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bookworm_020 · 03-30-07, 10:07 PM

It only works on the early version of the 6200 card with the NV43 chip

The currently shipping 6200 boards are based on the NV44 core (s), which is the final production silicon for the 6200 series. However, at introduction, production silicon was not yet ready. NVIDIA fulfilled 6200 orders by shipping binned/rejected 6600 series cores (NV43V). The rejects were factory modified to disable four-pixel pipelines, thereby converting the native 6600 product into a 6200 product. Some users were able to "unlock" early 6200 boards through a software utility (effectively converting the 6200 back into a 6600 with the complete set of eight pixel pipelines total) if they owned boards with an NV43 A2 or earlier revision of the core. Thus, not all NV43-based 6200 boards could successfully be unlocked (specifically, those with a core revision of A4 or higher), and as soon as NV44 production silicon became available, NVIDIA discontinued shipments of downgraded NV43V cores.

03-30-07, 10:07 PM	#10
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It only works on the early version of the 6200 card with the NV43 chip The currently shipping 6200 boards are based on the NV44 core (s), which is the final production silicon for the 6200 series. However, at introduction, production silicon was not yet ready. NVIDIA fulfilled 6200 orders by shipping binned/rejected 6600 series cores (NV43V). The rejects were factory modified to disable four-pixel pipelines, thereby converting the native 6600 product into a 6200 product. Some users were able to "unlock" early 6200 boards through a software utility (effectively converting the 6200 back into a 6600 with the complete set of eight pixel pipelines total) if they owned boards with an NV43 A2 or earlier revision of the core. Thus, not all NV43-based 6200 boards could successfully be unlocked (specifically, those with a core revision of A4 or higher), and as soon as NV44 production silicon became available, NVIDIA discontinued shipments of downgraded NV43V cores. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"