9800 pro or 6800 vanilla

"First of One" wrote in message ...
A BFG 6800 with a 70% chance of getting all 8 pipes enabled through
RivaTuner? :-)

What suggested the 70%?
My impression is that the chance is more like .7%.
I think I read on Bjorn3D of 200 attempts with single digit success
reports.

I tried RivaTuner on my Winfast A400 (6800). The pipes stayed masked.
My brother took a soldiering iron to it. The hardmod didn't work
either.
I flashed about 6 different BIOS images. Didn't work.
I got artifacts, one black screen and a GT BIOS that caused the card
to snow for a couple of hours before I got it back from the dead.

Here's the switches I used to force flashes:

nvflash -4 -5 -6 bios.rom
wfflash NM bios.rom

Come on...
You know you want to!

(At least if you had to buy a card twice it would be cheaper the
second time)

"Piet Pompie" wrote in message
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"First of One" wrote in message
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A BFG 6800 with a 70% chance of getting all 8 pipes enabled through
RivaTuner? :-)

What suggested the 70%?
My impression is that the chance is more like .7%.
I think I read on Bjorn3D of 200 attempts with single digit success
reports.

I tried RivaTuner on my Winfast A400 (6800). The pipes stayed masked.
My brother took a soldiering iron to it. The hardmod didn't work
either.
I flashed about 6 different BIOS images. Didn't work.
I got artifacts, one black screen and a GT BIOS that caused the card
to snow for a couple of hours before I got it back from the dead.

Here's the switches I used to force flashes:

nvflash -4 -5 -6 bios.rom
wfflash NM bios.rom

Come on...
You know you want to!

(At least if you had to buy a card twice it would be cheaper the
second time)

I would simply return the card or have it RMA / exchange.
Buying a card at second time around does not cost cheaper. It cost more due
to the first cost plus the second cost.
First cost + second cost = may or might get the latest model [maybe
6800Ultra (?)]

CapFusion,...

"First of One" wrote in message ...
A BFG 6800 with a 70% chance of getting all 8 pipes enabled through
RivaTuner? :-)

I see now. The new RivaTuner can override hardware masks.
Thank you, it works now.

Cool. For many people, 6800 vanilla is the only choice, due to limited
availability of the Ultra and GT...

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"Piet Pompie" wrote in message
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I see now. The new RivaTuner can override hardware masks.
Thank you, it works now.