Computers: The Technical Thread [!OT]

[Dreamer7000]

Okay, so result is (with direct internet connection):

216.254.113.86 ping statistics:
Packages: sent = 4, recieved = 4, lost = 0 (0% lost),
Back and Forth path time around, in miliseconds:
minimum = 142ms, maximum =144ms, average = 143ms

(I had a little trouble translating to english...)

I tried viewing the other site, but no luck. Same happens as with hostboard. Connection timed out.

[Dreamer7000]

Okay, NOW it works again. Both the Trasher 4x4 site and Granaboard. But again, I don't know till when it'll work.

[mrwiseman]

Do the following:

Visit http://whatismyip.com/ and write down your current IP. Then visit it again when it doesn't work, and let's see if it's the same IP.

[mrwiseman]

Yay! I've invested some time on learning about softmodding and discovered something pretty neat: all GeForce 6800s (NV40) share the same core (lower production costs while being able to sattisfy demand for varying lines of products; remember chips are costly to engineer and cheap to produce), and there are tools to unlock pipelines and overclock them. I've successfully modified my GeForce 6800 into something comparable to a GeForce 6800 GT, which would have
cost me like twice as much when I bought it about one year ago.

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Pixel pipelines 12 16 16 16
Vertex pipelines 5 6 6 6
Core clock 325 350 400 402
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So now I have something that's comparable to a GeForce 6800 GT (faster to push polygons and map textures, slower to read textures), and I got a 34% performance boost for no cost! In fact, the core is exactly the same, in all
6800s, so I could overclock it up to a little above the Ultra speed, and the
memory is interchangeable, although it's not as good, so I couldn't get to the
GT speed but I still overclocked it a good deal. The card seems quite stable and the Leadtek heatsink and fan show their quality as the card runs at 60 ?C or less. This will come in handy for Oblivion [img]biggrin.gif[/img] .

Performance figures:

3DMark 2005, 800?600 NoVS NoAA Aniso4X Quality TrilinearOpt AnisoSampleOpt

Stock GeForce 6800: 3802 3DMarks
GeForce 6800 "W": 5089 3DMarks

Performance boost: FPS-esque game (think Halo): +25%; Nature-esque game (think Oblivion): +42%; Adventure-esque game (think Fable): +35%; Overall: +34%

Maximum fillrate: Before: 3829.6 MTexels/s; Now: 6261.9 MTexels/s
32768 polygons strip: Before: 83.6 MT/s; Now: 103.3 MT/s
(This makes sense. There's a greater performance boost regarding texturing (as I have 33% more pipelines that work 24% faster) than vector math (as I have 20% more pipelines that work 24% faster).

[melfice]

Cool! is there any way to make something similar with a Gforce 440 MX?

[mrwiseman]

Doubt so, even if you manage to overclock it stably and gain 10% - even 30% performance, you can't do much with it for new games

[melfice]

I guess so... although i can't get me a new graphics card... or what i'm gonna get should be for the new comp. Too bad it is almost... 3 years old?

[Dreamer7000]

"Finally" Hostboard won't load again, so here are the IPs.

213.222.130.189 when working,
213.222.130.189 when not working, like now &gt;_&lt;

[melfice]

I'm building my own new computer, but i'm not sure of a thing, i got me a new graphics card, but what i'd like to know, if anyone knows is that if it does need a fan to cool it. It is a GForce 6... i don't remember the model, and had no fan attached when i bought it, so that's the question, is it needed any ventilation for the card to work? or if it doesn't have any, it can be safely used in the computer?

[JohnStaples]

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