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"Engineering release - not for production use."

Sometimes they are lazy and just throw out the cards without removing the ES string from the BIOS (they aren't actually ES cards). Quite a few motherboards have it if you look in everest.

If you use nbitor you can re-enable or remove the BIOS string.
 
so basically its just the bios version that causes it? hardware is the same? im not bothered about a message.

edit:aha! on leadtek's site there is a bios update that says:

PX8800GT ZL regular BIOS update-
update BIOS description

i bet that would change it


edit again: ok i downloaded the file but its just a .rom

how the hell do i install this thing!
 
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it runs perfectly, ut3 is awesome!
i'll leave it as it is, it doesnt seem to be sapping my performance or anything like that

temps are great too, around 55*c max
 
it could be an ES - but not that likely - it won't be a problem tho - no performance difference - if it is an ES it may OC better than a retail card...
 
Rroff said:
it could be an ES - but not that likely - it won't be a problem tho - no performance difference - if it is an ES it may OC better than a retail card...
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If it really is an ES, then the OP may have problems trying to claim on warranty. Id want to get confirmation about that bios statement personally.
 
Update:

went through the support process with leadtek, after giving them the cards s/n etc, they sent me a bios flashing program that worked from windows. Problem now solved.
 
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