Geforce 8800 GTX

[Geralt]

I think that guy likes rainbows. Get him a purple mouse and a red keyoboard - ones he's missing

 

I think I will LOL

 

Everytime I see his rig, I'm like FIX DAT COLOUR PLS.

 

Also, I'm gonna do a 960 SLI just for the fun of it. :^)

[don_svetlio]

I think I will LOL

 

Everytime I see his rig, I'm like FIX DAT COLOUR PLS.

 

Also, I'm gonna do a 960 SLI just for the fun of it. :^)

Not enough VRAM. You require more pylons

[Geralt]

Not enough VRAM. You require more pylons

 

I knew I should have gotten the 4 gig version. ;_;

[don_svetlio]

I knew I should have gotten the 4 gig version. ;_;

Should have gotten a 280

better yet, a 7950 back in the day - no upgrade needed for about 5 years

[Geralt]

Should have gotten a 280

better yet, a 7950 back in the day - no upgrade needed for about 5 years

 

Didn't need that much power for my measly 1080p gaming so I went with the cheapest.

 

Meh SLI will put me in the cool kids rank anyway LOL

[don_svetlio]

Didn't need that much power for my measly 1080p gaming so I went with the cheapest.

 

Meh SLI will put me in the cool kids rank anyway LOL

Be sure to download more RAM

But yeah, I should have bought a 5770 back in the day - would have still been fine.

[Geralt]

Be sure to download more RAM

But yeah, I should have bought a 5770 back in the day - would have still been fine.

 

Yeah gonna go download it right now.

 

I should have gone with a 780 Ti and be done with it. But noooo I went and got a 900 series. >.>

[don_svetlio]

Yeah gonna go download it right now.

 

I should have gone with a 780 Ti and be done with it. But noooo I went and got a 900 series. >.>

I know how you feel. I also shouldn't have rush-purchased and used my 6850 for a bit longer then get a 390 but meh, I'm dumb.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Well, I baked it.
It worked, kinda. Green Artifacts are gone. However still putting load on it crashes the display driver. So. WTF. :lol: :lol: :lol:

So Might be time for a new one   almost 10 years of service.

[Geralt]

I know how you feel. I also shouldn't have rush-purchased and used my 6850 for a bit longer then get a 390 but meh, I'm dumb.

 

We really have to think before throwing money.

 

 

Well, I baked it.

It worked, kinda. Green Artifacts are gone. However still putting load on it crashes the display driver. So. WTF. :lol: :lol: :lol:

So Might be time for a new one   almost 10 years of service.

 

Keep it on the shelf. I still have my 8800GTS from XFX on the shelf. Man that rigid PCB and beast cooler

[don_svetlio]

Well, I baked it.

It worked, kinda. Green Artifacts are gone. However still putting load on it crashes the display driver. So. WTF. :lol: :lol: :lol:

So Might be time for a new one   almost 10 years of service.

Yup, time to retire it. 10 years is quite a lot honestly. I hope I get 5 from my card (running furmark, manually stopping fans and turning PC case sideways while on were dumb things to do)

 

We really have to think before throwing money.

 

 

 

Keep it on the shelf. I still have my 8800GTS from XFX on the shelf. Man that rigid PCB and beast cooler

Yup, we have to. That's what I intend to do in the future anyway. Will likely re-use my PSU next time as it's likely still going to be under warranty. CPU is also not being changed anytime soon. Maybe some new case fans if the stock ones break or an SSD/HDD if it breaks. Most likely a GPU upgrade when I see something worth my money or some asshole decides to reject my warranty (I really hope that doesn't happen, come to think of it, I hope I never need to resort to warranty )

[Geralt]

Yup, time to retire it. 10 years is quite a lot honestly. I hope I get 5 from my card (running furmark, manually stopping fans and turning PC case sideways while on were dumb things to do)

 

Yup, we have to. That's what I intend to do in the future anyway. Will likely re-use my PSU next time as it's likely still going to be under warranty. CPU is also not being changed anytime soon. Maybe some new case fans if the stock ones break or an SSD/HDD if it breaks. Most likely a GPU upgrade when I see something worth my money or some asshole decides to reject my warranty (I really hope that doesn't happen, come to think of it, I hope I never need to resort to warranty )

 

I usually treat everything I got as they are out of warranty.

 

Even my overclock is very conservative. I only run 1.32v to keep the CPU healthy. I can probably hit 4.7GHz with 1.40v since I'm under water.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Omg, it seems it's only AIDA stress test that crashes it now.

