6600GT AGP, Whats VIVO?

I am planning to get the AGP MSI 6600GT and it comes with VIVO. What is VIVO? its it like a tv tuner? but built in? Ive seen all over forums people talking about recording tv with this VIVO feature....how exactly does this vivo work to record tv? and what will i have to purchase seperately in order to record televison? (like a tv tuner card??)
THnks

Video In Video Out. It's used to record video (from a camera, or VCR) and replay it. But it's not TV: for that you'd need a tuner card, too. Oddly enough, most tuner cards also allow you to record from a camera or VCR, and replay the video. So if you want TV, you can save some money by getting a graphics card without VIVO.

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I modded my MSI 6600GT AGP

I took my MSI 6600GT AGP all apart to mod it. I thought I would share what I found out in case anything wants to mod theirs also.
I didn't want to flash the bios for the temperature, so I attached this probe to the GPU.
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SEN-CNU-001
The bridge chip uses a thin foil thermal pad, which I replaced with Artic Silver Ceramique. The GPU heatsink uses what I think is a thick thermal compound, it didin't come off like a pad. It might also have some silver content because of it's grayish color. There are four approx. 1/16" white thermal pads for the memory.
I don't think both of the heatsinks are copper. Because when I removed the heatsink I could see in the threads of where the support arms get screwed into and it wasn't the same color as copper. I think they are copper colored anodized aluminum or maybe even copper covered aluminum if that is even possible. My best guess is they are not copper. The color is slightly wrong to be true copper.
To take the main heatsink off.
You need to press down slightly on one side of the back support bar and swing if off of the post. If you look at the support bar both ends are different. One side has little metal nubs that need to clear the post to swing it off. The other end is shaped like a C and just rides on the groove in the other post.
After you take off that bar, there is another flat bar that has a pad in the middle to protect the components. That bar just lifts straight up and off the posts. Remember which way you took it off, it is very important. The components make litte dents in the pad. So putting it back on the exact same way fits the components in the same dents they made when the bar was first installed.
Once you have both support bars removed, you need a flat screwdriver to unscrew both posts from the heatsink. At this point I don't believe the heatink is attached anymore to the board even with the posts still attached. Once you take off the posts flip the card over holding the heatsink as you do so. I gently twisted the heatsink and it came right off. You need to unplug the fan at this point.
I took four copper slugs around the size of a penny, and thinned them down to get the right height of the pads. The pads were removed to be replaced by the copper slugs. It took a very long time to do this. I would take one and rest it on the memory. Then I would use a small straight edge ruler to test the height with the GPU. The copper slugs have to be at the same exact height or slightly lower then the GPU or the heatsink will not make proper contact with the GPU.
What I found by doing this is, without having the support bar on the video card the GPU is not on a flat plane to the memory chips. So thinning the slugs down the right height was hard to do because of this.
Once I got the slugs down to the right height I used Arctic Silver thermal epoxy to glue each one to the memory. After that I used the Artic Silver Ceramique on the GPU and on the copper slugs. Then I attached the thermal probe with a little dab of Artic Silver Ceramique on the tip to contact the side of the GPU. I used double sided thermal tape to stick the probe to the board and to the area on the side of the GPU.
I then re-attached the heatsink in the reverse order I removed it. I checked under the heatsink with a light and everything looked like it was making good contact.
My idle temp with the probe is around 34C, stressing the card with benchmarks the highest I have seen it is around 55C.
The copper slugs didn't really gain me all that much overclocking the memory, but that could just be the memory has reached its limits. The copper slugs will probably help the memory last a little longer then the pads. I wouldn't suggest using the slugs to anyone. It is just too much work, a lot of risk and doesn't really gain you anything.

