Geforce 6800 question

According to the DELL person I spoke to the only difference between those two is that the one is OEM and the other is retail. If anyone has any additional information I would be interested also as my GTO is due tommrow

Julie3564,

retail GeForce 6800 GT (16 pixel pipelines, 256MB 1000MHz memory, 350MHz core, AGP 8x/PCIe)

Dell GeForce 6800 GTO (12 pixel pipelines, 256MB 900MHz memory, 350MHz core, PCIe, dual dvi-i)

The 6800GTO is closer to an overclocked 6800 than it is to the 6800GT. imo

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@loveitwhenyouthugmebaby wrote:
According to the DELL person I spoke to the only difference between those two is that the one is OEM and the other is retail. If anyone has any additional information I would be interested also as my GTO is due tommrow

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They lied.  The 6800 GTO is a reduced performance variant of the 6800 GT.

Proper GT specs:

350 MHz core frequency

1,000 MHz (2x500 MHz DDR3) memory frequency

16 pixel pipelines and 6 vertex shaders

GTO specs:

350 MHz core frequency

900 MHz (2x450 MHz DDR3) memory frequency

12 pixel pipelines and 5 vertex shaders

The result is that the real GT is theoretically about 33% faster than the GTO.

Message Edited by CastleBravo on 01-27-2005 08:54 AM

GTOs overclock very well and many of them can have the extra 4 pipes opened up as they are present, only hardware masked.

I feel so ripped off. I am tempted to send the computer back. I have only had it a week.

They didn't claim it was a GT, and it's still a good card (still a low end high end card, if that makes any sense-near the bottem of the very best cards, but better than what 99% of people have).

Play your favorite games and the settings and resos you want and see if you are happy. See what the extra card cost was vs. buying retail. If you are still unhappy then I would return it. These cards will be ready for replacement by the end of the year or the first of next year to meet the challenges of the next generation games so you could buy retail then? So if in the short run you are happy with the gaming result, that is all that really matters.

Make sure to upgrade the driver to the latest one on the nVidia driver site (performance has been improved over supplied driver).

What are the rest of your system specs? 1GB of ram is utilized by many of the current games to run smooth. There are other factors that affect performance in gaming. 

Message Edited by dogin on 01-28-2005 08:35 AM

My other stats are Dell 8400  3.6gh P4   2gb ram Geforce 6800GT0

I will try it out more before I make my final decision. I have been thinking of keeping it even though I am disappointed.

That's a fantastic system! That video card will run today's games great. You could always skip a generation or two and maybe sometime late next year buy a new card (unless you want to stay on the absolute bleeding edge).

Thanks. I think I will keep it and upgrade the video card sometime next year.