc, the 6800 will be the worse!

otherwise the leadteks (lowestonwebs) ar supposed to be pretty decent!

[poindextermatic]

Yeah playing games online mostly - such as Call of Duty, Half Life 2 etc....
Why, is their somthing wrong with the DVD functionality?? - not that I need it.

[poindextermatic]

I've also heard u can overclock it a considerable amount, and 'unlock pipelines'???
Has anyone had experiance doing this - how would I go about it??? And most importantly is it safe to do??

[davidstone28]

-- Only post if you have something useful to add. Many thanks. --

Vaul.

[poindextermatic]

http://forums.hexus.net/search.php?searchid=194968

- I rest my case - look at posts u have started!! - lol, I'm sure there are tons of websites about flight sims - in fact there are! etc, etc....
Know your google mate!?

[poindextermatic]

-- Do not react to other posts which may have annoyed you. Report them or continue posting as normal. --

Vaul.

[skuzgib]

....and lives!

If you wan't help then you're going the wrong way about it.

[poindextermatic]

If you click the Search tab at the top of the page, there are many many posts already on this subject.

Alternatively, using an obscure, not very well known search engine such as 'Google' - make sure you have the www. in front of it and .com at the end, will provide you with more information on "overclocking" graphics cards and "unlocking pipelines" than you could possibly imagine.

I did come here for help.... that is what I had to put up with...

[Spunkey]

ignore - Im not going to feed the trolls

[poindextermatic]

ditto

[mym8marmite]

Yes, I have heard of people unlocking pipes by flashing a different bios to the card. Some have been successful. but the majority have experienced visual artifacts. The reason for this is that the GPUs that go into the bog standard 6800 non ultra (12 pipe version) are the same as the GPUs in the 6800 ultra and GT's. The difference being that the non ultra GPUs have faulty pipes which are then locked out in bios. This saves nVidia from having to throw away chips that they can actually make money from.

[poindextermatic]

Yes, I have heard of people unlocking pipes by flashing a different bios to the card. Some have been successful. but the majority have experienced visual artifacts. The reason for this is that the GPUs that go into the bog standard 6800 non ultra (12 pipe version) are the same as the GPUs in the 6800 ultra and GT's. The difference being that the non ultra GPUs have faulty pipes which are then locked out in bios. This saves nVidia from having to throw away chips that they can actually make money from.

I know u use the revia tuna for it but that is all...
Hmmm... to pipe or not to pipe....can U reverse this process once done?? I guess not if it is flashed..?