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I've been without my graphics card ever since it finally got artifacts about a month or two ago.
Recently however there was this game I really wanted to play but my onboard wasnt gonna cut it. I decided to put in the burned up 4870 and see how long it would work before displaying artifacts. It worked a really long time and the game worked perfectly at 61fps, and I kept the graphics card in. I underclocked it significantly to lower the temps, and the idle temp was around 50C which was absolutely amazing for the 4870 Ive never seen it go that low. However, after a while when i was sitting at the computer doing nothing, I got a screen full of artifacts. Before the computer crashed I clicked on Catalyst control to see the temps and it was at 54C. So it was at 54 while it was displaying artifacts which tells me it has nothing to do with heat? But my question is, isnt the heat the only thing that changes over time? Why was the card working perfect for like an hour or two but all of a sudden I have artifacts for no reason? I cant buy another 4870 because its likely going to have the same problems the first two did. Artifacts and all that. I just dont understand why. Even the my PSU is a cheap/offbrand one, I just dont understand why that would cause my graphics card to be permanently damaged.
When i first got the two 4870's the problems were just freezing and the computer would shut off during high performance demanding games. But it worked fine in non performance demanding games. Slowly but surely it started to crash on non performance demanding games until finally I got artifacts. And now I get artifacts every single time I have the card in eventually. So theres likely some permanent damage done, and the card is unusable. Its just hard for me to accept it, because if I buy a new graphics card I can expect it to have the same problems. I dont feel like playing with that kind of money. Is there any 100% sure way to know that I wont have problems? Besides rebuilding a new pc from scratch? Would a motherboard/PSU replacement be good enough? Is the 4870 permanently damaged? or is there a way to salvage it? I voided my warranty by removing the heatsink/fan and applying new thermal paste, but if I sent the card in, would they be able to tell it was tampered?
Recently however there was this game I really wanted to play but my onboard wasnt gonna cut it. I decided to put in the burned up 4870 and see how long it would work before displaying artifacts. It worked a really long time and the game worked perfectly at 61fps, and I kept the graphics card in. I underclocked it significantly to lower the temps, and the idle temp was around 50C which was absolutely amazing for the 4870 Ive never seen it go that low. However, after a while when i was sitting at the computer doing nothing, I got a screen full of artifacts. Before the computer crashed I clicked on Catalyst control to see the temps and it was at 54C. So it was at 54 while it was displaying artifacts which tells me it has nothing to do with heat? But my question is, isnt the heat the only thing that changes over time? Why was the card working perfect for like an hour or two but all of a sudden I have artifacts for no reason? I cant buy another 4870 because its likely going to have the same problems the first two did. Artifacts and all that. I just dont understand why. Even the my PSU is a cheap/offbrand one, I just dont understand why that would cause my graphics card to be permanently damaged.
When i first got the two 4870's the problems were just freezing and the computer would shut off during high performance demanding games. But it worked fine in non performance demanding games. Slowly but surely it started to crash on non performance demanding games until finally I got artifacts. And now I get artifacts every single time I have the card in eventually. So theres likely some permanent damage done, and the card is unusable. Its just hard for me to accept it, because if I buy a new graphics card I can expect it to have the same problems. I dont feel like playing with that kind of money. Is there any 100% sure way to know that I wont have problems? Besides rebuilding a new pc from scratch? Would a motherboard/PSU replacement be good enough? Is the 4870 permanently damaged? or is there a way to salvage it? I voided my warranty by removing the heatsink/fan and applying new thermal paste, but if I sent the card in, would they be able to tell it was tampered?