Quote from: akeer on 16-February-05, 18:17:49
fw off, agp set to 4x.... many times tried this with various drivers (also setting the 2d and 3d speed to the same and many other trix...)
also tried to unplug devices... no help.... as I said if I help the cooling with really biiiiiiig fan underneath the card, it will not freeze... but 12cm fan at full speed generates looooooots of noise ))
it seems that aftermarket cooling (e.g. Zalman vf700cu) is the only solution
thanx and have a nice day
Here is something I just thought of. There are a lot of components on the board. There might a possibility one of them is not working very well when it heats up.
The GPU could also be overheating, but you have to understand something here.
The 6600GT has automatic core slowdown if it gets too hot so how could you have damaaged it? If you didn't put on enough thermal compound or the heatsink wasn't tight enough the core would slowdown to protect itself from heat damage.
If it was damaged by heat going by everything I know so far, it would probably only be damaged in the first few seconds right after you turn the computer on, but even then that would probably only happen if there was no heatsink attached at all.
Another thing to consider. I have an idle temperature of around 34C using the probe, the internal temperature would be slightly higher so lets say it's around 40C. The highest load temperature I have seen has been around 55C with the probe, so lets say inside its around 60C inside.
Those temperatures using the stock heatsink are very good. So what I am saying is even if you get a new heatsink, it might lower the temperature a bit on the card...but I doubt it will help with any heat related problems your describing.
If that stock "heatsink is on correctly" it should be more then enough to keep the card cool.
Maybe you should take the chance and flash the bios so you can see the actual internal temperature of the card. At this point it really doesn't matter because you can't return it anyway, but there is always a slight risk flashing a bios.
There is a forum here that will explain flashing the bios if you decide to do it.
http://www.mvktech.net

MSI 6600GT AGP running HOT!

Hi guys,
i did the "enable temp monitoring" BIOS mod on my MSI 6600GT AGP video card and it worked fine. But now i'm a little bit concerned about the high temp readings i get. Idle temps are around ~55°C and ~81°C while playing games. Look at the attached pic.
Is this to high? What are your MSI 6600GT AGP temps?
BTW: System is rockstable, no crashes and no visual artifacts. I've used "RivaTuner" to log the temps: http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

Here`s my max temp for MSI NX6600GT agp.
Yours seems a little high. Maybe you need more ventilation. I removed my HSF and applied artic silver 5. Also removed the thermal pads off mem chips--they caused the HSF to not sit flat on GPU.

MSI 6600GT AGP - Measured fan voltage

I wanted to know exactly what was going on with the fan on my MSI 6600GT AGP so I measured the voltage. The fan runs at a constant 12 volts even under load. No matter what temperature the card is the fan runs at full rpm's.
I'm not sure if this a change from earlier revisions, because this is my second 6600GT. The fan on the first one seemed to vary the fan speed going by what I heard, but I never had a chance to actually measure it. So I could be mistaken and it also was running at full rpm's all the time.

Quote from: Glenn on 27-February-05, 07:49:55
I had the exact same thing happen with my X800 but in reverse, the one I currently have seems to vary fan speed, I can tell at startup, the fan is pretty loud, at first I thought it was my burner but after investigation, I see that it is my card. My son has the other one and it runs constant, but it isn't much louder as I remember. He has case fans that are louder.
For me, it's a no care item. That may be a different story for you.
I'm glad it is running constant because if it wasn't I was ready to mod it. It's not loud at full voltage either so its better all around IMO.

MOVED: How to set AGP so my MSI 6600GT (AGP) is stable?

This topic has been moved to Overclocking and Modding Corner Forum.
How to set AGP so my MSI 6600GT (AGP) is stable?

Quote from: jlpicard1412 on 27-February-05, 07:08:30
OK, that's the question .... how do I make my system stable if I overclock the CPU and want the graphics card stable too ... boils down to the AGP clock ... what do I need to do ... motherboard is K8T800 Neo 2 .... what about Cell Menu settings?
Tried using 3dmark2001 and 03 ... neither worked.
I thought standard AGP was 66MHz .....
JLP
Yes standard is 66MHz.
I did a little bit of research on your motherboard as far as I know it has AGP spped lock. Which means no matter how you set the speed of your CPU, the AGP should always stay at 66Mhz. There might be a manual override in the bios to raise it higher then 66, but you don't really gain anything raising it higher then 66Mhz.
I also read your motherboard might have problems keeping it locked at 66Mhz. So you might want to check to see if they have released any bios updates.
Most nVidia cards will work fine with higher then 66 so your problems might be something else. I'm not saying to set it higher I'm just saying they usually don't have problems running on a faster AGP bus.

