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Sep 26, 2009 19:46 |  #1

Well my NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GT has bit the dust..

I'm not sure if it was even a year old and I'm looking for my reciepts now.. however I figured I would ask you guru's out there for a replacement recommendation.

Only requirement on my end is GL support. Any ideas?




  
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Sep 26, 2009 20:03 |  #2

seems to be a recurring problem these days... I only used Nvidia for years but now Radeon has surpassed them in quality since AMD bought them out...


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Sep 26, 2009 20:08 |  #3

Thanks focus.pocus -- Any specific card you would recommend?




  
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Sep 27, 2009 05:19 |  #4

Why not get another 9800GT?

It's still a very good card unless your a hard core gamer, and you know it works well with your current system.


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Sep 27, 2009 08:09 |  #5

ATI/AMD 4800 series has dropped in price and is worth considering, better still would be the 4700 variants which are cheaper to run but slightly slower performance. AMD just released the 5800 series and that's forcing prices down so bargains are to be had. It's a shame it's died now rather in a few months as you could have gotten the newer 5700 series due out which would have future proofed the card (DX11 for Windows 7).


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Sep 27, 2009 09:46 |  #6

Whatever card you replace it with, find one with dual display and DDC capabilities.


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Sep 27, 2009 09:49 |  #7

4870's and 4850's are very nice. As is ATI's new card the 5800 series. These will be expensive though. Nice thing about these it the idle temps and watt usage, very low.

If my 8800GT died I'd get a 5800 series card


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Sep 28, 2009 19:45 |  #8

Thanks for all the replies everybody!

Moppie when something goes belly up after 1 year and 1 month I really don't feel like investing in the same thing to replace it - you are right though it worked well.

Been looking around today and although those 5800 series are very nice, price wise I think I'll be going with a 4870.

Thanks again for the response everyone - much appreciated.




  
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Monty - It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Nvidia. Nvidia just makes the chipsets. What brand is your card? That company is who put the card together, not Nvidia. There is nothing wrong with Nvidia cards.

What are your symptoms? How did you determine that your video cards is toast?


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Sep 29, 2009 10:16 |  #10

OdiN1701 wrote in post #8726534 (external link)
Monty - It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Nvidia. Nvidia just makes the chipsets. What brand is your card? That company is who put the card together, not Nvidia. There is nothing wrong with Nvidia cards.

What are your symptoms? How did you determine that your video cards is toast?

Not entirely true, especially when you look at the 8000 series screwup... and 9000 series cards have some 8000 series ones just renamed (like the geforce 100 series cards as well). Likely OP's card just bit the dust after choking on dust, happens all the time especially when people don't clean their computers properly.


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Sep 29, 2009 14:08 |  #11

Things break. It happens.

It can happen for lots of different reasons, not all of them are discoverable.


A newer card is not going to be any more or less reliable.
But, it will cost more and it might use more power, which since we don't know anything about the rest of your system might also mean you need to get a new power supply as well.


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Sep 29, 2009 14:52 as a reply to  @ Moppie's post |  #12

its useful to find out what bites the dust.

memory? fan? fried GPU? faulty port? etc etc.

faulty PSU can fry the card for example, and that would fry any card you put in.



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Sep 30, 2009 23:15 |  #13

HyperYagami wrote in post #8728701 (external link)
its useful to find out what bites the dust.

memory? fan? fried GPU? faulty port? etc etc.

faulty PSU can fry the card for example, and that would fry any card you put in.

Agreed, it might just take a simple solution. It could also be some bad solder joints; since you really have nothing to lose, you might want to look at this thread: http://www.hardforum.c​om/showthread.php?t=14​21792 (external link)

Who manufactured your 9800? XFX, BFG, EVGA? Some of them have lifetime warranties.


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Oct 01, 2009 00:08 |  #14

Badger49456 wrote in post #8738542 (external link)
Agreed, it might just take a simple solution. It could also be some bad solder joints; since you really have nothing to lose, you might want to look at this thread: http://www.hardforum.c​om/showthread.php?t=14​21792 (external link)

Who manufactured your 9800? XFX, BFG, EVGA? Some of them have lifetime warranties.

Just a word of caution on reflowing solder... lead free solders currently used require higher temperatures which can really screw up the plastic and fans, especially if you bake too long... If you can get a heatgun instead, it's a better idea.


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Oct 01, 2009 09:25 |  #15

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Just a word of caution on reflowing solder... lead free solders currently used require higher temperatures which can really screw up the plastic and fans, especially if you bake too long... If you can get a heatgun instead, it's a better idea.

Agreed, I would definitely remove the plastic shrouds and fan first!


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