Pipes

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 22 Nov 2005, 12:57

Ive been scanning through some of the threads on the forum, one being "6600GT Or 6800Le" and there is alot of reference made to pipes. What are these pipes? How are the opened? What is the advantages and disadvantages of manipulating these pipes?

UsMarshal · Post by **UsMarshal** » 22 Nov 2005, 15:33

Well its very simple, [UsMarshal looks up from smoking the peace pipe]. A , [UsM passes the pipe] Gpu can process one pixel per clock cycle per pipe. So the more pipes [Usm gets up and ducks under the aircon pipe] available the more pixels can be processed per clock cycle. More pipes, more performance. Like water pipes [Usm smokes the peace pipe again], more pipes, more water. So if u can unlock the additional pipes (|'s) on your card the faster your card will perform. Put that in ur pipe and smoke it.

I think I have the fastest piping hot video card available, 24 pipes!

Riukzeklein · Post by **Riukzeklein** » 22 Nov 2005, 15:39

Post by **Y0da** » 22 Nov 2005, 15:56

It would also depend on some luck of course. LE and SE cards are usually the same as to counterparts minus some pipes. But the reason for the obmission of said pipes is because they gpu failed during stress testing with all of the pipes because one or two pipes are faulty. So they lock half the pipes and it still works but is now running at half it's speed. Thus the cheaper highend card is born. But here's the catch. If the demand for said cheaper cards is high enough they will have to use perfectly normal chips to supply the demand. And thus, if you are lucky you will buy one that has a fully functional chip, unlock the remaining pipes and score big time. If not, you get what you paid for.

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 22 Nov 2005, 16:07

so.........let me get this straight.

If i open more pipes i could potentially overheat my graphics card and damage it?

Bobendren · Post by **Bobendren** » 22 Nov 2005, 16:12

Mal wrote:so.........let me get this straight.

If i open more pipes i could potentially overheat my graphics card and damage it?

unlikely, just keep an eye on temps, don't let then go above 80'C

Post by **Stuart** » 22 Nov 2005, 18:38

UsMarshal wrote:Well its very simple, [UsMarshal looks up from smoking the peace pipe]. A , [UsM passes the pipe] Gpu can process one pixel per clock cycle per pipe. So the more pipes [Usm gets up and ducks under the aircon pipe] available the more pixels can be processed per clock cycle. More pipes, more performance. Like water pipes [Usm smokes the peace pipe again], more pipes, more water. So if u can unlock the additional pipes (|'s) on your card the faster your card will perform. Put that in ur pipe and smoke it.

I think I have the fastest piping hot video card available, 24 pipes!

Ah, yes, clear as mud. So how exactly do you unlock pipes? Didn't get a key with my gfx card.

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 22 Nov 2005, 19:03

use this program.

Then go to target adapter

customize

Allow enabling hardware masked units

Customize.

then look for pixel units or vertex units with an X next to them and click on it to change to a tick

Post by **Stuart** » 22 Nov 2005, 19:34

Basipooh wrote:use this program.

Then go to target adapter
customize
Allow enabling hardware masked units
Customize.

then look for pixel units or vertex units with an X next to them and click on it to change to a tick

Tenqberrymuch. What do you use to measure the temp of your gfx card? What about you sys temp?

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 22 Nov 2005, 19:40

I got 6600 Diamond and i go

Display properties

Advanced

Geforce 6600

Temperature Settings.

Using forceware 81.50

Max225 · Post by **Max225** » 22 Nov 2005, 21:49

Is it possible to unlock any extra pipelines on my ASUS n6600 128meg 128bit 8X agp?

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 22 Nov 2005, 22:00

Is there a simple way to monitor the temperature of ur graphics card? like i can see alot of temps on my CMOS setup with my motherboard! No graphics, is there an app or must this be measured?

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 22 Nov 2005, 22:01

no!
there are none to unlock.

Those 6600 however oc f***king well.
I got a 6600 Diamond edition and oced the mem 400Mhz!! (from 800 to 1200)
with no extra cooling.

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 22 Nov 2005, 22:32

DAMN!! thats quite a large amount! how much did ur performance improve?

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 22 Nov 2005, 22:44

500 extra 3dm 05
1800 extra 3m 01

Max225 · Post by **Max225** » 23 Nov 2005, 00:47

I have never tried to oc it more than the driver app will let me, but still I can go from 300 gpu to 475 and 550 ram to 650, also with no extra cooling and nothing more than 3 or 4 deg. change under stress.

It only go's up to about 45 deg. gpu and 44 deg ram, when I overclock.

Post by **Thrall** » 23 Nov 2005, 01:45

Can you imagine oc'ing these pipes? Awesome!

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 23 Nov 2005, 08:21

LOL! So, if one was to open the pipes there is a potential of damage to the card? What are the best cards to oc?

Hendrix · Post by **Hendrix** » 23 Nov 2005, 09:45

are there any pipes in my ati 9550 to unlock?,,,how many pipes does my card have anyway?

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 23 Nov 2005, 09:54

Hendrix wrote:are there any pipes in my ati 9550 to unlock?,,,how many pipes does my card have anyway?

ati 9550 has 4 pipes and there are none to unlock.

Hendrix · Post by **Hendrix** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:48

only 4 sucks ***,,,time to buy a new one i think

Post by **Y0da** » 23 Nov 2005, 13:09

Mal wrote:so.........let me get this straight.

If i open more pipes i could potentially overheat my graphics card and damage it?

Not at all. The worst that will happen is you will encounter some artifacts due to broken pipes. If that happens there's not much you can do anyway so just revert back to the original config. The only time it will overheat is if you overclock it too high without proper cooling.

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 23 Nov 2005, 16:15

Thanks, sorry am new to this! its quite facsinating! What is the standard usually for benchmarking? What is a common app used so that I can compare my current system to other ones? also, if i benchmark before opening pipes then after i should see quite a difference?

Basipooh · Post by **Basipooh** » 23 Nov 2005, 16:18

heres a link to a thread which i posted links for benchies.

if the unlock was successful u will see a huge difference

Mal · Post by **Mal** » 23 Nov 2005, 18:14

Im living in the old days! Im running a 256MB 5600XT AGP. Any pipes there my any chance? Im looking to get another PC that is the reason for all these questions! tryna educate myself! LOL