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9800GX2 cooked, 5970 in place
作者:黄敏 日期:2010-05-02
My beloved 9800GX2 was broken last week, right after two years' service. Quite a disappointment. The symptoms is:
1. green dots on the screen when the computer boots up.
2. Windows can start up, although before Windows screen shows up, there are weird characters seems randomly appearing on the screen.
3. Device Manager shows 9800GX2 with yellow exclamation mark. The hard ware properties reports "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)".
Google search suggests this is a hardware fault (video card itself), and nothing to do with software.
An email sent to giga-byte asking for confirmation and clarification on the warranty received no reply whatsoever.
So had to run out and bought a XFX 5970 2G Black Edition. The reason choosing this brand over others is because it provides lifetime warranty. See, lesson learned.
And it has shown a great performance boost over previous 9800GX2, for most of games I can turn on very high details. Loving it so far.
1. green dots on the screen when the computer boots up.
2. Windows can start up, although before Windows screen shows up, there are weird characters seems randomly appearing on the screen.
3. Device Manager shows 9800GX2 with yellow exclamation mark. The hard ware properties reports "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)".
Google search suggests this is a hardware fault (video card itself), and nothing to do with software.
An email sent to giga-byte asking for confirmation and clarification on the warranty received no reply whatsoever.
So had to run out and bought a XFX 5970 2G Black Edition. The reason choosing this brand over others is because it provides lifetime warranty. See, lesson learned.
And it has shown a great performance boost over previous 9800GX2, for most of games I can turn on very high details. Loving it so far.
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黄敏[2010-05-09 06:28 PM | 
]$999 vs $700. Neither cheap at all. Just hope this time it will last a bit longer. I am so disappointed at GA's quality thus switched to XFX this time.
引用内容And it has shown a great performance boost over previous 9800GX2
keke, how about the price boost over previous 9800GX2?
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