Nvidia 6800LE best price/perf?

RichBa5tard · 6th December 2004, 07:36

After running almost 2 years at highly overclocked/overvolted speeds, my 9500NP is starting to produce artifacts. What would be the best replacement? I'd prefer nvidia, because ati cards have nearly worthless linux drivers.

The Aopen 6800LE is priced at a very low 209€, and seems to provide some overclocking/tweaking fun. Should the heat production and poor HL2 performance hold me back?

jmke · 6th December 2004, 09:48

I would rather opt for a 6600GT, but that's me

RichBa5tard · 6th December 2004, 11:24

But the 6800LE is faster, and has the same (or lower price)? Can you find a 6600GT AGP in .be for less than 209 euro?

jmke · 6th December 2004, 11:49

6600GT is not avaible yet AFAIK, but with launch of X850 series, the X800 will be pushed to price lvl where X700XT is now, and then it make that a killer buy

and push down pricing for 6600GT maybe too; I'd stick with the 9500NP for a while longer, certainly after the holidays,

Sidney · 6th December 2004, 15:34

Less than $200

http://www.newegg.com/app/searchProd...gt&Order=price

7th December 2004, 22:47

The guy is in Belgium, Newegg is in the USA.

the 6600 gt is about the same speed as a 6800LE.

RichBa5tard · 7th December 2004, 23:11

I bought the 6800LE today, very nice card! It insures some tweaking fun:

default: 8 pipelines (+2*4 disabled), 4 pixel shaders (+2*1 disabled)
runs errorfree at 12 + 6 (6800GT?)
runs hl2/nfsu2/panzers/.... errorfree, but not doom 3 at 16 + 6 (ULTRA?)

It overclocks to 400/800 (default 300/700) out of the box, didn't test any further.

I'm happy.

jmke · 7th December 2004, 23:20

cool

bought Lapino's 6800GT, does this make us GF6 brothers

8th December 2004, 16:23

Does the 6800LE perform much better at 12 pipeline's?
I still think to go for a 6600GT agp (220€).

jmke · 8th December 2004, 16:36

did not buy Lapino's 6800GT in the end, he's going to keep it, ordered one from .DE

6th December 2004, 07:36	#1
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	Nvidia 6800LE best price/perf? After running almost 2 years at highly overclocked/overvolted speeds, my 9500NP is starting to produce artifacts. What would be the best replacement? I'd prefer nvidia, because ati cards have nearly worthless linux drivers. The Aopen 6800LE is priced at a very low 209€, and seems to provide some overclocking/tweaking fun. Should the heat production and poor HL2 performance hold me back? __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

6th December 2004, 09:48	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I would rather opt for a 6600GT, but that's me __________________

6th December 2004, 11:24	#3
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	But the 6800LE is faster, and has the same (or lower price)? Can you find a 6600GT AGP in .be for less than 209 euro? __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

6th December 2004, 11:49	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	6600GT is not avaible yet AFAIK, but with launch of X850 series, the X800 will be pushed to price lvl where X700XT is now, and then it make that a killer buy and push down pricing for 6600GT maybe too; I'd stick with the 9500NP for a while longer, certainly after the holidays, __________________

6th December 2004, 15:34	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Less than $200 http://www.newegg.com/app/searchProd...gt&Order=price __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

7th December 2004, 22:47	#6
ZigZag Posts: n/a	The guy is in Belgium, Newegg is in the USA. the 6600 gt is about the same speed as a 6800LE.

7th December 2004, 23:11	#7
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	I bought the 6800LE today, very nice card! It insures some tweaking fun: default: 8 pipelines (+24 disabled), 4 pixel shaders (+21 disabled) runs errorfree at 12 + 6 (6800GT?) runs hl2/nfsu2/panzers/.... errorfree, but not doom 3 at 16 + 6 (ULTRA?) It overclocks to 400/800 (default 300/700) out of the box, didn't test any further. I'm happy. __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

7th December 2004, 23:20	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	cool bought Lapino's 6800GT, does this make us GF6 brothers __________________

8th December 2004, 16:23	#9
Falco Posts: n/a	Does the 6800LE perform much better at 12 pipeline's? I still think to go for a 6600GT agp (220€).

8th December 2004, 16:36	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	did not buy Lapino's 6800GT in the end, he's going to keep it, ordered one from .DE __________________

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