Be wary of the 7800GT!

[003]

I believe you need to look for an update for that particular card. I heard the first few batches of evga came out with a problem of them not wanting to run at 470 but a BIOS update fixed it

I think I remember hearing that as well.

 

[snick]

yeah gonna RMA it, got it all packed up ready to be sent today. a friend is letting me use his 1900xtx till i get my replacement back he's building his own computer, but hasnt got all the parts yet.

edit: all bios and drivers are updated on my machine.

 

[Nubius]

edit: all bios and drivers are updated on my machine

so you made sure to actually go to EVGA's website and download the latest vid card BIOS? There is a BIOS for your motherboard and a seperate one for your vid card ya know.

If you get a card back and it does the same thing, then you need to do what I suggested.

 

[snick]

yes i know, the funny thing is, that the cd they sent with the video card had the same version of the bios, but a more up-to-date version of the drivers....in fact, more up-to-date than any drivers i've found on nvidia or evga. tried both the cd and the ones on the site...

 

[snick]

anyone know how long it takes for the RMA? tracking from usps says it was delivered yesterday at 9am....assuming i go by what newegg says on their site...i should expect it tuesday at the latest?

 

[ulater6000]

Yeah, just rma that sucker.. lol

 

[snick]

woo! newegg is fast, just checked tracking # and my video card is on vehicle for delivery!

now...do i use the card or upgrade through evga?

 

[Juice Daddy]

I believe you need to look for an update for that particular card. I heard the first few batches of evga came out with a problem of them not wanting to run at 470 but a BIOS update fixed it

where can I get a video card bios?

specifically an evga 6600gt 128MB (agp)

I looked on the evga site and couldn't find anything...

 

[snick]

gonna need more information than that...but this will get you close:

http://www.evga.com/Support/Drivers/Default.asp

instead of clicking GeForce under the sub-category, goto Bios, from there, you will need to know the Part Number in order to get the right Bios for it.

edit: oops, sorry, seems there are only bios updates for the newer cards =\

 

[Juice Daddy]

eVGA Geforce 6600GT 128-A8-N350

edit:
I don't see mine...