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Offline WhiteHawk

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« on: February 03, 2004, 06:07:35 AM »
My old puter started goofing on colors and what not.  Crashed a cupple of times. After some remedial troubleshooting, i stuck an old graphics card in and it works perfectly.  Both cards use the same drivers.  I have come to the conclusion that the gfti4200 is shot.  It is about 2 years old.  These cards should last longer than that shouldnt they?

Offline bloom25

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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2004, 06:00:57 PM »
The average upgrade cycle for an enthusiast level graphics card is 18 - 24 months...

Offline Pfunk

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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2004, 11:06:06 PM »
dunno, maybe the fact that your CPU and motherboard are so highly overclocked it could have something to do with it, is you AGP bus locked?

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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2004, 01:39:44 PM »
Let me guess, Gainward?

I recently got mine replaced.  It's bad capacitors that cause the colors thing.  Gainward warrantees for 3 years, although I had to try about 5 times to get someone present to give me an RMA #.  If yours isn't Gainward then find out what the warranty is from your manufacturer.

My wife's did the same thing but sooner so it went to Newegg with less hassle.

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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2004, 05:18:04 PM »
thnx guys

by the way, my new beast is the one that is irresponsibly overclocked, but runs like a 440 road runner.  It dont have a gfti4200 in it.  The old office puter is the one that shot craps.