[Pc_Support] Re: 6600GT or 6800LE?

[Jason Boxman]

On Monday 25 July 2005 18:53, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
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> I've seen numerous reports, and the conclusion is ...
>   Don't!  They are disabled for a reason!
>
> Remember, GPUs are now _huge_ in transitor count.  It's much
> like fabbing CPUs these days, you have defects in the layers.
>
> On CPUs, sometimes you can localize those defects to a cache
> block (which is the majority of a CPU), and sell the CPU in a
> model with less cache.
>
> Same deal on GPUs, various vector/pipes are damaged, so the
> turn off a block of 4 or 8 and sell it as a different
> product.  If you enable some, you might be enabling yourself
> a faulty product.

True enough.  But many rumors of success from different people in forums with 
little to gain by making stuff up is somewhat compelling.

I've never been an OCer, though.  I'll probably get the 6600 just because it's 
a sure thing.

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Jason Boxman
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