ATI or NVIDIA

[Graeme43]

Worse, I was reseating the VF900 cooler and didn't actually plug the fan in. A short while of web browsing and sizzle. Going to buy a new one as soon as I can afford it, shouldn't be long.

D'oh Don't they have thermal proteciton? I have a VF900 on the way no more of this http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6044284326929549145&q=typical nvidia

 

[Darkwave]

D'oh Don't they have thermal proteciton? I have a VF900 on the way no more of this http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6044284326929549145&q=leaf blower

Thermal protection? lol. Without the fan spinning it's only a matter of time, I am very surprised it lasted an hour.

 

[Graeme43]

Thermal protection? lol. Without the fan spinning it's only a matter of time, I am very surprised it lasted an hour.

I thought the card would protect itself from overheating

 

[Darkwave]

I thought the card would protect itself from overheating

It does have VPU recover but that's for situations when a fan is actually attached. These things can go to 85ºc with the stock cooler, so I dread to think of how hot it was practically without any cooling at all. When VPU recover did kick in and the PC rebooted, it was already too late, and I was met with a garbled POST and Windows screen.

 

[Graeme43]

It does have VPU recover but that's for situations when a fan is actually attached. These things can go to 85ºc with the stock cooler, so I dread to think of how hot it was practically without any cooling at all. When VPU recover did kick in and the PC rebooted, it was already too late, and I was met with a garbled POST and Windows screen.

Probably over 100C as that when the stock fan kicks in to 100% so I assume it would be possible to live at 100C for a while at least

 

[Darkwave]

Probably over 100C as that when the stock fan kicks in to 100% so I assume it would be possible to live at 100C for a while at least

I've heard of them being stable at 120ºc before so it was probably way above that. I wouldn't actually be surprised if it managed to approach 200ºc and literally melt lots of the transistors on the chip.

 

[kurtoski06]

Im selling my whole computer and laptop and buying a whole new pc dont know *** it is yet ive only got like £380 to spend but im not buying brand new im buying it off ebay or summit any suggestions?

 

[ACESHIGH]

Try to look for a AMD Athlon 64 rig, they dont cost much but will serve you very well still.

 

[Quixote]

I just got an X1800Xt & would you believe it has REDUCED the noise my PC makes ? I had an AGP Inno 6600GT - it had a different cooler to the ref one which was MUCH louder in a constant high - pitched whine way. Even playing games the 1800 XT is quieter - I guess I just got used to a noisy PC.

 

[kurtoski06]

i might by this custom built to my spec and this is what ive choosen dont worry i havent bought it yet i am in bout 3 days.

System Overview

System Case: Vantage Inspire Midi Case (4 Bay)
Power Supply: 400W PSU
Motherboard: Asrock K8NF4G-SATA2 Motherboard (Skt 754)
Processor: AMD Sempron 64-Bit 3400+ (Skt 754)
System Memory: 1Gb DDR400 PC3200 Memory (1x 1Gb)
Hard Drive One: 80Gb Serial ATA300 7200RPM
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Removeable Storage Devices: Floppy Disc Drive
CD Device One: CDRW Drive (52x32x52)
CD Device Two: Please Select
Video Card: GeForce 7300GS 256Mb DDR + DVI/TV
PCI Devices: Please Select
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Operating System: Windows XP Home SP/2 - OEM
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System Warranty: Ad-Vantage 5 Years Return to Base Warranty
Additional Support Services: One Week Trial 24/7 Unlimited Telephone Software Support
Build Services: Standard 7 to 10 Working Day Build

its only £345.00

 

[Zefan]

Wont be able to do any sort of modern gaming on that, if any gaming at all really. The 7300's are very poor and the 1gb of RAM will hold you back in more modern games. The socket 754 processor and board there are long LONG dead and shouldn't be invested in at this time. Just go around the ocuk shop picking out items, I managed to spec up a system with a 3700+, 1gbram, a x1800xt and a decent psu and case for only a little over £400.

 

[locrieth]

D'oh Don't they have thermal proteciton? I have a VF900 on the way no more of this http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6044284326929549145&q=typical nvidia

Rofl that was funny!

 

[Graeme43]

Rofl that was funny!

LMAO "the most powerful graphics card on the planet"

They must not have heard of ATI's 9700 (at that time)

 

[FrankJH]

HIS ATI Radeon X1900 GT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-057-HT)
Price: £159.95 (£187.94 Including VAT at 17.5%)

Admittedly thats £20 over your budget (incl vat) but I would personally go for that one if at all possible

(just had to put my 2p in rather than saying exactly whats been said above numerous times )