gradual decrease in stability

[agnes]

ok, my BFG 8800's have been watercooled for a long time, so they have been nice and snug warm

ive started to notice though, im having to de clock them every now and then cos i keep getting crashes in games and odd artifacts here and there, that only go away if i de clock them slightly.

are they on there way out? should i RMA them both just to make sure?

ags

 

[Schnippzle]

test one on its own, then test the other. RMA the one you think is borked.

 

[Greebo]

If you are declocking them from stock speeds then yes. If not, no warranty if they won't run overclocked.

 

[ACESHIGH]

test one on its own, then test the other. RMA the one you think is borked.

If the cards are at stock then follow the above advice.

 

[agnes]

done the above, same thing, just not as much, and i HAD them overclocked, but for the sake of science, i started to test if i put it back to defaults and hazaaaa... no change, so i declocked more, tested single gpu and still the same just not as much.

i seriously think the cards have cancer or something poor beggers, lasted me for so long. doubt they even make the same ones.

ags

 

[Greebo]

The sad thing is if they don't have any they will send you a pair of 9800gtx. Some people might view that as been a downgrade due to the reduced memory and memory bus.

 

[The_Abyss]

They might screw up and send a pair of GX2s. Hopefully in that case they'll also send a new PSU too!

 

[ACESHIGH]

The sad thing is if they don't have any they will send you a pair of 9800gtx. Some people might view that as been a downgrade due to the reduced memory and memory bus.

Yep since no more 8800GTX cards are made they'll probably get replaced with 2x 9800GTX cards.

 

[thegoonden]

Yep since no more 8800GTX cards are made they'll probably get replaced with 2x 9800GTX cards.

But they can't give you a slower card than you bought surely?

(it's a GTS is it not?)