Help a n00b with new Rivatuner..

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joemama

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Actually I've been using Rivatuner for quite some time for oc'ing/turning off fastwrites....how do I check my number of pixel pipes? I have a GT so if I have less than 16 pipes ( :mad: ) how do I go about enabling the missing pipes? Maybe this version just shows you how many are activated but not let you change anything?

edit- If you're wondering what I'm talking about it's the new version of Rivatuner found here at guru3d
 
First you need RC 15 of RivaTuner 2. (Was released for download a few days ago by Guru 3D) Then it's under the Main page, right below where the name of your video card is displayed. You will see a line saying "256-bit NV40 (A1 16x1, 6vp)....", and to the right of that is a button to customize it. You can even make it display as an Ultra if you want. ;)
 
Cannydog said:
First you need RC 15 of RivaTuner 2. (Was released for download a few days ago by Guru 3D) Then it's under the Main page, right below where the name of your video card is displayed. You will see a line saying "256-bit NV40 (A1 16x1, 6vp)....", and to the right of that is a button to customize it. You can even make it display as an Ultra if you want. ;)
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Ok, in the 'customize' I see NVstrap driver and when I open it up I assume the lines with checkmarks are the open pixel pipes? It shows I have 16 pipes but lets say theoretically if I had an 8-12 pipe card how would you enable extra pipes?
 
pandora's box said:
wtf? gt's have 16 pipes right? hmmmmmmm whats going on.
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Are you trying to say it's showing less than 16 for your GT? :confused:
 
joemama said:
Are you trying to say it's showing less than 16 for your GT? :confused:
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havent checked yet. but i read your post wrong. i thought u said that ur gt doesnt have 16 pipes.
 
my question is how to do unlock rivatuner so you can actually overclock. Geeze. All the OC'ing features are greyed out for me.
 
Kiersiege said:
my question is how to do unlock rivatuner so you can actually overclock. Geeze. All the OC'ing features are greyed out for me.
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Overclock using the "Forceware" under Rivatuner instead of the low level hardware options..

still waiting for someone to tell me how to enable extra pipes before I screw up my GT trying to get 20. :eek: :p
 
joemama if you had some pipelines disabled they would show up there without check marks. So you just check em, then apply, and restart. If they are "bad" and not just disabled you will aparently get graphics corruption. I did it and it still reads "12" on the main page. So I am completely unsure if it's really "enabled" or not!?! :(
 
Wouldnt the pipelines be disabled in the chip itself and not through drivers?
 
When did a GT ever have more than 16 pipes?

And for the unlocking pipes on a 12pipe non-gt/ultra or 8pipe LE, you have to check the nvidia vga bios something, and depending what you see there, you learn if a softmod will work. it's all in the FAQ at the Rivatuner forum at guru3d.com
 
TimothyB said:
When did a GT ever have more than 16 pipes?

And for the unlocking pipes on a 12pipe non-gt/ultra or 8pipe LE, you have to check the nvidia vga bios something, and depending what you see there, you learn if a softmod will work. it's all in the FAQ at the Rivatuner forum at guru3d.com
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They don't as far as I know but still I would like to play around with it to see if Nvidia has some hidden pipes in the core that will magically appear with some Supar dupar deluxe beyond extreme model in the future. :p A soft mod should either work/ not work at all or be reversable so I'm not too worried about hosing my card..

edit- also what does "masked by hardware" beside a couple of the lines mean? :confused:
 
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