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7990 Replacement

beasty6 said:
i paid 470 for my 7990, if i get £350 ill be happy (pays for the 290's!)
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you cant run dual 7990s otherwise i'd buy it, too much heat and too unstable

the only way to do this is to have a custom workbench, a bit like that old Antek Skeleton thing
 
smogsy said:
from OCUK
"It was sent back to the manufacturer on the 12th August for them to either repair or replace, at this time we haven't heard anything back from them.

We do have to allow up to the 9th September 2014 for them to provide you with a replacement.

We will notify you as soon as we receive it."
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Hope it works out soon for you
 
an update for you.

They are returning me a 7990 (not sure if repair job or Replacment) although never know it might be a 290 ;)

Here is the technicians Test Report:
"CORRUPTIONS AND ARTIFACTS"

should arrive tomorrow as it was shipped today

its good i needed a card to use until AMD/NVidia cards hit (currently using 570..)

Also i may get a new full custom PC done when the new cards come out to...
with this spec (780TI would be 2x XXX card)
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my last one worked fine too for 7 months it never reached over 75, but the heat increase & dust build up did not help.

but now i got Office grade A/C it will be around 55-65c max when I switch that on.
seen my CPU reach 20c idling :D

its also a different model number my last one was 121 this is a 129
 
ive already made a agreement with my friend, if i get a 7990 back im swapping it with him for this MSI R9 290 gaming that i currently have in my PC.

its so much quieter and seems smoother in bf4, was getting awful FPS drops with the 7990
 
this will be the 4th or 5th gigabyte card fail on me. Let me say this Gigabyte for me Never Again.
as you can see im totally unbiased to Side (team) :)
6600GGT - died XFX to blame on that one reached 100c+
7600GT - never died sold it on after 14 months
3870 - died due to PSU blew up
8800GT - never died sold on after 18 months
2x 280GTX - still working sold @ work
2x 570 2.5GB - actually using these now still working!
Gigabyte 7970 - lasted 6 months- fan failing
Gigabyte 7970 - Lasted 7 months - fan failing
Gigabyte 7970Ghz Lasted 8 months - fan Failing
Gigabyte 280X - sold still works
Gigabyte 7990 - artfacting at 80c
Gigabyte 7990 - Artfacting at 72c
 
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Any update yet smogsy, 28 days is nearly up amd i still have not heard anything from OcUK

So what will happen if the 28days is up and i still dont hear anything? The card is under 12months old btw
 
so they shipped me a new card the other day & it broke after 2 hours usage
(same problem) kept it for 3 days to confirm & sent it back, asked bailey my options :)

ocuk found the faulty & refunding me the money.

for you after 28 days of no replacement/repair you can ask for your money back
 
smogsy said:
so they shipped me a new card the other day & it broke after 2 hours usage
(same problem) kept it for 3 days to confirm & sent it back, asked bailey my options :)

ocuk found the faulty & refunding me the money.

for you after 28 days of no replacement/repair you can ask for your money back
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Good stuff. Same thing with my card only asus either had no replacements or didn't bother trying to send one so 28 days later got a refund. :)
 
is this a full refund? other people have said about a partial refund, is this correct?

as the card is under a year old i would expect a full refund, if it was over 12 months old then again i would understand a partial refund
 
beasty6 said:
sorry but that seems wrong, i paid £470 for that card 10months ago and it failed, so i either want ALL my money back or my card repaired
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I would be very surprised if you got £470 back, the way it usually works is they will give you the cards value minus something for age as you have had some use out of it, and considering they were retailing at £360 when they went out of production I would be impressed if GB gave you £470.
 
How did this pan out in the end?

I ask as I am having to RMA an MSI 7990 this weekend as it is failing. I'd be happy with a 780TI as a replacement as I am put off AMD card's for the time being.

So if overclockers test it and find the card faulty do they not send you the replacemebt? They have to send it back to the manufacturer which could leave you without a graphics card for a month?
 
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