hitman+Hot weather=Dead 7800-512GTX !

[HighlandeR]

Was playing Hitman blood money this afternoon, and well my screen goes blank and I then I smell a nice burning smell.....

Thats the time you can only look at the floor and cry?

tried the Pc 20 minutes after hoping.... and hoping but no display so chucked in a 1meg PCI S3 Trio and now im currently on an amazing 4 bit colour with
640x480 !

I dont even know how I got the 4bit lol

Im gonna assume it was due to the fact my POV 7800-512meg GTX was boiling hot from 2 hours of hitman.... guess the shutdown temp feature didnt kick in, that super silent 80mm fan I always suspected was too silent! but it Proberly didnt help that I had bit of dust in the fans also. Gonna increase my 120mm fans to faster speeds (there still silent) and use more Air cans in future to get rid of dust/dirt.

Heres hoping Point Of View can get my Card sorted soon, lucky they got 3 year warranty on it

Anyone know how good Point of Views RMA/Support service is ?

 

[HighlandeR]

Nah not Ocuk

Fans was spinning fine but when I touched the heat pipe... ouchy

4 bit colour is like an acid trip here !

 

[HighlandeR]

Speaking of heat.. is 47Degreese normal for when your just surfing net? Everythings stock.

Mine was at 47c most of the time

Im not even joking...

 

[HighlandeR]

Thats dedication, restructuring a house to cool a pc

I always thought a bit of ducting from a window is a good idea but my pc is nowhere near a window.


Was this dead 7800 still at stock, surprised it killed itself. Cant these chips throttle?

Well it was at stock but I belive the manufacturer upped it a bit....
I too thought it downclocked but tbh thinking back to earlier I would have noticied if my GTX fan was spinning faster to compensate for the heat.....
but it was still running silent, so its possible it just died of its own.

Will find out when I call there tech support/think ill phone from work since its 70p per minute !