Definite Hardwar problem with my 7950gx2

merlinxi · Sep 16, 2007, 05:28 PM

When I go into DUEL GPU mode I get artificats in 2D mode on my screen when I am in Windows. When I pl;ay 3D games, like Oblivion, CS, Bioshock or any other my FPS is much lower and it struggles a lot.

When in Single GPU mode I don't get any issues. I have a problem the other chip is damaged. I never overclocked the card, so i don't understand how this happened to it, and it's only 6 months old. Since I got it. Is there anyway i can return for a RMA exchange or no?

CDsDontBurn · Sep 16, 2007, 07:32 PM

yea, it sounds like one of the two GPUs if failing.

if it's only 6 months old, i'm sure it still falls under the manufacturer warranty of 1yr. but each manufacturer is different. who is the manufacturer?

merlinxi · Sep 17, 2007, 03:12 PM

How does this card hold up to the cards that are out now?

CDsDontBurn · Sep 17, 2007, 07:17 PM

how is that relevant to the original post? but to answer your question, according to Tom's Hardware, it is slightly better than the 320Mb 8800GTS, and slightly worse than the 640Mb 8800GTS on an overall scale. I'm sure that there are some games where either of the two 8800 cards will out perform it by a significant margin.

merlinxi · Oct 1, 2007, 11:13 PM

Got my replacement, OH MY GOD much better. I don't understand how the chip burned out I have plenty of ventilation and religiously clean the dust off the vents of the card.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 1, 2007, 11:22 PM

awesome! glad to know that you're gfx card is back in action

.

BTW, who's the manufacturer of your gfx card?

merlinxi · Oct 1, 2007, 11:23 PM

Evga

**kris23** · Oct 2, 2007, 01:37 AM

the tomshardware guides are pretty outdated so im pretty sure the 8800 cards are significantly more powerful than the time of review.... driver updates

CDsDontBurn · Oct 2, 2007, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kris23

the tomshardware guides are pretty outdated so im pretty sure the 8800 cards are significantly more powerful than the time of review.... driver updates

right, but don't you think that those same driver updates won't also affect/increase the performance of any other supported product?

BlueMak · Oct 2, 2007, 09:25 AM

I wouldn't trust TH all that much.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 2, 2007, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

I wouldn't trust TH all that much.

it's nothing to trust. it's just a place to go to for reference and/or comparisons of different products. the same gfx card would perform differently, read better or worse, depending on the other system components installed.

Sep 16, 2007, 05:28 PM	#1
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 Rep Power: 0	Definite Hardwar problem with my 7950gx2 When I go into DUEL GPU mode I get artificats in 2D mode on my screen when I am in Windows. When I pl;ay 3D games, like Oblivion, CS, Bioshock or any other my FPS is much lower and it struggles a lot. When in Single GPU mode I don't get any issues. I have a problem the other chip is damaged. I never overclocked the card, so i don't understand how this happened to it, and it's only 6 months old. Since I got it. Is there anyway i can return for a RMA exchange or no? __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Sep 16, 2007, 07:32 PM	#2
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	yea, it sounds like one of the two GPUs if failing. if it's only 6 months old, i'm sure it still falls under the manufacturer warranty of 1yr. but each manufacturer is different. who is the manufacturer? __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Sep 17, 2007, 03:12 PM	Thread Starter #3
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 Rep Power: 0	How does this card hold up to the cards that are out now? __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Sep 17, 2007, 07:17 PM	#4
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	how is that relevant to the original post? but to answer your question, according to Tom's Hardware, it is slightly better than the 320Mb 8800GTS, and slightly worse than the 640Mb 8800GTS on an overall scale. I'm sure that there are some games where either of the two 8800 cards will out perform it by a significant margin. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 1, 2007, 11:13 PM	Thread Starter #5
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 Rep Power: 0	Got my replacement, OH MY GOD much better. I don't understand how the chip burned out I have plenty of ventilation and religiously clean the dust off the vents of the card. __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Oct 1, 2007, 11:22 PM	#6
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	awesome! glad to know that you're gfx card is back in action . BTW, who's the manufacturer of your gfx card? __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 1, 2007, 11:23 PM	Thread Starter #7
merlinxi The Paranoid Cook Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 655 Rep Power: 0	Evga __________________ 700 Watt Toughpower Cable Management Power supply -- Asus P55 LE Motherboard -- Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHZ Quad Core -- 6Gb Dominator Ram DD3 8 Latency Timings -- Windows 7 64bit -- Gigabyte GTX470 Superclocked Video Card -- 1.5 TB Hard drive, 1TB hard drive, 250GB Hard drive, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Oct 2, 2007, 01:37 AM	#8
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Oct 2, 2007, 09:25 AM	#10
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