I've barely had the thing for a month and then all of a sudden my system becomes completely unstable. While trying to fix the problem today I noticed artifacts suddenly appearing out of nowhere and removing the side of my case found that the fan on the card is no longer moving. It is so no longer moving that attempting to spin the fan manually doesn't move the fan, but caused the entire heat sink to shift on the surface of the card. Now I get to see if sapphire is nice to deal with or not. *sigh* back to the ol' reliable g-force 3.
9800pro death
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GeneticWeapon
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You should have stuck with Nvidia to begin with
I <b>help</b> because <b>you</b> suck.
<b>Play Raven Shield</b>
I <b>help</b> because <b>you</b> suck.
<b>Play Raven Shield</b>
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coolsquirtle
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go get urself a FX5900 instead 
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PROUD OWNER OF THE GEFORCE FX 5900ULTRA <-- I wish this was me
I'd get a nVidia GeForce FX 5900Ultra... if THEY WOULD CHANGE THAT #()#@ HSF
Proud Owner the Block Heater
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PROUD OWNER OF THE GEFORCE FX 5900ULTRA <-- I wish this was me
I'd get a nVidia GeForce FX 5900Ultra... if THEY WOULD CHANGE THAT #()#@ HSF
xeenrecoil
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heya bandikoot;
if the heat didnt permanantly damage the card just replace the HSF, dont RMA the card just because the Fan went out that doesnt make sense, its costs you just as much to RMA the card as it does to replace the HSF.
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if the heat didnt permanantly damage the card just replace the HSF, dont RMA the card just because the Fan went out that doesnt make sense, its costs you just as much to RMA the card as it does to replace the HSF.
<font color=blue> <b> <Capt Archer> Cant this thing go any faster, I thought this was a warp 5 engine!
<Trip> Yeah, on paper! </b> </font color=blue>
daddywags214
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Make sure you tell them that you didn't damage it and they should replace it no problem.
<b>nVidia cheated on me so I left her for ATi. ATi's hotter anyway...</b>
<b>nVidia cheated on me so I left her for ATi. ATi's hotter anyway...</b>
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Daddywags is right. If the fan went out for no reason its not ur fault, and besides if it did go out, getting a new hsf will not fix the problem. the core is probably dammaged now. You can try to put a fan pointed at the hsf and see if it makes it so that the artifacts go away when u put the hsf back in the right place (you said it shifted) but i doubt it.
System: XP2600 oced to 2.4GHZ, 512mb corsair pc2700 oced to 192mhz x2, 36Gb 10k rpm WD SATA, 80GB Western Digital A7N8X Deluxe, Radeon 9800 pro
System: XP2600 oced to 2.4GHZ, 512mb corsair pc2700 oced to 192mhz x2, 36Gb 10k rpm WD SATA, 80GB Western Digital A7N8X Deluxe, Radeon 9800 pro
Nope, I think I’ll stay away from the fx line for the moment. My power supply is good. And while I did think about replacing the HSF, I decided to wait and see what they said. Since the fan isn’t my fault I hope it will be as simple as me shipping the dead card to them and them sending a new one back. Should they end up being evil I suppose I’ll have to try to install a new one and see if it was irreversibly damaged. If they are bastards I will try my best to get “Don’t buy from the evil sapphire” put into the FAQ for all to see.
daddywags214
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Actually Sapphire is known to be pretty reliable; but no manufacturer can prevent a bad unit every now and then.
<b>nVidia cheated on me so I left her for ATi. ATi's hotter anyway...</b>
<b>nVidia cheated on me so I left her for ATi. ATi's hotter anyway...</b>
daddywags214
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True dat. Like jiffy, who bought a BBATi 9800 256 that was bad.
<b>nVidia cheated on me so I left her for ATi. ATi's hotter anyway...</b>
<b>nVidia cheated on me so I left her for ATi. ATi's hotter anyway...</b>
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nVidia doesn't make cards
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And which one can you garuntee has a higher quality fan?
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Why would he want to by a midpriced card when he already owns a superior card? Why not just replace the fan?
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