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M_ller

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Registered: 2010-04-17

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New GFX Card

Hi there.

I've had some serious trouble with my nVidia 8800GT lately. It was as if as soon as I ran something GFX expensive, such as a game, the screen would freeze, and alot of weird pixel figures would appear all over the screen in (usually) red color.
So I thought, what the heck, and borrowed another nVidia 8800GT from a friend. It worked perfectly for a month or so, but then the exact same thing happened last week!
At first I thought it was a problem with my Linux (on my HDD), but the problem appeared during a live disc as well, so it had to be the GFX card.

So basically what I'm asking for is if somebody could think of a reason the same thing has happened to two 8800GT cards.
Or can somebody recommend a new GFX card (nVidia)? The price range should be around $350-400.

Thanks for your input.

sudokill

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Registered: 2011-04-27

Posts: 54

Re: New GFX Card

If it happened on 2 GPU's it could be something else in your PC, PSU maybe? It could be anything, but the exact same issue on 2 different GPU's sounds unlikely that it's the GPU. If you're after a new nvidia GPU anyway your better off just researching yourself by reviews and gaming benchmarks. But in your price range the GTX 570 is the only one

ugkbunb

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Registered: 2009-02-26

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Re: New GFX Card

My first 8800gt lasted about two years then the same issues as you are describing began to crop up. I RMA'd it and the card I received back lasted about 6months, RMA'd that one as well, and its replacement lasted a week. All had the same issues as you described (video artifacts--->hard freeze). I went ahead and bought a new card (460GTX) and so far it is working great.

I did some research and it seems that the 8800gt is prone to running hot.

Last edited by ugkbunb (2011-05-04 03:38:18)

M_ller

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Registered: 2010-04-17

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Re: New GFX Card

sudokill: I haven't been able to produce the same hard freeze with my current 8600GT replacement.

ugkbunb: Interesting. Seems that I just need to get me a new GFX card.

Thanks for your input!

sudokill

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Registered: 2011-04-27

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Re: New GFX Card

I use the same card as ugkbunb (GTX 460) and it works great no problems at all. You could always wait until the 580 comes down a bit to your price range, which probably won't be for a while either that or get the 570 both are very fast cards. 460's are cheap, about £100 what's that in dollars about $60? They play games pretty well, good on power and quiet. All depends on what games you play

M_ller

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Registered: 2010-04-17

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Re: New GFX Card

I've decided to get the GTX 460.
Thanks for your feedback guys! It costed around $300 (if $1 = 5DKK that is), but it seems that it's quite a nice way forward compared to the old 8800GT.

ewaller

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Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: New GFX Card

... about £100 what's that in dollars about $60? ...

I wish.  I assume we are talking Pound Sterling?  That is more like US$160.00

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sudokill

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Registered: 2011-04-27

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Re: New GFX Card

lol yep I got it the wrong way round anyway GTX460 is a nice upgrade from 8800, and I haven't heard of many problems with them