Vapor Trail
07-07-04, 06:56 PM
Got my 6800GT from Bestbuy today. I got the retail green box not the white box verison that I've been seeing around.
Installation was a breeze and it works absolutely perfectly. I did a quick overclock bench at 420/1.1 with no problem 11890 in 3dmark03. Not bad for a first try :) Maybe I'll try for 12k when I get a bit braver.
I then set it back to regular speeds for some gaming. (There's no point in hurting my baby so soon now is there.)
UT2004 runs absolutely beautifully. Holy sh*t settings at 1600x1200 4xAAx/8xAF is nice.
1280x960 at 8xSAA/8xAA is definately playable. Who ever said 8xS AA was not usable was lying. :)
I had forgotten how nice digital vibrance looks. :)
I tried a few demos as well, Nalu, Timbury and Clear Sailing are all very cool.
Now I just have to get Dusk and a few others that I haven't seen yet. :)
The only problem I'm having is with the Application Profiles. They don't change when I switch apps and no ammount of modifying them is having any effect. Maybe I'll try some other drivers or search around for others who may have had a similar problem.
On a lighter note, after I heard that Bestbuy might not ship this week I went ahead and placed another order for a 6800GT. I called and cancelled the next day when I found out Bestbuy was shipping but they shipped it anyway despite my order cancellation so I now have 2 6800GT's in house. :bugeyes:
The other company confirmed that they sent the card by mistake and would send me a return UPS label and remove all charges when they received it back.
Ah well, 2 cards is better than none! :D
I must say, its good to be back to Nvidia.
This card ROCKS!!!!!
Installation was a breeze and it works absolutely perfectly. I did a quick overclock bench at 420/1.1 with no problem 11890 in 3dmark03. Not bad for a first try :) Maybe I'll try for 12k when I get a bit braver.
I then set it back to regular speeds for some gaming. (There's no point in hurting my baby so soon now is there.)
UT2004 runs absolutely beautifully. Holy sh*t settings at 1600x1200 4xAAx/8xAF is nice.
1280x960 at 8xSAA/8xAA is definately playable. Who ever said 8xS AA was not usable was lying. :)
I had forgotten how nice digital vibrance looks. :)
I tried a few demos as well, Nalu, Timbury and Clear Sailing are all very cool.
Now I just have to get Dusk and a few others that I haven't seen yet. :)
The only problem I'm having is with the Application Profiles. They don't change when I switch apps and no ammount of modifying them is having any effect. Maybe I'll try some other drivers or search around for others who may have had a similar problem.
On a lighter note, after I heard that Bestbuy might not ship this week I went ahead and placed another order for a 6800GT. I called and cancelled the next day when I found out Bestbuy was shipping but they shipped it anyway despite my order cancellation so I now have 2 6800GT's in house. :bugeyes:
The other company confirmed that they sent the card by mistake and would send me a return UPS label and remove all charges when they received it back.
Ah well, 2 cards is better than none! :D
I must say, its good to be back to Nvidia.
This card ROCKS!!!!!