Can I still buy a 6800GT and soft mod to Quadro 4000

[Derek Floyd]

All you have to do is install the NVstrap driver in RivaTuner and then enable professional capabilities. There is no Quadro identity crisis necessary.

RivaTuner is your ONLY solution.

[strangerthings]

many thanks...

Any one know which is the right card to get?

I am thinking this one...

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=107115 (http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=GCX-AN68GS256X)

is this ok?

[Neptunes]

Hello strangerthings,

I was more or less in the same boat as you. Since I'm using a PCIe board, my
options were more limited.

According to this thread:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=172822&highlight=softquadro

The 6800GS AGP your looking to get can be softmodded into a Quadro 4000.

There's also a step by step guide showing you how to go about it.

I can only assume it will outperform your current Quadro 700.

[strangerthings]

excellent - I wil place an order today!

And that is a better guide than the one I have

Many thanks

[strangerthings]

Update...

got the card... little bit of fiddling to get the drivers working... but it's there...

seeing it as FX4000!! And Blimey does it fly!!! I can't belive the bitmap resoulotions now compared to the old card.

basically a £1500 card for £130! And is a 512mb card

[mirkoj]

hey m8, did you instaled quadro drivers from nvidia too after moding? or using old ones?
just to check something :)

[strangerthings]

I installed the standard driver to begin with.

then rivatuner mod.

Then I installed the nvidia 84.22 forceware driver http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1365

now getting about 35fps in max

[mirkoj]

I just tried quadro again and used nvida quadro drivers.
Results in maya are same and sometimes even slighty worse.
I tested using SW ad HW in view port.
So I'm back to normal 6800 Ultra and latest drivers, good enough right now :)

[strangerthings]

just checked the maya test... getting about 50fps. Does depend on the set up I suppose.

was it showing as a fx4000 in the hardware? Took me a while to get that working. It kept showing as the 6800.

[mirkoj]

everything showed right :) just same or worste results.. never mind then L:)

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