Soldato
15 DEC: Get 6970, play for hours
2 weeks later: I look at benchmarks and realise that my FPS are fairly low
next week: notice my temps are getting quite high idling anywhere between 55-80
Start monitoring temps throughout games and the card starts reaching 95+ then game freezes and i get a black screen. Only thing I can do is cut the power to system and reboot.
after a black screen GPU fails POST with fan at 100%. (i dismiss this as a one off)
Send back to OcUK and ask for refund as i am now extremely ****** off.
No fault found. Card sent back at my expense.
DPD chuck it over fence at 12.32 and i get home 8/9ish. Card COULD have been stolen/dragged around my garde by fox (they have done this with many pairs of my shoes). Card FREEZING so i let it warm up for 2hrs. Put it in system and CCC can't find it.
Windows reinstall solves CCC problems.
Last week: I planned to go to computer shop to test but didn't have time so asked a friend to test in his system. His only comment was that it runs too high and loud and that i got ripped. He's joking but i'm still ******.
Try it in XPS 420 with 750W PSU - same problem
Try it in Asus Vento with generic 550W PSU same problem. (obviously i didn't put ANY load onto the card with this PSU - just checked idle temps)
Sent HIS support ticket asking if i COULD RMA card (no reply yet)
Borrowing CRYSIS of a friend to compare my cards performance to that of my whithering 8800GTX.
Today: called consumer direct and they said the card was NOT fit for purpose.
If there are any questions you want to ask feel free.
Thanks very much for being patient with me.
Apologies for confusing you with my last thread.
2 weeks later: I look at benchmarks and realise that my FPS are fairly low
next week: notice my temps are getting quite high idling anywhere between 55-80
Start monitoring temps throughout games and the card starts reaching 95+ then game freezes and i get a black screen. Only thing I can do is cut the power to system and reboot.
after a black screen GPU fails POST with fan at 100%. (i dismiss this as a one off)
Send back to OcUK and ask for refund as i am now extremely ****** off.
No fault found. Card sent back at my expense.
DPD chuck it over fence at 12.32 and i get home 8/9ish. Card COULD have been stolen/dragged around my garde by fox (they have done this with many pairs of my shoes). Card FREEZING so i let it warm up for 2hrs. Put it in system and CCC can't find it.
Windows reinstall solves CCC problems.
Last week: I planned to go to computer shop to test but didn't have time so asked a friend to test in his system. His only comment was that it runs too high and loud and that i got ripped. He's joking but i'm still ******.
Try it in XPS 420 with 750W PSU - same problem
Try it in Asus Vento with generic 550W PSU same problem. (obviously i didn't put ANY load onto the card with this PSU - just checked idle temps)
Sent HIS support ticket asking if i COULD RMA card (no reply yet)
Borrowing CRYSIS of a friend to compare my cards performance to that of my whithering 8800GTX.
Today: called consumer direct and they said the card was NOT fit for purpose.
If there are any questions you want to ask feel free.
Thanks very much for being patient with me.
Apologies for confusing you with my last thread.
and has sent it back to be told its fine and pay postage to receive it back 
