Graphics Card Forums

[Glurion]

Oh dear what have you started....

hmm i've had several nvidia geforces,

4000 series never had an issue with whichever one i had
5500 failed after 4 years service on my parents comp so not bad
8800 worked fine, gave to a friend whose still using it
9500 i blew up that one overclocking it too high

After blowing up the 9500 i went to an ATI 4650 cause it was cheap, very good card. Installed a gt 240 today though which has twice the performance of the ati card (cant really compare them but idc) ati 4.6k in 3dmark06, 240 9942 (have pics if you don't believe the ati or nvidia ones keep the haters on both sides happy lol, although i still score crap on FFIV benchmark which is what i care about, at least with NVIDIA card the game is "playable" lol )

....Yeah i guess i'm stuck on NVIDIA but i wouldn't mind having another ATI, i just prefer NVIDIA it's the same for IntelvsAMD (Intel ftw!), they do the same thing theres good and bad things about each it's just users taste.

As for suggestion there all the same card running at the same frequencies with the same ram, so there not really any competition at all, it's all gonna be down to who you prefer in manufacturer, i've only had ASUS cards out of those 3 and havent been able to fault them on quality so i guess my suggestion is the ASUS one.

Oh and one more thing 512mb and 1GB doesn't really make that much difference on a graphics card, i have 512mb and i can run most games on max (probably all of them with this new card (that i've played/own) @ 1440x900 it's more the type of ram which is more important for gaming as long as the card got 512mb+ you'll be fine

[Arpit]

Yeah...So I got 256 MB RAM.....That's why Mine is not fine.

I think my GPU is much more needed at HTPC..

[Arpit]

OK!!!! That's an update. My bro's fried GFX is working again....
He just put it in 200 C oven for half hour and voila, it started to work..

I read it somewhere on the net and I anticipated my bro will do that...
The Question is Why did this happened so...????

[NaturalViolence]

Quote:Yeah...So I got 256 MB RAM.....That's why Mine is not fine.

I think my GPU is much more needed at HTPC..Sad

Depends on your resolution. At 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 that would actually be plenty. Anything higher would require more with modern games.

Quote:I read it somewhere on the net and I anticipated my bro will do that...
The Question is Why did this happened so...????Huh

The concept behind this method is simple: Reflow Soldering. Commercial Electric circuit boars are made of SMT IC’s (Surface Mount Technology). These IC's are soldered on the board by placing a layer of solder on the board, placing the ic’s and then passing the entire thing through a Oven or a hot air blower. The places of electrical contacts get attached, while the rest of the solder melts and flows away. Over time, these electrical contacts may develop “HairLine Fractures or cracks” that are not visible to the naked eye. If any such crack disconnects a electrical line or a chip’s pin, then errors occur, depending on the place/chip on the board. Graphic cards, and Laptop Motherboards are very prone to this, because of the stresses they take, but this can happen to any electrical item. By “Baking” the card in the oven, all u do is to remelt the non-visible solder, in the hope that it would automatically reflow and repair the connection. (its still pure dumb luck, but with an educated style 8)

Source: http://www.addictivetips.com/computer-tips/fix-your-graphics-card-by-baking-in-oven/

[Arpit]

Yeah....That's a educated dumb's luck, probably worked on my bros...
Well, now he has to state the final results after 3dmark vantage benchmark...