bfg warranty question

[Emrett]

About 3 years ago I bought a bfg 6800U OC from a member of hardforum and I believe he had won it from a drawing hardocp organized and decided to sell it instead

Now this card is crapping out, heavy artifacting on games, and it started showing artifacts on desktop also, I've tried a fresh OS and still the same. Atitool starts showing artifacts as soon as the application is ran.


My question is, is there anything I can do about this card's warranty?

 

[Nenu]

Heatsink paste goes off so it may need replacing.
If the warranty has expired, then you dont have one any more.
The card has lasted a reasonable amount of time so I dont think a claim will be fulfilled.

 

[Zardoz]

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