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SoftMod the 6800??
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:21 pm
by TigerForceRecon
If I use rivatuner to softmod my new 6800, how iffy is it that some of the closed pipes are actually defective?? From what I gather, it would be impossible to revert because there is no way for rivatuner to know which ones are good and which ones are bad. Please help.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:44 pm
by YARDofSTUF
I would say its too iffy to risk it at this point, wait a bit and see if there are others who are braver first
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 5:39 pm
by Joel
YARDofSTUF wrote:I would say its too iffy to risk it at this point, wait a bit and see if there are others who are braver first
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:04 pm
by 7thkevin
whats softmod?
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:33 pm
by YARDofSTUF
7thkevin wrote:whats softmod?
Change the bios from a 6800 with 8 pipes to a 6800 GT or whatever that has 12
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:37 pm
by Mark
7thkevin wrote:whats softmod?
a shot in the dark, not to be done if you don't know for sure what you are doing.
beware is all i have to say.
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:21 pm
by drdoug99
7thkevin wrote:whats softmod?
using software to modify something, versus the voltage mods, which are usualy hardware modifying, IE, soldering connectors and stuff
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:22 pm
by drdoug99
also from the little i have read, the MSI 6800 is the one that can be sucessfully done, but it has to be like an early version of it.
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:36 pm
by Shagster
I'd wait and see. Or just be like me and spend 400 on a GT. Ill be damned if it isn't worth it!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:07 pm
by TigerForceRecon
Thanks for the advice guys. The new rivatuner to tweak the pipes isn't even out yet, so I will just hang with what I got. It sure is tempting though.