Failing 640MB 8800 GTS's?

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Matt*S.

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I have just recently upgraded from my AMD rig to an EVGA 680i A1 & E7200 and Vista 64 Ultimate. When I try and play a game, I instantly artifact. Doesn't matter if I'm overclocked or not. I have been running these in SLI @ 575/1900 for about a year. I'm currently waiting for an extra long flexible pcb sli bridge or else I'd test that and post results. But these died with switching to different mobo and chip. Seems odd that both would die at the exact same moment. I've formatted and reinstalled, tried switching drivers with a driver cleaner. I've used back to 177.92? I think and up to beta drivers 180.42. Anyone's input would be helpful.
 
Yes, running either one causes the same problem. Which surprises the hell outta me.
 
Its very odd that both would fail at the exact same time.

You have a different rig to try them in?
 
I said the same thing. I can use a friends rig I guess. He's running a DFI 680i LT with Q6600. Oddly, I can run vista with absolutely no problem. Board doesn't seem to be faulty as I can run my e7200 up to 3.8 stable. I will test in his system and post back. On a different note, BFG running the deals on their GTX260 does seem to be a sign.
 
Similar thing happened to me with my 6800GT. When I put it in my new mobo it was dead. I always assumed it was static or something from my fingers.
 
Oddly enough, I'm an Electrical Engineer, and made the entire swap on an ESD mat with a strap to ground the entire time. Seems odd to be that.
 
Matt*S. said:
I said the same thing. I can use a friends rig I guess. He's running a DFI 680i LT with Q6600. Oddly, I can run vista with absolutely no problem. Board doesn't seem to be faulty as I can run my e7200 up to 3.8 stable. I will test in his system and post back. On a different note, BFG running the deals on their GTX260 does seem to be a sign.
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Side note - nice e7200 I only got mine to 3.6. It probably could go higher but I'm content with 3.6. Certainly is a great little budget OCer
 
I'm not a big fan of the hardware failure theory. That is, I rarely believe the hardware itself is in error. Through over 15 years of computer-use, with 6 desktop computers and 5 laptops, what looked like hardware faults has always been software related( or the hardware wasn't connected properly ). The only things I do have had fail on me is the fan-part of the hardware. So that both your video cards should fail at the same time I find incredibly unlikely.

Have you tried installing the drivers that accompanied your card(s)? Did you try installing WinXP to see if the OS was the problem? Updated bios etc.?
 
I am using updated BIOS, version P33. I have installed XP as well as vista. I just tested my Video Cards in my friends EVGA 680i A1 (roommate). Everything works fine. Swapped out my friends Q6600, his RAM and his 8800GT to my board, same problem on XP and Vista. I had a similar problem before on my last 680i this is another mobo RMA. I bought a fresh from RMA on overclock.net, this is my 2nd one, his 5th. As far as I can tell, Mobo is to blame and there are a bunch of problems regarding this board. Glad to at least be able to point the finger at the right part. And really glad my 8800's are fine. ((I knew it was odd that they both would 'fail' in the same day))
 
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