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05-10-2008, 07:39 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States, Arkansas Posts: 1,832
|  I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
Ok, i was installing a Accellro X1 cooler on my GPU and I screwed in the cooler to tight against my GPU's core and screwed it up. I have the money to buy another 8800gt right now, but I'm also thinking about just waiting awhile for the next big chip to come out.
Because, personally I was a little disappointed on how my 8800gt was doing on some of the new games (crysis and assassins creed maxed out please?)
I'm thinking of just saving up a whole bunch of $$$ and going nuts in a year or so.
Good choice?
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05-10-2008, 07:43 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 1,254
| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
i think ppl should step up to the new 9900 series when they get cheaper
so yeah i think you should save money to get the new chips
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05-10-2008, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,826
| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
Just get a cheap GPU, and then use the eVGA Step Up program to step up like Prototype said (when it releases)
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05-10-2008, 07:59 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States, Arkansas Posts: 1,832
| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
How good do you think the 9900 series is really going to be. It looks like another failure attempt to re-name and slightly increase the performance of the older architecture.
If im going to spend $300+ dollars I expect my GPU to perform.
Any idea on how this architecture is any different?
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05-10-2008, 08:27 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 1,254
| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
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Originally Posted by alexsabree  How good do you think the 9900 series is really going to be. It looks like another failure attempt to re-name and slightly increase the performance of the older architecture.
If im going to spend $300+ dollars I expect my GPU to perform.
Any idea on how this architecture is any different? | it wont be the same as the older version
i heard that they will be GT200 architecture
also that the 9900GTX will be better than 9800GX2 :O
but remember about ATI Radeon 4xxx are also gonna be released in late may
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05-12-2008, 01:13 AM
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| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
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Originally Posted by alexsabree I destroyed my graphics card, now what? | get a new one.
ATI 4870 and Nvidia GT200 GPU's aren't out yet, but they should be fast.
I don't know much about GT200, but I think RV770 (4870) should be about twice as fast as RV670 (3870)
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05-12-2008, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Prototype it wont be the same as the older version
i heard that they will be GT200 architecture
also that the 9900GTX will be better than 9800GX2 :O
but remember about ATI Radeon 4xxx are also gonna be released in late may | Isn't the GT200 also going to be 55nm process? | |
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05-12-2008, 08:07 PM
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The Water Cooling Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 5,036
| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
How the heck did you destroy it?
If you were screwing down the cooler so tight you crushed the core... thats ridiculous.
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05-13-2008, 01:37 AM
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| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
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Originally Posted by Apokalipse get a new one.
ATI 4870 and Nvidia GT200 GPU's aren't out yet, but they should be fast.
I don't know much about GT200, but I think RV770 (4870) should be about twice as fast as RV670 (3870) | reason im gonna try to sell my card for an HD 4870 x2, twice as fast as my card, this time it will be 2.0, mine was a fake!
Alex, if u need a new graphics card, buy mine for $300.
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05-13-2008, 07:45 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United States, Arkansas Posts: 1,832
| Re: I destroyed my graphics card, now what?
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Originally Posted by aspire.comptech How the heck did you destroy it?
If you were screwing down the cooler so tight you crushed the core... thats ridiculous. | I already had it installed.. but the memory heatsinks on my gpu fell off. So with rage I quickly unscrewed off the huge gpu core heatsink and stuck back on the memory heatsink and then quickly screwed back on the core heatsink a little too tight. I guess it was a little too tight for my core.. and it broke 
I've heard before that some cores are more sensitive then others. Because it didn't seem like I tightened the screws THAT tight. :rolleyes: Well.. this is the first, well second, time that I have ever broke anything in my computer. So I'm not too p***ed off. :freak:
I will probably wait for ATI and Nvidia to release their next architecture and whichever is better I will buy. No matter how much it costs. *Thanks for the offer wildside.. ill have to think about it, im trying to wait to hold off until the next gen. But thats a little tempting 
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