HELP ! System freezes now with new MSI GeForce 6600GT AGP

Any/All help is greatly appreciated... this is driving me crazy.
Just installed a new MSI 6600GT AGP card. Windows/Apps work fine.. but system keeps freezing (disabling keyboard as well) when running certain games (3D?) like Medal of Honor, Prince of Perisa, SplinterCell. Also, freezes on 3DMark01SE benchmark software. What strange is 3DMark2K5 ran fine.. and returned a respectable score (3078). I've tried unistalling/re-installing latest MSI drivers (71.22), Nvidia's 66.93, and removing nVidia's GART drivers. I've also disconnected other hardware to allieviate PSU constraints. I've uninstalled/re-installed 6600GT card and molex power connector on card. My system specs are below:
Motherboard = ASUS Focus A7N8X-LA, BIOS=American Megatrend 3.07, Chipset = nVidia nForce2
MSI GeForce 6600GT 128 AGP
1Gb Ram
200Gb Maxtor 8mb buffer HD
ASUS E616P1 DVD-ROM
RICOH MP5240A DVD+RW
Enermax EG375P-VE SFMA PSU (has separate 12V rails)
Any suggestions as to what else to try? Getting ready to RMA this card.

Quote from: andysue on 23-February-05, 07:34:53
Thanks for that Crull.
I have just found this on a site it may help someone, I hope to get my replacement tomorrow I shall let you know how it goes.
Question
I just got a K8 series MB , and your A6600GT 128MB VGA , every time when I quit the 3D games ,
the system gave me a blue screen and then restart the system. I already update the VGA driver and MB
driver but no luck , what can I do?
Answer
If your system are WinXP + SP2 , We suggest you to disable DEP function.
Please follow below steps to disable the DEP. (See below picture)
1. First , Select “Advanced” under “System Properties”
2. Choose “Settings” under “Startup and Recovery”
3. Click “ Edit “ , then you can edit “boot.ini” file.
4. Change “/NoExecute=OptIn” as “/execute” (See below red square in step4)
5. Then save the boot.ini file and restart the system.
6. After rebooting , the DEP function will be disable.
Other information please see below link :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352/en-us
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/info/bootini.shtml
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2mempr.mspx
• /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN Enables DEP for core system images and those specified in the DEP
configuration dialog.
• /NOEXECUTE=OPTOUT Enables DEP for all images except those specified in the DEP
configuration dialog.
• /NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSON Enables DEP on all images.
• /NOEXECUTE=ALWAYSOFF Disables DEP.
Configuration Description
OptIn
(default configuration)
On systems with processors capable of hardware-enforced DEP, DEP is
enabled by default for limited system binaries and applications that
“opt-in,”
With this option, only Windows system binaries are covered by DEP by
default.
OptOut DEP is enabled by default for all processes. Users can manually create
a list of specific applications which do not have DEP applied using
System in Control Panel. IT Pros and Independent Software Vendors
(ISVs) can use the Application Compatibility Toolkit to opt-out one or
more applications from DEP protection. System Compatibility Fixes
(“shims”) for DEP do take effect.
AlwaysOn This provides full DEP coverage for the entire system. All processes
always run with DEP applied. The exceptions list for exempting
specific applications from DEP protection is not available. System
Compatibility Fixes (“shims”) for DEP do not take effect. Applications
which have been opted-out using the Application Compatibility Toolkit
run with DEP applied.
AlwaysOff This does not provide any DEP coverage for any part of the system,
regardless of hardware DEP support. The processor does not run in
PAE mode unless the /PAE option is present in the boot entry.
Yes let us know how it goes. Hopefully well.

