what's wrong with my vid?

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i bought BFG Geforce 7900 GT from BB...

now i have some weird occurence going on with this card..

i facilitated Zalman VF-900 to lower temp and prolong its life..

all was well until it crashed during Deep Freeze 3dMark test..

at first i thought.."oh no it's that dreaded memory problem that eariler 7900 GT was plagued with.."

the image looked all washed up and screen was flickering..

but when i changed it back to its original cooler...it was working flawlessly..i confirmed it by overclocking it AND running Deep Freeze test for 2 hours...

so i thought, "oh it is fine..i guess i should change the Zelman cooler back on again"...and so i did..

and guess what..the problem is BACK!!

i thought maybe i seated the cooler in wrong orientation..and hence increase temperature higher than my stock cooler..but NO the load temp on Zalman was around 52 C...whereas my stock was 76 C...

so it's not the temp...


i can get a replacement either straight from BB or get RMA from BFG..

so if this vid is in fault in any fashion..i can just replace it..

but before that..i need to know wtf is wrong with this card..

why is it that it becomes unstable with Zalman when core temp is actually lower than stock?

why is it defying the law of physics?!?!!?

yeah..i'm kinda pissed right now :mad:

any input would be appreciated..

over and out..
 
o man not again, didnt you hear about that 7900GT and 7900GTX have problems?
 
LOCO LAPTOP said:
o man not again, didnt you hear about that 7900GT and 7900GTX have problems?
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and did you read what i post?

i said it works fine with stock cooler.. so no it's that not wide spread memory problem that early 7900 gt models had..
 
Lou Cypher said:
Did you put the Zalman heatsinks on the ram?
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i don't know if that matters..

the stock cooling set up works fine...with no ram sinks..

i could just use stock cooler...but it's really really noisy..
 
keep the stock stuff and try to cool the card using alternative cooling methods like adding fans, better ventilation and such.
 
depends...Is it pluged into the card?
Last time i checked there was a safeguard when fan was unplugeed it stops responding.
I know of no zalman that plugs into the card.
*don't quote me i dunno if im righit*
 
i think i have to delve deep into the problem..

i'll update you guys once i (hopefully) find the problem..
 
i first thought was that too..

but why am i the only one with this kind of problem?

should all BFG 7900GT owners have the same problem with VF900 then?
 
it turns out that it was a faulty one..

after getting the replacement it's been problem free..

hopefully this won't crap out like the last one..
 
wera said:
What crapped card or fan?
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the card crapped out it seems...

infamous memory problem...i'm guessing..

all is well now tho..thanks for trying to help me out
 
That annoying isnt it -_-.
I hope this dosen't happen with my new build.
 
OFFTOPIC: i found it funny that i got a 7900GT today and its getting 1FPS higher in CSS then my 7800GT, what the heck?

ONTOPIC: why did you change your heatsink right after u buyed it?
 
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