Recent content by lithast

I do like the 770 :D My 3DMark11 score jumped from 7900ish with the 760 to 10200 with the 770. I'm really impressed with it to be honest, the Asus card was virtually silent but this one is actually silent and just shy of 25% faster. Plus, there is also the fact that it has not caught on...

So I managed to get it replaced, but it was a bit of a battle. The service department tried to push me off to Asus and initially wouldn't take it back. I had to make a bit of a scene and remind them that Australian law is very clear in this area, and that they were legally obligated to remedy...

I have some pretty solid rights under Aussie consumer law so hopefully I can get it sorted out today. I'm hoping to swap it for the Gigabyte card instead.

Ok, thanks guys. It was an eye opener to see that 2 Asus cards have suffered a similar fate :eek: I'll take it back to the retailer tomorrow and see how we go.

It's possible, but I suspect it went something like this; - One of those components in the are on fire failed and let to a short while Bioshock was loading - The PSU detected the short circuit because it was connected to the card at the time with the 6+2pin connector and cut the power to the...

Ok, fair call I guess. I must admit that I didn't take the PSU into consideration too much since I was dealing with a single card that draws a max of ~170w and even with the full system I would not expect it to be pulling more than 300-350w from the 600w power supply, which would seem to be...

I got it from a local store in sleepy old Perth, Australia (Austin Computers if you are from the area). I'll take it back to them tomorrow and see what they have to say I guess. I think my preference would be to swap it for another brand of the same card with similar value rather than get...

I built a new gaming PC 2 weeks ago and as part of that build I purchased one of these: Asus GTX760 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5 6008Mhz/ 256 bit / PCI-E 3.0 / DVI-I/ DVI-D/ Display Port 1.2 / HDMI, Base: 1006Mhz Boost: 1072Mhz Rest of the system: - i5 4670 - Asrock Z78 Extreme 4 -...