Msi 6600gt agp not working on epox mobo ?

I have this mobo (http://www.epox.nl/products/view.php?product_id=420).
I bought a msi 6600gt agp card and installed it in this pc, when i tried to boot up the pc all the fans including the cards were spinning.
But nothing else seemed to get power, dvd drives and hard drives didn't get any power.
Now somebody said to me that the card needs 0.8 volts and that ly mobo only supports 1.5 volts.
I'm not sure if this is true, so thats why i post here and i hope someone can help me out with this.
thx in advance

Quote from: polokus on 20-November-05, 06:18:08
My old one is a 5600 fx and that one works.
I changed power suply to a 400 watt cause i thought it was that, no change.
We plugged it in another machine and there it boots, someone said to me that it is my agp slot that is not giving the right amount of voltage.
greetz
It may very well still be the power supply. Stating using a 400w power supply means absolutely nothing these daysPower Supply Guide
And, as Overvolt suggested, it might be a good idea to look into the BIOS for your motherboard....
So after you read the link I gave, let's have the specs on that power supply you tried, and what was in the other machine?

MSI Kt6 and NEW Msi 6600GT AGP will not boot up!

My Girlfriend's computer.
I put this new video card in today MSI 6600GT AGP .For the 2nd time.
It frezzing up at startup on this screen....
"GO TO SET UP ...Press F11 , F10 ,Tab: LOGO Ckecking NVRAM..."
I rma the 1st one . Now 2nd 6600 Gt card samething.frezzing up too.
This time I put it in my PC, MSI K8T Neo, 3000 64 processor (Socket 754)
It worked Great!!!
6600GT power cord is hooked up.
So it must be the motherboard?
The 6600Gt card box
MIN.System Requirements ,On the MSI BOX
DOESNT SAY ,You might need to Flash your BIOS!!!!
Ive never flash a bios,To SCARY!!!
MSI KT6 Delta-FISR ....5.10 bios
AMD Barton 2500XP
512 2700 333
True Blue 430 PS
CD burner
floppy
40 gig
I love MSI , Ive built 15 pcs, ALL with MSI motherboards!
Thanks
G

Hello!
Don't think you have to flash the BIOS. Nor do I think there is a problem with the mobo.
Two main reasons for boot problems are:
PSU with not enough grunt - please say something about it.
Memory timings are too tight - don't have any special or ultra settings.
The power cable has not been attached to the graphics card - don't know really if it is needed but I think so.
Please note that a weak PSU might not reveal itself til the power cable is connected.
About flashing BIOS, if you use the LiveUpdate program that came on the MSI install CD, it is no more trouble than upgrading any driver. But please make sure you get the right BIOS, and that it solves the issue you got.

Msi 6600gt Agp + Win Xp

Hey guys,
Just brought an msi 6600gt agp and it is awsome...
Having a bit of trouble with the D.O.T software.
It seems that i have enabled it, i try to change the core and memory speeds and
save settings. I log out of xp and log back in to check if the setting have saved
and they have. But, everytime i restart the computer it just goes back to the
default settings. Is this normal?
The other thing is if i use o/c tools like coolbits, can i still enable d.o.t so that my
card is not clocked when i'm on my desktop surfing?
Thanks in advance,
Pooki3

oops..
sorry i didn't make my self clear. I also unticked the d.o.t feature and bumped the
core and memory.. saved it and restarted the computer again...
It just goes back to defaults again...
Anyone got the same issue?
Pookie

New Geforece 6600GT AGP cards

Has anyone installed one of the new Gefore 6600GT cards (AGP...since there's no PCIE on exisiting AMD mobos).
If so...any issues? Any good comments?
I'm looking to purchase the one out by XFX, but I wanted feed back first. I know my mobo is sensitive to it's components

