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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: WhiteHawk on February 03, 2004, 06:07:35 AM

Title: gfti4200 shoots craps...
Post by: WhiteHawk 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?

Title: gfti4200 shoots craps...
Post by: bloom25 on February 03, 2004, 06:00:57 PM

The average upgrade cycle for an enthusiast level graphics card is 18 - 24 months...

Title: gfti4200 shoots craps...
Post by: Pfunk 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?

Title: gfti4200 shoots craps...
Post by: Bcnu 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.

Title: gfti4200 shoots craps...
Post by: WhiteHawk 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.