Gainward Ultra 2100LE GeForce 6800 LE 128MB DDR

[Barley]

I was looking around last night for a cheap deal on a graphics card.  Was gonna go with a 9800 Pro when I found this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800.html



What do you guys think of it?  I could only find one review on it here:

http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?...25&pagenumber=7

That's the last page which gives the conclusion and overclockability.  To quote them:

"In one word- amazing."
"To sum up the 6800LE, it utilizes nVidia's latest core, performs faster than their previous core and costs less. Sounds like nVidia has a winning card in their hands."

In fact they said nothing bad about it at all.

Reckon it looks good?

[Barley]

Ok guys it arrived today.  Plugged it all in and hit a snag.

It started alright, but whenever I tried to run anything 3D after about 3 to 5 minutes i'd just get a blank screen, then when I restart thw computer I get a continual 2 tone beeping until I switch it off for like a minute.

So I unplugged my DVD Drive to see whether there was a power shortage, btw I have a 400w PSU.  It starts up ok and on 3dMark03 and 3DMark05 it gives me results, good results!  But 3dMark01 and Doom 3 still both break after a minute or two

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Have you given it a power cable that is not powering anything else? I.e. it gets it's own rail?

[Barley]

Originally posted by BlueBall@Nov 3 2004, 09:59 PM
Have you given it a power cable that is not powering anything else? I.e. it gets it's own rail?

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No I haven't tried that yet.  My PSU only has 2 cables each with 2 molex connectors, and unfortunately I already have 4 IDE devices in my system  :unsure:

[DarkAngel]

Get a more powerful power supply 550w will do

[Barley]

Originally posted by DarkAngel@Nov 3 2004, 10:55 PM
Get a more powerful power supply 550w will do

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That's what I was thinking...