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This week only BFG 7900GT??
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problem is that the failure rate on these cards is silly high. thinking it would be a risk to order a card and it arrives busted or breaks down in a few weeks time.
i read that its because of cheapo components that nvidia used and that they would rectify this in a later batch of cards. but not sure if thats been done yet.
i read that its because of cheapo components that nvidia used and that they would rectify this in a later batch of cards. but not sure if thats been done yet.
From what I have seen it nis mainly on the pre overclcoked cards, some of which do not have adequete cooling to run at high speeds 24/7
Have only heard of one person with a non overclocked card breaking. that was on the anandtech forums
Have only heard of one person with a non overclocked card breaking. that was on the anandtech forums
no it was posted here before that all 7900 cards are defective since nvida used some cheapo components to make the boards or something.
if gibbo or someone could confirm this then it would set me straight to order this card.
if gibbo or someone could confirm this then it would set me straight to order this card.
. If you buy a card not pre clocked and keep it at stock, you're fine!
Cyber-Mav said:
I've never heard so much rubbish in all honesty.
NVIDIA a huge multi-million if not billion pound company cutting corners, I certainly don't think so.
NVIDIA will have huge amounts of money invested into R&D to create a good stable product and will then manufactur it, they will not cut corners as cutting corners does not make you money it ends up biting you in the ass.
We build a lot of systems with 7900 GTs and they are fine. We also sell plenty of 7900 GT's in fact its one of the best selling cards and their return/failure rate is nothing out of the ordinary compared to any other card.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTA2OSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
thats the link to the article.
question is. the bfg card is also an overclocked card. does that mean that it will have problems too?
thats the link to the article.
question is. the bfg card is also an overclocked card. does that mean that it will have problems too?
Well this is both interesting and slighty worrying at the same time for me. I just purchased one of the "this week only" BFG 7900GT OC cards and am due to get it on Tuesday. Is it a case of cross your fingers and hope for the best with these cards? I'm not an overclocker anyway, but this card has been OC'd slightly already right? Damn, i wish I hadn't visited the forums, paranoia setting in 
I suppose I will see on tuesday when i put my new system together..
On a side note, will my Antec 550w Trupower 2.0 be up to the job of powering this card, and secondly I'm moving over from an AGP 6800GT 128mb, is this quite a significant leap in GFX power?
I suppose I will see on tuesday when i put my new system together..On a side note, will my Antec 550w Trupower 2.0 be up to the job of powering this card, and secondly I'm moving over from an AGP 6800GT 128mb, is this quite a significant leap in GFX power?
yes the psu will cope.
and yes there will be a very big difference in speed is the card you get is not busted.
i have been reading up a lot today on these 7900 cards and my conclusion is to stay clear of them. even stock cards seem to be dying and i did come across a site that said that nvidia knows that all 7900 cards are defective and will rectify the problem in later batches. what they don't want is to perform a full on recall and have nothing on the shelves to compete with Ati.
nvidia has messed up this round and its not worth the risk for me to get one of their cards this time.
and yes there will be a very big difference in speed is the card you get is not busted.
i have been reading up a lot today on these 7900 cards and my conclusion is to stay clear of them. even stock cards seem to be dying and i did come across a site that said that nvidia knows that all 7900 cards are defective and will rectify the problem in later batches. what they don't want is to perform a full on recall and have nothing on the shelves to compete with Ati.
nvidia has messed up this round and its not worth the risk for me to get one of their cards this time.
One thing to bear in mind is that people only post about cards when they have problems with them...you would never post on a forum if your card was working properly (unless in a benchmark thread). So you only read about peoples problems...and maybe there have been a few more issues with these cards than normal...but they wouldnt still be selling them if they were all faulty. BFG have a lifetime warrenty and have been supplying pre-OC'd cards for years...I wouldnt worry too much.
If in doubt...you would also get similar performnace from a x1800XT for about the same price.
If in doubt...you would also get similar performnace from a x1800XT for about the same price.
If it's any help I returned a BFG 7900GT last week because it had the usual 7900 defects. Couldn't be bothered risking getting another faulty one so I'm just getting an X1800XT instead.
There are probably plenty of people who have faulty 7900s but aren't aware of it - mine worked fine in some games but the artifacts/corruption was absolutely appalling in others.
There are probably plenty of people who have faulty 7900s but aren't aware of it - mine worked fine in some games but the artifacts/corruption was absolutely appalling in others.
Quoted for Truthtoxic said:
I clock mine, just only have it there when I'm actually in need of the extra power. Even FEAR will run fine on medium - high settings at stock, and unless I'm benching thats where it stays.sablabra said:
Would have considering getting a 7900GT as an upgrade to my X850XT but of the 6 guys i know who have a 7900 card 4 have died! Then one of those that was replaced had to be returned as well. This has put me off. I have heard more bad things said about the 7900 series card lately than any other card i can think of. But do agree that more people tend to say negatives more loudly than positives.
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Well, for the quieter majority I'd like to say that my 2 cards have been more than fine so far. Had the first one about 8-10 weeks and the second one about a month. Both going strong (and overclocking very well indeed)