Big Video Card Problems

[famosbrown]

My job actually sucks, I just know how to allocate my money I barely clear 1K a month in salary.

And that's the last part I plan on buyin' for a while 'cept for maybe ram upgrade after I finish selling my current sticks.

Maybe around christmas I'll try and egg my sister in to spotting me that Thermaltake case I want, but other than that, I'm finito after that PSU until probably June or so of 07 unless DX10 cards are supported by my system. I probably won't even go Vista until a month or two after it comes out, just so all those notorious bugs when Windows first puts out a release (and those first few bad viruses) are over with LOL

Oh okay...rent/mortgage? car payment? insurance? utilities? You've been upgrading and buying parts since you first joined TechIMO . Nah...I understand you about the allocating money. I won't be upgrading anymore for a long while myself. I will get Vista to test out when it comes out though...only if they offer it at schools for discounted pricing.

Famos

Famos

[CharmedLover84]

Yep.

And I actually had a decent amount of money saved up at one point, hence why I got all those parts at once... then upgrading was as simple as selling the old parts on EBay or locally, I always get a decent resell price. One of the reasons why I can afford the new ones

[CharmedLover84]

That's just wonderful...

Ran 3DMark05, it did great.

Ran Aquamark3, did around what I expected, little less at most.

Ran 3DMark06...

flickers, skippage, total non-responsiveness.

In other words, this PSU did little if any good to help solve the problem, as 05/AM3 ran fine before with the other PSU.

I don't know what else the problem could be. Only thing I can think of is to send the cards in for warranty work which I really don't want to have to do as it would require me sending them to XFX... this sucks.

[CharmedLover84]

Tested FEAR at STOCK (everything stock) and the same problem occured as before too.

There are now 3 possibilities I can see.

1. One or both of my video cards may be faulty. To be honest I think both is impossible, because the one card I've been using the past week works great by itself (and I benchmarked and gamed with it to be sure). It may be the card that I just now put back in, I'll run individual card tests on it sometime when I have a chance.
2. Somehow, even though it runs most benchmarks fine and can stay OCed all day with no problems I can see, somehow... could be my processor is damaged. I think that's also not likely as, as I said, it hasn't gotten hot enough and it acts fine 99% of the time.
3. This is the weird one. Could it be my motherboard? I've heard of tons of people having problems with my motherboard but I've never had a single issue with mine... but it is, with the exception of my hard drive, the oldest part in my system. Could it be it's taking a crap on me or should I look elsewhere?

I checked my voltage recording program and there were absolutely no power voltage flickers during the whole ordeal, so at least I know the new PSU is holding up, even though it obviously didn't fix the problem.

Also... anyone know how hot is "too hot" for a 7900GTX? I have both mine running at stock but I'm fairly certain both of them are getting up over 60C on certain parts of the benchmarks... I am fairly sure that's fine for them but I honestly have no clue about that.

[jamesrt2004]

60C should be fine .. my 6600 ( lol ) is runing 54 idle :S so u shoudl be fine with them beats
anyway...
iv'e Oc'd my 3200 .. I no its not the same chip etc.. but anyways .. well the last week or so its been around 30C degrees and my computer has been rebooting randomly but I worked out tday that it was the chipset as it was supppperrrr hot .. so jus wondering it could be your chipset as they do get a lil hot after oc'ing .. try it at stock just to see, as mine works fine now jus a lil slower and wait for the temps to go down

[CharmedLover84]

Nope, my chipset is fine cuz I always turn it down.

When I OC my system to the following:

CPU @ 2.928GHz
RAM @ 616MHz

my FSB is only running 924MHz instead of 1000MHz and it never goes above 32C

and it does this even at stock with SLI activated, so I dun think it's the chipset.

[jamesrt2004]

Hmm well sorry to say im stumped

hope all goes well with trying to find out what it is .. perhaps mobo afterall :S

[CharmedLover84]

http://www.techimo.com/forum/showthr...14#post1894814 Same problem as mine, exactly, different XFX card that's OCed out of the box.

Starting to think these "Super-Preoverclocked" cards don't always work the way they should for very long.

