dhw200 said:its driver issues. if u reformat, u will not have any problems.
it may only have 8 pipes, but its still very powerful. Also, only the AGP 6800s can be flashed to a 6800 Ultra, and not always successfully
Not always, and the memory in 6800's will always be a bottleneck
6600GT or a 6800GT is a way to go
However a 6600GT is not a big upgrade from a 9700 pro, and I would wait a few months till the new video cards replace these old video card's