Quote
Originally posted by syar2003
The 6600 version with AGP needs a AGP/Pci-e bridge , this makes it
more expensive than the native 6600 pci-e .
Yes, I stated that in my post. But, as I said, I read some reviews that said that the AGP version is supposed to have underclocked RAM to make up the cost of the bridge. Here's the link:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2277
"The GeForce 6600GT AGP runs at the same core clock speed as the PCI Express version (500MHz) but has a slightly lower memory clock (900MHz vs. 1GHz on the PCI Express version). By lowering the memory clock NVIDIA helps to offset the additional cost of the PCI Express-to-AGP bridge. The performance impact of the reduction in memory clock as well as the on-board bridge is between 0 - 5%. For example, in Doom 3 at 1024 x 768 (High Quality) the PCI Express version of the GeForce 6600GT is 3.5% faster than the AGP version. There is a performance difference, but it does not appear to be huge. "
Maybe the cheaper RAM isn't enough to make up the cost of the bridge, but I can't believe the bridge is that expensive. I think they cost more due mainly to much higher demand for AGP.
NOTE: Also in the same article: "The XFX card is identical to NVIDIA's reference board except for one major factor - it is clocked at the PCI Express 6600GT speeds of 500/1000." Ah hah! Will be interesting to see how prices compare when some competitors to XFX come along....

Any performance difference between these two 6600gt agp cards?

Is there any performance or spec differences between the two 6600GT AGP cards: NX6600GT-VTD128 and NX6600GT-VTD128SP ?
Only difference I see is one comes with Riddick and one with XIII. If there's no difference, which game is better? :p
Also are there any big known bugs with this card? I'm currently running an AMD XP2800 on a MSI K7N2 mobo.

Pipo,
The difference is in the Memory Speed. 900Mhz vs 1000Mhz on the SP.
Take Care,
Richard

Overclocking MSI 6600GT AGP VTD128

I am really confused on the memory clock and core clock on my video card. I thought that my memory clock was supposed to be 1000Mhz, but it really shows 900Mhz
Also, the 2D Clock is at 300 and i don't know if that is correct or not
Can someone tell me what good speeds for the 2D Clock and 3D Clock and the Memory Clock are?
I am now running 300 for 2D, 500 for 3D, and 900 for memory clock
thanks

Your card is running at the nvidia reference specs for an AGP 6600GT. The PCIe card has a mem clock at 1000.
Some vendors run at 1000 - I had the Inno3D with 300/500/1000 as stock. This card did not overclock at all and beware - HEAT is the big problem with these cards, unless you buy a 3rd party HSF or go water cooled.
You should be able to OC the memory to 1000 but the core is pot-luck, just don't go too high.

KT880 Slow 2D Performance with Leadtek 6600GT AGP

Issues:
2D speed is so slow I can see the background color of most websites as the content is "drawn" line by line over top.
Mouse scrolling causes the screen to fragment slightly
The odd time on a cold boot (system off over 10-20 minutes minimum) I get a beep code of 2 long, and 5 to 7 short. I say five to seven as every time it happens it catches me just as I am walking out of the room.
Fixes Attempted:
Multiple clean installation of W2K using various combination of Leadtek/VIA Hyperion/Nvidia drivers
Different BIOS options selected (Fastwrite on/off, AGP aperature 64/128/256, FSB 1:1)
Tests Performed:
Memtest 95+ ran it all day while I was at work
3DMark2005 run multiple times
Vulcan3D run all day while at work
PCPitstop 2D test reports ~42MP/s (compare this to onboard SiS video at work which is 121.85 MP/s)
I have read the information about PSU issues up top, and I am leaning towards trying this next.
My current rig is:
MSI KT880 Delta-FSR (VIA 5.04 Hyperion installed)
Leadtek 6600GT 128MB (78.05 forceware beta installed w/DirectX 9.0C)
AthlonXP 2800+
1GB Micron RAM (PC2100)
30GB IBM (DTLA 307030) + 120GB WD (WD1200JB)
NEC DVD-RW (ND-2510A)
Soundblaster Live! 5.1 (Most recent drivers)
Onboard Gigabyte LAN (Most recent drivers downloaded from Microsoft Website)
Windows 2000 (Clean installed with SP4 and all critical updates)
Power supply: Vantec ION 400B (400W / +3.3V 26A / +5V 30A / +12V 16A)
Now I have seen that 18A should be minimum on the 12V rail, but I have some questions about that. What about a dual rail powersupply like the Enermax EG475P? It has +16A on 12V1 and +15 on 12V2 - would that be enough power?
The other power supply I am looking at is the Vantec ION2 460N which has specs of: 460W / +3.3V 28A / +5V 30A / +12V 30A
Unfortunately due to cost, and local availability these really are my only two options that look like they might fit the bill.
I am really crossing my fingers that a PSU upgrade will solve my 2D issues as I could not get this card to work properly in 3D in an older system. Now it works awesome in 3D, but 2D is so slow I can watch the screen "wipe" in Internet Explorer.
Dave

