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is it possible to increase the pipeline on GC? im using 7600GS agp card....

I dont think you can on that card.

Dan

i know this is crazy idea...but i think there should be some ways to do it right? btw,can we upgrade the or added rams to the GC?

Ok, video card lesson for you

The only cards where you can unlock pipelines are ones that are cut down based on a higher card design. e.g. the 7800GT was a cut down 7800GTX.
This had 12 instead of 16 pipelines, but even on this card nvidia had physically disabled the last quad of pipelines by laser cutting it shut, so it couldnt be accessed by the card (To get this quad to work some way of un-cutting this would have to be discovered).

But with a 7600GS, even though it is based on the better 7600GT, they both have the same amount of pixel pipelines (12 pipelines). So there is no way to unlock any additional performance that way.

If your 7600GS has empty spaces where RAM should be soldered on, and if you are good enough, you might be able to get hold of some of the vRAM needed and solder them in. I don't know for certain that this would actually work though, but I suspect it would. Provided that you can actually do all that though, the added vRAM will not give you that much advantage in performance wise, unless you are gaming at high resolutions (And in that case I would recommend buying a better card anyway).

So bottom line is, to get more performance from you card you can buy a new one, or overclock this one.

Dan

ok...i learn my lesson.

yeah you are right.maybe i better to buy new card rather than overclock mine now. thanx for the information..

DMB2000uk is right on the money. For the most part its not possible and depending on what your looking for it may just be better to upgrade especially with the new 7950GT and 7900GS agp cards.


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oh..ok then.

another question, from what i read, Ati card provide more pipelines than Nvidia card. may i know what actually the effect for more pipelines?

Here's a link to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_pipeline

There might even be that article in your native language if you're lucky (might be easier to understand).

Post back if you need clarification on that.

And as to who's is better, it all depends on how the pipelines have been made, say for example each one of nVidia's pipelines might be slighty better than ATI's design. ANd other contributing factors, like the clock speed of memory, core clock speed, and lots of other things on the card.

At one point in graphic card history (lol, I sound old) you could compare the number of pipelines in graphics cards to see which one was better. But now as there are so many differences between cards that the only way to get an accurate representation of what the cards are capable of, and which one is better, is to read real life benchmarks (like LR does).

Dan

ohh..in that case,card which has higher pipelines doesnt mean it greater than other cards...i thought this concept where used until now

Exactly right

Dan

thanx DMB2000uk...i learn so much from you.

you got so much knowledges...

I just soak up stuff, most of the things I know are complete random rubbish and useless to anyone

Dan

its not useless...its useful...lol

btw,looking to your signature,your 7900GS card (on water!)
what it mean?

It means I put it in a bowl of water to keep it cool.

Not really, I have watercooling for it, see this thread here.

Dan

i had see the thread...forget that its your thread

good project there and good casing too