[jamesrt2004]

Thing is if it is that you could try send it back under warranty as it would have one even though its OC'd if your sure its the second card .. kinda strange though both xfx out of box
What mobo do you have and do you know when you are going to try the "second card"
& last of all they fixed it by rolling back their drivers sorry if I missed reading it but have you tried that?

[CharmedLover84]

Yes I have and no, him rolling back the drivers made it worse.

It's a Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe as it says in my signature.

And they're both those rare XFX 7900GTX XXX Editions clocked to 690/1750 stock.

[famosbrown]

Have you tried running tests with each card individually? I have a bad 7900 GTX from eVGA. I tested them individually and found the bad card. They then cross shipped a new card for me. Once I received the new card, I sent the bad one back.

Famos

[CharmedLover84]

Yep I'm gonna test the other one by itself sometime soon and if it's defective I'll only send it in and hope I get a good replacement cuz ain't no way I'm sending in both cards at once.

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t171032.html

There's the forum that shows a link as to WHY this is happening to me and others.

Bastard XFX needs to die for this one. If yer pre-overclocks ain't stable DONT DO THEM RETARDS!

[#43 fan]

******** XFX needs to die for this one. If yer pre-overclocks ain't stable DONT DO THEM RETARDS!

First off, no profanity. If you have read the rules, then you know its not allowed.
And, check both cards indivudually, it could either be the card, or motherboard.
And, is your PCI-E bus locked?

[CharmedLover84]

If that word is a curse word then people need to get a life.

And it's the second card because my other card works fine and it even tweaks out in SLI with both cards running 650/1650.

[famosbrown]

If that word is a curse word then people need to get a life.

And it's the second card because my other card works fine and it even tweaks out in SLI with both cards running 650/1650.

There ya go then....too easy. Send that card back and get a replacement. I'm not sure if they cross-ship, but it wouldn't matter unless you still wanted to use the damaged card while you wait. I didn't, but I still made eVGA ship my new card before I shipped the damaged card back...

Famos

[CharmedLover84]

Easy? Did read that article? I could be waiting two weeks or more! They will send me a new one before I send the old one back cuz it's THEIR fault it's broken LOL

I took it out as soon as I was sure it was the defective one.

[famosbrown]

Easy? Did read that article? I could be waiting two weeks or more! They will send me a new one before I send the old one back cuz it's THEIR fault it's broken LOL

I took it out as soon as I was sure it was the defective one.

Yes...easy...what's hard about it? Send it back in, wait, then test the new one by itself. Ensure it is okay, then go back to SLI...too easy IMO. I don't know why it would take more than two weeks. The most it should take is one week from the time they began your order. Of course they will have to test the card before sending back to you, then delivery time (depends on what you pay for), etc. That's how eVGA works. I called them asking why I didn't receive the card next day like I paid for and they said that they had to test the card before sending it out. I said okay...I received two days later.

Famos

[RamonGTP]

I had a bad eVGA card once, and they send me a new one prior to me sending them mine... Even if they don't do that for you, I really don't see what the problem is... You're unable to use them in SLI properly anyway, so you are limited to one card weather or not you send it in. Other than you trying to be difficult, I don't see the issue. You can bitch and complain all you want but the fact of the matter is that you have the bad card, and they have your money and you have to play by their rules... Deal with it.

[CharmedLover84]

First off, I don't define easy as having to wait two weeks. Secondly, as I said READ THE ARTICLE the average wait time is TWO WEEKS for issue reslution for XFX.

Thirdly, I'm not trying to be difficult, the card should've worked in the first place, this is their fault and they're going to fix it my way or I'm going to simply get a direct refund, one way or another.

[RamonGTP]

Maybe you're not "trying" to be, but you are nonetheless... Yes, you're right, it SHOULD have worked, unfortunatly it didn't. Parts go bad or are bad out of box all the time, you happened to be the unlucky one to recieve a defective product. It happens to us all, none of us likes it. Most people will get bummed out and get the issue resolved, not cry about it for three pages on a forum. Maybe you should have done more research on the companies return/refund and RMA policies before purchasing the cards... I find it funny that someone who suggest other people "get a life" is wasting so much time complaining about something that HAS a resolution. In any case, I don't think many people around here care anymore. Do what you have to do and move on with your life.