6800NU still has life!

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08-05-2007, 11:02 PM
rogue1979

6800NU still has life!

Picked up a generic 6800NU pci-e 256MB off Anandtech for sale forums for $45 shipped. Just wanted to play with it, it had HDR and my X850XT didn't even though I knew it wasn't as fast.

Flashed the bios to mod the gpu voltage to 1.4v from the stock 1.2v.

Proceeded to clock it up to 440/825 from the stock 325/600. Cleaned the stock cooler and added silver thermal paste.

70c under full load, hit 5300 in 3DMark 05 on a A64 @ 2800Mhz. Not too far behind my X850XT which hit 6300 overclocked. Played GRAW2 pretty good, had to drop the resolution from 1184 x 862 (X850XT) to 1024 x 768 all details at max.

Not breaking any records, but it did play the game smoothly and HDR looks great in that game.
08-05-2007, 11:22 PM
r'aggro

Cool, I'll pass this on to my bro. He has a BFG 6800 that could use a little boost.
08-06-2007, 01:52 AM
Boneycat

Nice! 8800gts who?
08-06-2007, 03:43 AM
Transfurzz

I miss the old days, I so enjoyed playing around with the BIOS on my 5900.
08-06-2007, 08:49 AM
richardginn

Games coming out soon will kill that card.
08-07-2007, 03:12 AM
Squirrel Meat

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardginn

Games coming out soon will kill that card.

way to break the mood...sheesh! :D
08-07-2007, 06:34 AM
mikeysg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squirrel Meat

way to break the mood...sheesh! :D

LOL! Real killjoy, ain't he?:D

Anyway, I sold my friend my old rig - S754 A64 3400+ Claw/1GB KVR (BH5)/MSI 6800U - and he's happy with it. Runs s all the games he plays @1024x768 (res of his monitor), max detail, 2xAA/4xAF. But then, he ain't playing very graphically demanding games, most demanding being D3 which the 6800U can handle easily.