[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: pci-e and linux ( and radeon -vs- nvidia ? - IC v. Board RAM

[Chris Cox]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
...
> Correct, at least one of the units was disabled for a reason.
> And enabling an odd number of pipes might actually reduce performance in timing,
> versus having less pipes.
> 
> But the NV43/6600 is not a NV40/6800 with pipes disabled.
> At least not at the PCB/firmware level.
> 

That's my understanding as well.  Some have reported that when they have
tried to enable the extra pipelines on their 6800's that they found
that some were just plain broken (leading some to believe that the
line is created by ones that didn't quite QC right).