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Problem with 8800GTS

IggyStooge

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Hello all,

It appears my graphics card, a Geforce 8800 GTS has stopped working. I was playing a game and the screen went a green colour and the pc wouldnt respond. I restarted and when it got to desktop the same thing happened again.

Now from the moment I turn on the pc nothing gets displayed but I can hear the pc load windows XP ok, just nothing is displayed. I've tried another graphics card and all seems ok. Does it sound like a fault with the graphics card?

Thank you.
 
Thanks Wucked.

Can anyone recommend a decent replacement card as cheap as possible that is at least as powerful as the 8800GTS that'll work with a 500w PSU please?
 
You're lucky to have gotten that length of time out of it tbh, i had 2 8800GTX's had the same thing happen. The first within a year and the replacement only lasted a couple of months. Although one of mine was gradual, started with lines while gaming then on the desktop, then even on post before it went green and died completely.

A cheap replacement would be a 7770 although i'd advise going for a 7850 as that will let you play most current games on high or max settings @1080p and will likely last a good number of years before you need to go lower than medium. If the 500W PSU is a good one then you could get away with even a 7950 depending on the rest of your system, whether a 7950 would be worthwhile also depends on the rest of the PC as it may be bottlenecked if the parts are old.
 
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Before opening up your wallet for a new card, I would suggest to give the cooler of your card a good clean out first and make sure it is not overheating. If problem still occur after that, you could then try the oven trick.
 
I wouldn't bother with the oven trick.

I have baked several GPUs now and it never lasts for long. The problem is you can't replace the flux that has broken down and degraded.

My 8800 Ultra must have been in six times and in the end I gave up.
 
Given the budget, in your situation I'd be looking at the AMD 7850. It draws less power than your 8800 while giving you a significant performance boost.

A cheaper option is the 7770, but I wouldn't personally go any lower than that.
 
The spec is

AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20 Ghz
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 2GB
Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3/S3 Motherboard
 
Thanks for the input. I cleaned the cooler but made no difference so went with the MSI HD 7770 GHz Edition 1024MB GDDR5. Should be good enough for the games I play.
 
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