6800 + Omega + unlocking pipes?

Ryan Norton

Ran into the Firing Squad's article on unlocking additional rendering hardware on the GeForce 6800 and got inspired to upgrade from my Radeon 9500 (which also has a popular rendering hardware softmod):

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_6800_unlocking/

Anyway I've been using Omega's Radeon drivers forever and he conveniently includes a softmod option for the 9500. I couldn't find anything similar for his Nvidia drivers or the 6800 specifically, and, since he encourages users of his drivers not to use additional 3rd party tweakers (like RivaTuner) I'm curious about whether Omega's drivers are the best choice for a 6800 soft-modded to the 16 pipelines.

Did forum search, etc., found plenty of mentions of unlocking the pipelines but nothing about the interaction of Rivatuner and Omegadrivers. Any thoughts? Thanks!

fobis

as long as you don't change anything but the pipe settings with rivatuner, then you'll be alright

danked

wow great i was loooking to buy a new card but was unsure if i wanted to spend 300$+ on a card i think this mite be the way to go sweet thx

but are all 6800 only 128 mb ?

fobis

no. there is also 256mb versions of the 6800

Geminiwave

and dont be surprised if the unlocking fails.

remember that you get what you paid for. If theres a little bonus, GREAT! But dont EXPECT it. Just know that it is a possible benefit.