W00t! Ultra Cooler on vanilla 6800

[angshuman]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814140067

Plus, it's an AGP... NV40... this one is *begging* for unlocking/OC'ing! Could actually be an Ultra (core-wise, at least), for all you know :) ... remember GTO2???

[shabby]

Unlike ati, i doubt nvidia has mountains of nv40's sitting around.

[Joe Public]

ATi has mountains of NV40s? :p

[Greg]

I wouldn't be sure big fat coolers guarantee a good overclock. I recently tried overclocking a 7800GTX (standard) which had a full size 512 style cooler (like the new Leadtek boards have). It didn't get past 470mhz without visible corruption. Pity, with all those pipes and big fan. I believe you need a good core as well as good cooling.

[JPack]

Seems to have potential.

The photos show the PCB is by Gainward.

You guys remember the eVGA 6800 Limited Edition? Could be similar in this case.

[toxikneedle]

6800 LE were actually Ultras tho. These are still 128mb NUs with a bigger cooler. The Gainward 6800NU coolers were much better, copper heatsinks with 2 fans. I miss my gainward :(

[ViN86]

wow that things ugly, heh. could have some great performance nonetheless :)

[rohit]

THe PCB does mention GAINWARD.
I guess you wouldnt know unless you try it.. :p

[shabby]

ATi has mountains of NV40s? :p

You know what i mean :p

[Riptide]

ATi has mountains of NV40s? :p
No more like just a couple of good sized hills. :D