NVIDIA 6800GS 256MB

Installation:

Installing the card was no sweat. After securing the 6800 GS and plugging in its 6 pin power connector, I proceeded to boot up the PC. All I had to do to get the card running was download the latest drivers from the NVIDIA website. As far as your PSU is concerned, NVIDIA claims that this card has a maximum power draw of 70W, so a 350W PSU is recommended for a single card setup, 420W for SLI. We used an Enermax EG-701 (600W) and everything ran without problems.

The card is quiet even when the fan spins at 100%, nothing like the 6800 Ultra at full blast.

Overclocking

Overclocking the card was a pleasure. The GPU ran without problems at 480 MHz (55 MHz increase) and the memory topped out at 1280 MHz (280 MHz increase). Temperatures rose to around 65 C on the GPU when under full load. Powerstrip was used to obtain these clocks, ATITool was used to scan for artifacts.

Test System

Test System
CPU:	AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Motherboard:	DFI Lanparty nF4 SLI-DR
Memory:	2x 512MB OCZ PC3200 EL CL 2 3-2-5
Video Card:	NVIDIA 6800 GS, 6800 Ultra
Harddisk	2x WD Raptor RAID 0
Power Supply:	Enermax EG-701
Software:	Windows XP SP2, Forceware 81.94