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I have a predicament.

Alfie

Alfie

Alfie

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I value your opinions.

I recently purchased a GTX 280 from a competitor which was factory overclocked and i got it for a good price as the 280's were being phased out.

Anyway, It crashes all the time at the factory OC but NOT AT ALL when i underclock it to Nvidia reference clocks. Fan speed makes no difference, nor did clean install or any of the 50 million drivers i tried.

So obviously I RMA'd it to the competitor who tested it over and over again at my request and used the exact same OS drivers and benchies that i used and they had NO ISSUE!!! So now i've got it back and the problem persists.

So my question is, which of the following would you recommend?

A)Sell on Ebay as working (Competitior have tested it as working).

B)Sell on Ebay as faulty.

C)Use Evga tool to underclock to Nvidia ref speeds.

D)Flash bios to stock version (not confident with this).

Unfortuantely, if I do sell it I will only be able to afford a GTX 260. Am i better off with a 55nm evga GTX 260 or a "Faulty" GTX 280?

PS - My 8800GTX works just fine and has done for ages + I have 720w enermax with 8pin + 6pin.

I appreciate your comments.
 
sell as working with an explaination of whats happening and the understanding that if they fail after say 1 week you refund and they return the card
 
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Both very good posts above.
Exactly what I would do, test it in another computer.
Otherwise if problem persists underclock it (peace of mind will eat you alive) and run at those speeds or sell on MM with full explanation (You need 218 more posts to access MM...so A) would be your option. Possibly expect bad feedback if it goes wrong).
 
Thanks for the quick posts. All my mates have laptops (Boooo).

If I sell it I will only be able to afford a GTX 260. Can you make me feel better about this? I've lost so much money and time over it. Is it worth risking a cheap stock 280 if I can find one?

Also, if the buyer finds it faulty and the competitor still thinks it works, what to do then? cheers.
 
I think you should tell the competitor that you have tried it in 2 of your freinds computers and it does the same thing, and as a customer you want a replacment. Tell them, dont ask you will be supprised at what you can do.

The CONSUMER is the king!...
 
Bang it on eBay. I've had a several pieces of hardware mess me about - stuck them on eBay, sold them, and no-one ever complains. I think different pieces of hardware in the system have a big impact on each other.
 
reflux said:
Bang it on eBay. I've had a several pieces of hardware mess me about - stuck them on eBay, sold them, and no-one ever complains. I think different pieces of hardware in the system have a big impact on each other.
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I think you might be right mate. gonna flog it and get a gtx 280 55nm and overclock it. will i notice it being much slower than the 280? Sadest thing is the 70 odd quid i'm gonna lose.

What is "MM"? Is there a facility for selling stuff on here? I've got games, 2 raptors X's and a G5 to sell and i'd much rather sell them to lovely OCUK forum members. Afterall, Buyers and sellers would be so safe on here; Assuming everyone is trustworthy.
 
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Hold on, am I missing something here?

If you sell it you can only afford a 260, yet you can turn the speeds down to Nvidia reference and it works fine - so you have a 280, not a 260.
 
Maybe the card is ok and it's something else in your system hows that psu. But if you can just lower it to normal 280 speeds and it runs fine why sell it and get an inferior card to replace it.
 
Probably a red herring but as you only get the problem when it's overclocked could it be your psu wilting under the strain?
Am not sure but would assume that clocking your card will increase power draw.
Having read your sig. would have thought that the enermex you have is up to the job but as I have no actual experience of 'em .......


Having just read RizlaKing's post above - sorry for largely duplicate post
 
Is your card the XFX in your sig? If so is it the 650MHz or 680MHz version? I had a 680MHz version from a competitor and it nearly melted my motherboard it was so hot. I took it back and they swapped it for a BFG 615MHz version, but at least that runs cool.
 
neon.uk said:
Hold on, am I missing something here?

If you sell it you can only afford a 260, yet you can turn the speeds down to Nvidia reference and it works fine - so you have a 280, not a 260.
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This is true, but I'm worried that instabilities may arise in the future, even at stock. What do you think?

+ has anyone any experience flashing a gtx 280 bios? I could just flash it to standard clocks.

The reason i ask this is that I am rather OCD and will not tolerate a crappy evga tool running in my system tray. If it were you, would you be happy with an underclocked card?
 
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clock to nividia default and run it at that ...not as if that 10% makes much difference ... silly to sell then downgrade .

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