X-RayXI Posted September 29, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted September 29, 2010 'here we go again' You might already know that the NVidia 8000 series failed, especially on the 8800 series that they die within, or after 2 years. Now I have read an article that the latest videocards of NVidia got that same issue as they used the same construction. So meaning by that the 'lay it in the oven fix' will be applied but WTF! Take your time and be warned to read this; http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/07/12/nvidia-backpedals-gf100gtx480-underfill/ " AFTER WEEKS OF hunting down obscure sources harboring even more obscure technical knowledge, we can say that Nvidia massively screwed up the GF100 based cards, they have reverted to using some of the Bumpgate bad materials again. Nvidia is once again unwilling to talk about it, and their customers probably will be kept in the dark too. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GaberialX Posted September 29, 2010 Member ID: 891 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 32 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 387 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 2261 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/16/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 25, 2018 Birthday: 02/27/1980 Share Posted September 29, 2010 beautiful just beautiful, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavez Posted September 29, 2010 Member ID: 206 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 705 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 149 Achievement Points: 4266 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 17 Birthday: 11/29/1961 Device: Windows Share Posted September 29, 2010 dang xray ,youre right , i have a nvidia GeForce 8800 gt ,wich was a good card to me , but after 2 years the card fails . It happen 2 weeks ago , started with small vertical lines on my screen ,and one week later the whole screen was full with vertical lines , the card is in november 2010 two years old. The card was very good on the test ,i never had a problem with the card . common 2 years is short time for a videocard ,dang dang dang . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Guest jimp Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 i have a nvidia GeForce 8800 gs 4 years the card ok and working today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted September 29, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 01:03 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 jimp i have a nvidia GeForce 8800 gs 4 years the card ok and working today Just look at this webpage, I know its dutch but this dude was collecting them and "Oventruc" means the Oventrick. http://tweakers.net/aanbod/269178/verschillende-8800-kaarten.html Ok google translate click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hickeydog Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 783 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 283 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 1698 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 6, 2015 Birthday: 04/10/1990 Share Posted October 8, 2010 My 8800GT's are still going strong after 2+ years of a hard overclock and lost of abuse. So, you can either choose crappy drives (ATI), or hardware that fails after 2 years. hmmm.....Personally, I'd rather replace my hardware every 2 years than deal with crappy drivers every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDMAN Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 135 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 6946 Content Per Day: 1.32 Reputation: 4487 Achievement Points: 58230 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 32 minutes ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted October 8, 2010 EVGA LIFE TIME VID CARDS ........... NVIDIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Stratus Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 1825 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 64 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 390 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/23/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 03/11/1976 Share Posted October 8, 2010 My BFG 8800GT was in my pc for 2 years and is now in my son's pc and still running strong, after I upgraded to a GTX285. I think it's all about pc case temps and keeping the dust from accumulating. In the past, cards that I did not necessarily take care of crapped out at a year or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tball Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 112 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1132 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 228 Achievement Points: 6975 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 3, 2015 Birthday: 10/09/1960 Share Posted October 8, 2010 The process (BGA) is having the issue and it will not show on every card.BGA stands for Ball grid array. Manufactures have moved away from PGA which ispin grid array. BGA is balls of lead that sit between the chip and the boardthis is very hard to do over time they can loose there connection between thechip and the board. That’s where this oven thing comes into play the oven heatsthe lead and makes the connection aging with the board. But make a mistake of overheating and your card is junk. http://www.thomasnet.com/articles/custom-manufacturing-fabricating/pcb-ball-grid-arrays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evool Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Share Posted October 8, 2010 i've had two Nvidia card and they both failed beffore they could get OLD so u would want to replace it, my first cards processor burn down and second stop working for some odd reason ... altho i never had any issues with Ati Radeon cards .. i had to replace them just because they got old and games requierd faster cards.. i never bought new nvidia cards after that and never liked Nvidia anyway and the thing with ATI is that u can actualy rely on them without having to worrie it would fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavey Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I've been through 4x 8800 Ultras, all burn't out. Lucky under the alienware warranty. I now have a 295GTX free to replace them, as I refused to have another one crash and burn. ATI in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChknFngr Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Share Posted October 8, 2010 note also that semiacurate are sponsorized by ati so no accurate reviews or articles anyway well maybe semi accurate articles, yea lets say this its funny to see some of those articles online when nvidia just release new cards that outperform ati ones lol now its seems some 400 cards have failures, mine was one of them, im sending it back to evga but yea ati dont make cuda cards anyway, so no real choices for me glad i choose evga with their good support and warranty system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
evool Posted October 8, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Share Posted October 8, 2010 i've had Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512Mb for a year now and never had any issues with it, but thinking about replacing it for Sapphire Radeon HD 4870x2 2GB GDDR5 since new games coming out and i think i need more raw power than 512Mb and costs a bit over 421,- EUR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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