I can watch 1080p youtube videos, and play hearthstone on high settings, 1080p . using 95% of the gpu. Not crashing what so ever. WHAAAT???? Dno, but it works for now, baking it for 11 mins at 180'C Worked this time aswell haha :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[don_svetlio]

I usually treat everything I got as they are out of warranty.

 

Even my overclock is very conservative. I only run 1.32v to keep the CPU healthy. I can probably hit 4.7GHz with 1.40v since I'm under water.

Well, that's one way to do it but if something is going to break it better break under warranty so as to get fixed and I do have a lot of anxiety issues around temps and noises

But if it's been working fine for a month, it's unlikely to be bricked.

 

Omg, it seems it's only AIDA stress test that crashes it now.

I can watch 1080p youtube videos, and play hearthstone on high settings, 1080p . using 95% of the gpu. Not crashing what so ever. WHAAAT???? Dno, but it works for now, baking it for 11 mins at 180'C Worked this time aswell haha :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good to hear - should still look at an upgrade tho

[Geralt]

Well, that's one way to do it but if something is going to break it better break under warranty so as to get fixed and I do have a lot of anxiety issues around temps and noises

But if it's been working fine for a month, it's unlikely to be bricked.

 

They're pretty strict about warranty here. If you break it, they won't fix it.

 

I don't know how but a lot of people have been denied RMAs for K processors that they burnt out.

[don_svetlio]

They're pretty strict about warranty here. If you break it, they won't fix it.

 

I don't know how but a lot of people have been denied RMAs for K processors that they burnt out.

Well I haven't touched any clocks or voltages so I shouldn't get denied a warranty replacement for a fan or vrm right?

[Geralt]

Well I haven't touched any clocks or voltages so I shouldn't get denied a warranty replacement for a fan or vrm right?

 

You gotta fight it out with the rep over the counter lol

 

They assume that you've voided your warranty until proven otherwise.

[don_svetlio]

You gotta fight it out with the rep over the counter lol

 

They assume that you've voided your warranty until proven otherwise.

Aren't there stickers on it? I mean, ones that get torn if you remove anything

I could always contact Asus as well - they don't want bad PR AFAIK.

[Geralt]

Aren't there stickers on it? I mean, ones that get torn if you remove anything

I could always contact Asus as well - they don't want bad PR AFAIK.

 

Which is why all the companies here MSI, Asus etc has a warranty sticker one way or another. I know EVGA allows you to repaste your GPU and that's why there's not EVGA HQ here.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Well, that's one way to do it but if something is going to break it better break under warranty so as to get fixed and I do have a lot of anxiety issues around temps and noises

But if it's been working fine for a month, it's unlikely to be bricked.

 

Good to hear - should still look at an upgrade tho

Haha I bought her a used GTX 460 MSI 1GB OC edition.

It cost 40€ :lol: Runs 20'C Cooler now.

 

Which is why all the companies here MSI, Asus etc has a warranty sticker one way or another. I know EVGA allows you to repaste your GPU and that's why there's not EVGA HQ here.

Haha luckily my 8800 GTX warranty is ancient and dust.

[don_svetlio]

Haha I bought her a used GTX 460 MSI 1GB OC edition.

It cost 40€ :lol: Runs 20'C Cooler now.

 

Haha luckily my 8800 GTX warranty is ancient and dust.

Awesome to hear, should be a neat upgrade. What's the CPU btw? Hope it doesn't have a hard time with the 460 .

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Awesome to hear, should be a neat upgrade. What's the CPU btw? Hope it doesn't have a hard time with the 460 .

It's an old DDR2 setup. So it's a Quad core intel. Intel Core2Quad Q9450 2.66GHz Stock. Should be fiiiiiine :lol: :lol:

 

Total setup

 

Intel Core2Quad 2.66Ghz (Stock intel cooler, 1 leg broken off)

8GB DDR2 800MHz Ram

MSI N460 GTX OC 1GB edition

550 AeroCool Powersupply (or something like that - Red fans on it)

OOOOOOLD MSI Case from 2002 I think.

[Geralt]

Haha I bought her a used GTX 460 MSI 1GB OC edition.

It cost 40€ [emoji38] Runs 20'C Cooler now.

Haha luckily my 8800 GTX warranty is ancient and dust.

Nice!

A 460 would be better than the 8800GTX haha

That heatsink is sooo huge man.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Nice!

A 460 would be better than the 8800GTX haha

That heatsink is sooo huge man.

It works! But the problem still persists Display driver crashes... WTF!!!!!

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

Resolution:: Windows installation was corrupt due to power outage during windows update!!! This fucked up windows, even though it was seemingly working perfectly!

I tried replacing ram, graphics card and updating ALL drivers including gpu and chipset.

 

the solution was simply a reinstall of windows.!!