Quote from: osnavi on 10-November-05, 04:28:59
"...I am just wondering could that account for the 2D speed being so slow?..." Question answered in my last post: First..memory. 2nd PSU.
I apologize about seeming like I was ignoring you - I posted at the same time as you, and did not mean to ignore your recommendations. In any case I tried something that fixed it... and also ends up I may not have had to buy a PSU. Although it will not hurt in resurrecting my old system for a backup computer. In the BIOS for my system there is an option "Vlink 8X Supported". I set this to disabled on a whim because I recall that was what the default was in my BIOS (only changed it because the manual showed it as enabled), and now my system is running 8X faster than it was in 2D. I still plan to upgrade the memory, but from what I can see I will have to do it fast as only one vendor around here is still carrying it when they all had it last week.
I intend to install the new PSU this weekend as I know that earlier this week I did find that as a recommendation for the beep codes I get on startup. I could swear it was on this board that I found that information, but cannot seem to find it using Google at all anymore.

MSI GeForce 6600GT AGP problems

Hi all,
A couple of days ago i bought the 6600GT 128MB AGP graphics card and i have the following problems.
I have a gigabyte motherboard with a 370 socket, a 4X AGP, and a 350W PSU. I tried 3 games and i got major problems in the graphics in two of them. Doom 3 seems ok, but in painkiller and half-life 2 the polygons dont look right to me (the polygons are corrupted).
Also in the "MSI information" tab in the display properties i got the wrong information about my graphics card. The memory type is wrong (it displays SDRAM) and the AGP 4X in the "AGP/PCI information" is not ticked. I checked my BIOS option and is set to 4X so i dont know whats wrong. I also tried both the 66.93 NVIDIA drivers and the 71.22 drivers from MSI but nothing happened. The polygon coprruption in the aformentioned games remains.
Could please someone help me? Does the 6600GT work on AGP 4X?
Thanks in advance,
Yannis

I tried "dxdiag" to perform some diagnostics on DirectX and while testing the Direct3D capabilities of the card the test fails when using hardware-accelarated Direct3D 8 & 9 interfaces, while passes the test with Direct3D 7. I cannot figure out the problem. I tried everything i could so far but still nothing. Can someone help me? The AGP slot of my motherboard supports 4X (AGP 2.0 compliant). Can this problem be from a damaged graphics card?

GeForce 6600GT AGP 4x/8x Compatibilty Question

Hi, I have received an MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 Geforce 6600GT 128MB DDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card as a gift. I also have a media center pc with e-Home TV Tuner. I was wondering if i replaced my Current GeForce4 MX440 with this new MSI card, would there be any compatibility issues with the tv tuner card, or does this MSI Card support all tv tuner cards?
Thanks,
~Snikkle

Snikkle,
My friend's car is having problems, the car has 4 wheels. What do think is the problem?
I would greatly appreciate any help . . . thanks in advance.
Richard
P.S. If you have trouble helping me with my problem. Think about how much trouble I am having helping you with yours. Especially when I do not have a clue what the specs of your Hardware, OS and Power Supply are.

6600GT AGP, Whats VIVO?

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