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6800 Dual DVI Hack?

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Fuzzb

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Hey all, I just received my AOpen 6800 GT. On the product page where I ordered from it said 2x DVI outputs, but when I opened it up lo and behold it had a DVI and DSub so I'm not too pleased at the moment :)

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Anyway, I looked at the PCB and it seems like there are solder mounting holes for another DVI connector.

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Does anyone know if it would be possible to solder on an extra DVI connector in place of the DSub connector? If so, what are the chances of this working? :)
 
dude, it is not worth it. Just return it or sell it to get a dual dvi one. If it was an old pos card, then yeah, I would say go for it. The possiblitly of screwing the card up is not worth the reward. Not only that, you would need some 1337 soldering skills.

Anyways, it may be that they did that beacuse they couldn't get yields high enough on the dvi stuff--search the forum, some guy with a BFG card couldn't get about 1024x1280.

If you are going to do it (Which I HIGHLY recommend AGAINST) post pics and agony stories :)
 
A DVI converter is going to look like crap. Believe me, it will. DVI is very much superior to VGA. Any arguement about them looking the same is bs. You have to be blind not to tell the difference.
 
read the thread before posting--A monitior running off a DVI converter is going to look like total shit next to one that is native DVI.

BTW, If I spent about 400 bucks on an important piece of hardware, it better work perfectly, or its going back--dont settle for this, return it--you are going to have it for a long time, you know.
 
Hey guys. Of course I am not going to attempt this :) It was more of a query/idea more than anything. I will be returning this card in under 7 days, and my 6800 Ultra should be here by then hopefully.

I had lots of troubles running my GF3 Ti300 on a DVI connection way back in 2002, check it out here.

As an aside, I am running (temporarily) this 6800 GT on a Dell Dimension 8300 with 305W PSU, and I am having no problems whatsoever. I have overclocked it to 450/1.15 with no hiccups.

I just tried Far Cry at 3200x1200 with everything set to max and it ran at 12FPS - not bad considering...
 
Fuzzb said:
Hey all, I just received my AOpen 6800 GT. On the product page where I ordered from it said 2x DVI outputs, but when I opened it up lo and behold it had a DVI and DSub so I'm not too pleased at the moment
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Sadly, you’re out of the luck with that card so I hope you can return it. AFAIK there are no dual DVI 6800 GT's being sold right now. Unfortunately for consumers, several video card manufactures out there either have a picture of a dual DVI 6800 GT on their product page or are calling it dual DVI in the specs.

One good example is this page: http://www.pny.com/products/verto/geForce6/6800gt.asp

It pictures a dual DVI 6800 GT and no where mentions that the card is actually VGA/DVI (which it is). Although it calls out the requirements are either a VGA or DVI monitor, that's what the DVI to VGA adapter is for right?
 
I'm not familliar with what's actually between the core and the outputs, but presumably though, the problem isn't just that they didn't bother sticking on a DVI socket, it's probably missing a controller of some type, or has a vga/analogue signal converter that would have to be bypassed somehow.

Having the solder mounts probably just means they use one PCB for several variants to cut costs, not that the functionality is there and not utilised.
 
LeadMetal1402 said:
Anyways, it may be that they did that beacuse they couldn't get yields high enough on the dvi stuff--search the forum, some guy with a BFG card couldn't get about 1024x1280.
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This is wrong btw. The reason the person couldn't get past 1280x1024 was because of a driver bug with a popular brand LCD monitor, nothing about DVI "yields." The bug will be fixed in an upcoming driver release.

All 6800 series cards support up to 1600x1200 in DVI output.
 
tranCendenZ said:
This is wrong btw. The reason the person couldn't get past 1280x1024 was because of a driver bug with a popular brand LCD monitor, nothing about DVI "yields." The bug will be fixed in an upcoming driver release.

All 6800 series cards support up to 1600x1200 in DVI output.
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Exactly. The problem is specifically that certain LCD's run 1600x1200 (or other high resolutions) below a 60hz refresh rate which is the industry standard. nVidia is working to put out a driver that supports non-industry standard monitor refresh rates, such as 52hz, for LCD's like that one Samsung.
 
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