BF2S Forums Did My video Card Shit the bed?

the 7800's 100 rebate ends saturday at compusa   , so i may have to go with the 7300 after saturday , it would be better than my last card?  i think so, its in my profile

I would recommend the 7800 GS over the 7300 GT if you are sticking with AGP for now (which it sounds like you are).  But please remember to fix the air flow issue or whatever it was that caused your last card to burn up.  I would hate to see another thread from you 3 weeks from now talking about how you burned up your new ~$150 card.  Investigate why your old card burned up and fix that issue first!  Was it not enough air flow in your case?  Add fans.  Did the fan on the GPU simply fail?  Is the room your computer is in get really hot, or not have adequate air flow.  Move your pc to a different part of your house or spend big money on water cooling.  Whatever the issue, you should spend the time to figure out why your old card failed.  my $.02.  gL.

Ironsteed wrote:

I would recommend the 7800 GS over the 7300 GT if you are sticking with AGP for now (which it sounds like you are).  But please remember to fix the air flow issue or whatever it was that caused your last card to burn up.  I would hate to see another thread from you 3 weeks from now talking about how you burned up your new ~$150 card.  Investigate why your old card burned up and fix that issue first!  Was it not enough air flow in your case?  Add fans.  Did the fan on the GPU simply fail?  Is the room your computer is in get really hot, or not have adequate air flow.  Move your pc to a different part of your house or spend big money on water cooling.  Whatever the issue, you should spend the time to figure out why your old card failed.  my $.02.  gL.

I am sure that leaving my pc on for extended periods of time unnecessarily didn't help, on top of that the dust infestation was incredible, i had the pc in the living room next to other audio-visual equipment so i will clean my pc more frequently than once a year 

Freke1 wrote:

Here are some good cards (better than 6800GT OC):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814150174
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814130274
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814150223
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814102093
You will be able to play 1600*1200 with all max settings.

thx man

r2zoo wrote:

docnutz wrote:

Freke1 wrote:

Here are some good cards (better than 6800GT OC):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814150174
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814130274
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814150223
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814102093
You will be able to play 1600*1200 with all max settings.

thx man

Well, before you get to carried away with a new card, keep in mind your PSU cant handle the higher cards, and definatly not the X1950, requires a minimum of 30a on the 12v rails, and your psu is only pumping out aprox in the 20ish range(cant be certain)  which is plenty for your 6600, but if you want to go bigger, you'll need to upgrade you PSU as well.

upgrade my 2.99 GHZ???!!!!

buLLet_t00th wrote:

docnutz wrote:

r2zoo wrote:

Well, before you get to carried away with a new card, keep in mind your PSU cant handle the higher cards, and definatly not the X1950, requires a minimum of 30a on the 12v rails, and your psu is only pumping out aprox in the 20ish range(cant be certain)  which is plenty for your 6600, but if you want to go bigger, you'll need to upgrade you PSU as well.

upgrade my 2.99 GHZ???!!!!

Do you know what a PSU is? CPU and PSU are different things...

yea my bad , psu, i should have enough power if i stick with the nvidia 7 series

buLLet_t00th wrote:

And a P4 at 2.99 isn't particuarly good anyway.

its good, what kinda super computer geek are you?

Last edited by docnutz (2007-07-20 12:19:26)

If I would have seen this two weeks earlier, I would have said that your video drivers have gone to hell.

You should've tried starting in safe mode with networking and downloaded the video drivers and re-installed them.