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BFG 6800GToc take 2

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Deity

Limp Gawd
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I just got back from BestBuy. While partaking in some Tron 2.0 goodness today my 6800 started to artifact. It started slowly, getting worse untill the entire screen would freeze, then flash, then come back. everything left green dots all over the screen. I was super pissed. The card was just over 30 days old and throwing craps already? I found the LAST 6800GToc in Kansas City and drove an hour to get it exchanged. Just got it thrown in there and all seems to be running fine. My 3DMark03 score actually went up a bit from 10887 to 11022, minimal I know, but hey improvement is always good. Anyone else had issues with these?
 
Im thinking bunk card too,case is s chinming, and had like 6 80mm fans in it, plenty of ventilation. Has a blow hole blowing right on the heat sink. PSU mabey, I just got a brand new Ultra 500 watt though. Havnt seen any other power related issues (reboots etc)

I beat the hell out of it playing HL2 last night and it ran like a champ though, hopefully it stays that way. Its good to know no one else has had any probs with them.
 
I am running my ultra with antec power supply. Really stable. Have no problems playing games. I am amazed, even though it requires a 480 watts.
 
Well I started having problems with card number 2, So it obviously wasnt the card, the only thing Id changed was the PSU, sure enough its an Ultra. I popped my card into an identical system running an Antec PSU and it ran like a champ. so I took the Ultra out and put my old Antec back in and guess what. It runs perfect. I wish Id read these replies before spending half the night trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

Down with Ultra, Im getting a refund on that POS.

Thanks for the help guys.
 
Deity said:
Well I started having problems with card number 2, So it obviously wasnt the card, the only thing Id changed was the PSU, sure enough its an Ultra. I popped my card into an identical system running an Antec PSU and it ran like a champ. so I took the Ultra out and put my old Antec back in and guess what. It runs perfect. I wish Id read these replies before spending half the night trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

Down with Ultra, Im getting a refund on that POS.

Thanks for the help guys.
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You should post your first hand experience in the PSU section so people will stop asking questions and saying how cool the Ultra POS PSUs are.
 
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