will it work?

Noxide · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:04 am Post subject: will it work?

i was looking into buying a nvidia 6800 series but im not sure if there is one that supports a min of 1.65volt AGP slot. All I've seen are 2.0v....or is that the max they can support?...I'll keep checking.my MB is an Abit IC7-G, In the BIOs it goes up to 1.65v.

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gmoney · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:

i think that ur psu supplies the extra voltage through the 6800's 6 pin auxilury connector

PUTALE · SirTweaksabit Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 361

I think you are mistaken the voltage with something else. Graphic cards are either 3.3v, 1.5v or 0.8v. I checked your mobo and it seems like it supports AGP8, which is1.5v and 0.8v. Hence, any modern cards will work on your mobo. 6800 will definitely work on the board.

Are you OC your system? If your AGP is running at higher voltage than 1.5, maybe you have the system OC without agp/pci lock.

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

Noxide you will be fine. I am using that same board and it does support 8X AGP (1.5v) and any of the 6800s will be 1.5v.
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Josh · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

Absolutley no problem....and thats a good card

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Noxide · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:

Damn...what would I do with out you guys!!!!...I looking at the BFG nvidia 6800 Ultra that comes O/C already.. But I think I would have to change my PSU. If so I'll just get an over rated one like +600watt or something. (my wife is going to bitch when i buy all yhis stuff!

) So the card has a socket to connect a PSU pug into it? I've seen pics of that model but I never notice a plug on it.

Ham_fisT · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:05 pm Post subject:

If you are going for a 6800 Ultra, you will actually need TWO 4-pin power plugs from the power supply, preferably from different strings.
I would focus more on quality, rather than quantity of power, a good name brand 480Watt will do you much better than a generic 600watt
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PUTALE · SirTweaksabit Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 361

I totally agree with Ham, I think antec's 500w true power should be fine with the card. You should also ask yourself, do you really need such a powerful card, if not, you maybe able to save few bucks on the card and a new cpu. (you don't wanna make your wife mad:).

gmoney · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:24 am Post subject:

so wut are u gonna be doing with this card? ? ... and .. ham-man.. why from different leads.. ? to prevent it from getting sloppy watts? voltage spikes and valleys? or what?

Noxide · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 2:59 am Post subject:

oh just gaming....and if there are other things that come up, I'll do it too! Besides... one of the DVI ports is going to my 44inch LCD Zenith HDTV.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/261318623/261320347GTfczB
I want it to look good, clear, and sharp! Dont forget fast!

gmoney · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 3:07 am Post subject:

gaogroghgrohg.. *tilts head back and drools at the idea***

nice.... well d3 and hl2 will look nice on that with a 6800gt.. i tell u hhwut

Josh · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:43 pm Post subject:

Absolutley no point in getting a 6800 Ultra in my opinion.

Differences between GT and Ultra are Core and memory speed.

GT Stock is 350/1.0
U Stock is 400/1.1

I got a GT myself, and with no effort at all, mine is running faster than an Ultra with a load Temp of ~58C. Doin the overclock and benching for checking of artifacts took me no more than 20 minutes, and in doing so, i turned my £270 card into a £400 card....wow that was hard and i dont need a 1GW PSU

If you really want EXTREME TO THE IZZO SPEED, then get yourself a GT and get some watercooling for it. That would prolly still work out to be about the same price as an Ultra (maybe a bit less) and you would get IZZAY speeds on it

PS I have a 400W el cheapo PSU

PPS Sorry for words inspired by gizoogle....it just makes me laugh everytime i look at TN on it

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zhensem · Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:00 am Post subject:

^^^^^ Wizzdom!!!!

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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Man.....I had to re-read that. I thought you were Gmoney for a minute!

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gmoney · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:32 am Post subject:

gmoney in da houze wut up ese... fnf ur mean mayne... wahhh ima tell on u..

j/k .... wtf eh . .im f'in confuzed who u think waz da gmoney my-ster?

Josh · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject:

Xal · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:48 am Post subject:

As Josh so eloquently (sp?) put it the GT would be a better value buy. Go for the BFG 6800GT OC and maybe some custom cooling and you won't regret it

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UiS · TweakNOOB Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 1

less expensive and cost/benefit r0x