My trusty XFX 4850 has finally packed in, RIP.

[davetrace1]

So today marked a sad day, my trusty XFX 4850 512mb finally packed in after around 10 years of use.

I had red bars running down the screen, then the dreaded blue screen of death. As soon as I seen that I knew it had packed in. It served me well

It was used a lot, with the fan constantly on 90% every time the computer was switched on.

You can actually see on the fan where the dust has turned solid into some sort of mould!

RIP

 

[Vince]

Im surprised it lasted that long. that culmination of dust was I bet what eventually killed it

time for the biggest upgrade known to man?

 

[arc@css]

There's so much dust in there I thought it was carpet or something!

Hell of a good innings, though. As said, you'll see a heck of an upgrade when you get something new.

 

[Chrisc]

F

 

[zophiel]

if thats how your hardware is then you should by a console instead.

 

[LeMson]

Clean it, pop it in the oven, and it may be resurrected!

 

[arc@css]

Yeah, I was thinking that. You could clean all that crap off and then try the oven method (yes, it does exist).

 

[4K8KW10]

So today marked a sad day, my trusty XFX 4850 512mb finally packed in after around 10 years of use.

I had red bars running down the screen, then the dreaded blue screen of death. As soon as I seen that I knew it had packed in. It served me well

It was used a lot, with the fan constantly on 90% every time the computer was switched on.

You can actually see on the fan where the dust has turned solid into some sort of mould!

RIP

I don't know if oven will save it. But next time never ever allow this much dust to kill your trusty hardware....

 

[thefogo]

Rip

 

[CuriousTomCat]

That's actually a generation older than mine! Too bad it didn't last another 4 months then you could have upgraded it to a NAVI card like I am.

 

[Vince]

That's actually a generation older than mine! Too bad it didn't last another 4 months then you could have upgraded it to a NAVI card like I am.

Can you still play modern games on a 5770? I still have my trusty 5850 out in a box that's still going strong. That thing even found a bitcoin block and mined pretty much it's whole life when it wasn't gaming. Great card

 

[HRL]

Is that fluff or a colony of mice curled up around that fan?

 

[Kelt]

Is that fluff or a colony of mice curled up around that fan?

It looks like an alien growth and should be killed with fire IMO.

 

[FlyingScotsman]

Are you a smoker?

 

[CuriousTomCat]

Can you still play modern games on a 5770? I still have my trusty 5850 out in a box that's still going strong. That thing even found a bitcoin block and mined pretty much it's whole life when it wasn't gaming. Great card

No I temporarily stopped gaming a few years ago. I've been waiting for GPU prices to come down because I want to try VR. I'll get a Ryzen 3600 and a Navi card in the summer.

 

[hobib_ali]

thats terrible news, you need to apply for warranty immediately, im pretty sure that the card will be replaced with a 2019 equivalent, GPUs should last longer than that


Just make sure you have upgraded from Windows XP to 10, and err change that core duo to stop the bottleneck.

 

[Liamz51]

The 2019 equivalent is what? A pocket calculator?

 

[LeMson]

The 2019 equivalent is what? A pocket calculator?

hehehehe

maybe https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-41h-as.html

 

[Panos]

hehehehe

maybe https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-41h-as.html

Around 90% faster actually

The 2019 equivalent is what? A pocket calculator?

Probably since even the AMD Vega 11 based APU is 2.5 times faster!!!!!!!

 

[Panos]

So today marked a sad day, my trusty XFX 4850 512mb finally packed in after around 10 years of use.

I had red bars running down the screen, then the dreaded blue screen of death. As soon as I seen that I knew it had packed in. It served me well

It was used a lot, with the fan constantly on 90% every time the computer was switched on.

You can actually see on the fan where the dust has turned solid into some sort of mould!

RIP

Ewwww.... The dust killed it mate. I haven't seen so much dust since forever.