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Video Cards Dying - Continued...

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Original Post Short version: I went through 4 EVGA 8800 GTX RMAs. Video Cards kept dying. Most thought it was either a PSU or Mobo issue.

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I got a new 750w XFX power supply as well as a working motherboard from a friend. I swaped everything over and proceeded to instally my 5th EVGA RMA 8800 GTX. Also did a clean install of Windows 7.

Everything seemed to be going alright for a few days. Then, I started getting the white screen in BF:BC2. This happened a few times and then the video card just died. It stoped showing any video. I swaped in another temp card to make sure the motherboard was fine and it booted up just fine. I put the 8800 back in and no dice. It was dead.

I talked to EVGA and got them to send me a different card (GT260 I think). Anyhow, anyone know WTF might be going on? I don't want to kill this card too. I don't even know what could possibly be killing a video card besides the PSU and Mobo.

Thanks for any advise,
Vyx
 
8800GTXs are dying all over. Just go look at the BFG RMA forum. I have gone through 5 myself and even bought all new hardware. I fixed it by removing the 8800GTX SLI and getting a GTX480.
 
8800GTXs are getting to the 2-3 year age where a lot of them are dying left and right. I had an 8800GTX die on me as well. I've seen more 8800 series dying threads in forums all over the place. This is especially a problem with RMAs because vendors only have old stock or refurbished cards to send out for RMAs and these cards are just as old and dying. I know of a handful of RMA replacement 8800GTXs that all failed.

What temperatures were your cards hitting? Typically, dying 8800GTXs start hitting 100°+ and then you see your framerates dropping as it tries to throttle and then artifacting and then sometimes a white screen and sometimes total death.

You could try baking it.
 
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