newbie help with GF6600

livetop · **newbie help with GF6600 -** 12-07-2005, 18:38 | posts: 5 | Location: Greece

hello everyone. i am a total newbie. i have no idea about forums so i was totaly lost in links and other questions. i would be gratefull for any help!

well i have a Pixelview GeForce 6600 agp 8x with 256mb and i would like to know what is the best thing i can do with my card? can i unlock any pipes or change bios or make it a gt or do anything better for my card? i would appreciate any help given.

this is what the site of my card says:

MODEL GPU C/M CLK MEM SIZE MEM INF MEM TYPE
PV-N43AT nv43 300/500 MHz 256 MB 128 bit 16Mx16x8
(256KD)

RAMDAC DVI TV-Out Video-In BUS PCB-L
400 MHz 0 0 x AGP 8x 6

thank you very much

12-07-2005, 19:05 | posts: n/a

both the 6600 and 6600gt have 8 pipes

the 6600 has a lower memory and core clock

woofer909 · 12-07-2005, 23:38 | posts: 42 | Location: your house

you can try overclocking. check the nvidia section for guides, and use rivatuner 15.8 to watch temps.

Must Kill Ati · 12-08-2005, 01:09 | posts: 428 | Location: Des Moines, Iowa

As you can see in my specs on the left, I run an Asus6600. Same card basically, although I do have mine watercooled. About the only thing you can do with yours to improve performance is overclock the gpu and memory. Mine maxes out at 500/666 respectively.
You will have to download and install a little script from guru3d called "coolbits" to allow you to overclock the card.
As mentioned in a previous reply, pay very close attention to your temps. I'm not sure what the "red-line" temp of your card is, but I know if you do a little looking around in these forums, you can find a reference to it somewhere.
Good luck, and stick around a while

livetop · **thanks guys -** 12-08-2005, 19:15 | posts: 5 | Location: Greece

hey guys thank you very much for your replies.

so if i understand correctly i only need to overclock my memory and core right? what about unlocking pipes or something like that?
the only thing i have to take care is my cards temps?

must kill ati i couldnt agree more with your nick

livetop · **i am desperate -** 12-08-2005, 20:08 | posts: 5 | Location: Greece

i searched the forums but i cant find anything about the limits of my graphics card!
can you help me with that also??

thanks

woofer909 · 12-08-2005, 23:34 | posts: 42 | Location: your house

by limits if you mean clock speeds, no two cards are the same. you have to find your own cards limit.

livetop · **pipes?? -** 12-09-2005, 19:05 | posts: 5 | Location: Greece

is there any way i can unlock pipes or something like that? if yes how can i do it??? i have no idea?

Must Kill Ati · *Last edited by Must Kill Ati; 12-10-2005 at 00:58.*

Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm 99% positive that the 6600's pipes are all already unlocked. Certain cards are made to a higher standard, then crippled at the manufacturer to be sold as a lower end card. 6600's are not those type.
In order to overclock your core/mem, start with the default clocks and raise in small increments. I have found that all the recent drivers make me use a button "Test Changes" before I can apply any overclocks. If you set an overclock too high for your card, this button will catch it (hopefully).
When it comes to core/mem overclocks, diff drivers do affect your max values. Also, core overclock will affect max memory overclock and vice-versa (i.e. If I set my core to 500mhz, my max mem clock is 662...If I put my core at 498, I can put mem at 666.)
Also, off-topic a bit, there are other ways to increase performance from your system other than just tweaking drivers and overclocking the video card. Dive into the forums and you'll find many ways to get more out of your system. If you have a serious issue, feel free to pm me with it. I will likely see a pm well before this topic again.
---Good Luck---

R3B3L · 12-11-2005, 09:23 | posts: 1

I too am sure that the 6600 has only 8 pipes - hence the AGP 8x - I'm not sure about the PCI-e versions (or even if you can get them)
yeah, find your best clock speeds with RivaTuner to tweak em and monitor temps, while benchmarking with 3DMark 05

livetop · **thank you -** 12-11-2005, 11:26 | posts: 5 | Location: Greece

thank you very much for your replies my friends i will do my best and if i have any problem i will tell you

death__machine · 12-12-2005, 17:12 | posts: 748 | Location: Surat

Yup all the pipes are already unlocked and the only thing u can do is overclock use coolbits or ......(i dont know about nvidia)

Foxbat25 · 12-12-2005, 17:18 | posts: 1,376 | Location: New York City N.Y.

The 6600 sux you can only O/C it
sorry

Must Kill Ati · 12-14-2005, 16:05 | posts: 428 | Location: Des Moines, Iowa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Foxbat25

The 6600 sux you can only O/C it
sorry

Sucking, is in the eye of the beholder!

woofer909 · 12-16-2005, 01:21 | posts: 42 | Location: your house

use ati tool (it workes with nvidia) it is very good

it finds the top clocks by itself