hool10
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Well another video card fried or will be fried soon(ish). Let me give you a quick recap of what has happened with EVGA and myself since 2007. In 2007 I built a new PC with the 8800GTX and came with a lifetime warranty. A few months later, the card fried. So I got a warranty going and they sent me another 8800GTX but in reality was my own untouched. So I sent it back and got a 8800GTX that wasn't working and had the RMA label on it. After a phone call pretty much stating how ridiculous this was and the S&H costs they agreed to send me a working card and free fast shipping. HOWEVER they sent me a 9800GTX! So I'm thinking this is great because it's faster and it won't run as hot.
In 2009 the 9800GTX fried. :| So I RMA'd that one and I got what I am currently running the GTX 260. Now this card runs cooler however it gave me artifacts on desktop one day. So I download their EVGA tuner program and monitor the temps. I'm playing Bad Company 2 at max like I usually do and this card is cooking. It's so damn hot it's about 70+Celsius! Now the funny part is I realize since I got this card it has never raised it's fan speed. No matter how hot this card gets, it won't raise the fan speed past 40%. So I'm playing Fear 3 with max graphics and I crank the fan speed up to 100%. The card crashes barely trying to keep the temperature to 65 Celsius.
I guess my question is, should I wait until this card fries and get another EVGA card that will fry? Their tech support is great however their cards just flat out suck. Really I'm thinking it's great I never have to upgrade my video card but this is getting ridiculous. I also recently took the card apart (shh it never looked like it happened) and there was no dust clogging the insides. I'm using an Antec 800 case as well.
In 2009 the 9800GTX fried. :| So I RMA'd that one and I got what I am currently running the GTX 260. Now this card runs cooler however it gave me artifacts on desktop one day. So I download their EVGA tuner program and monitor the temps. I'm playing Bad Company 2 at max like I usually do and this card is cooking. It's so damn hot it's about 70+Celsius! Now the funny part is I realize since I got this card it has never raised it's fan speed. No matter how hot this card gets, it won't raise the fan speed past 40%. So I'm playing Fear 3 with max graphics and I crank the fan speed up to 100%. The card crashes barely trying to keep the temperature to 65 Celsius.
I guess my question is, should I wait until this card fries and get another EVGA card that will fry? Their tech support is great however their cards just flat out suck. Really I'm thinking it's great I never have to upgrade my video card but this is getting ridiculous. I also recently took the card apart (shh it never looked like it happened) and there was no dust clogging the insides. I'm using an Antec 800 case as well.