prathapml Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 God forbid that this happen to anyone, but it eventually happens.With the current controversy about nVidia graphics cards being prone to over-heating and dying, a quick reply poll among us should uncover how far it is true. The story is that laptop graphics chips (GeForce 8400 GS) started dying in large numbers, leading to a recall by OEMs and nVidia footing the bill. At this point, desktop chips based on G84 and G86 cores were found to be at fault as well, but because of generally better ventilation, they haven't quite died out in mass numbers yet. Then claims were made about G92 and G94 cores being at risk too, whether they were fabricated at 65nm or 55nm. The above may be real or just pure media scares. So..... lets find out if the situation is worse today than earlier, and lifespans are decreasing?In my case, this has been my (personal) video card history:1998 - Cirrus Logic, generic 512 KB Display Adapter - worked just fine until 2005, and probably would have still been in use if the mobo hadn't died and I did not throw away that dinosaur of a PC2003 - GeForce 4 MX440 integrated into nForce2 MoBo, still in operation2005 - GeForce 6100 integrated into nForce4 MoBo, still in operation2006 - GeForce 7600GS, returned card because of overheating and artifacts in display2007 - GeForce 7900GS, awesome card still in operation2008 - GeForce 9800 GTX+ (G92b core, 55nm fab, this is controversial and is supposed to fail soon, as per news reports, but it may not be true)So what's your graphics card's lifespan and when did it die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarle Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I have an XFX 9800GTX, so far so good... we'll soon see how long that will last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 (edited) See this thread http://www.msfn.org/board/Holy-St-my-graph...on-t113551.html for my story about my 7900 GS XXX.EDIT: it was no more than 6 months old at the time Edited September 26, 2008 by eyeball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 (edited) History for my computers:2003 - Geforce 4 MX integrated, motherboard died2004 - Geforce 6600GT, still working2008 - GeForce 6100 integrated, still working Edited September 26, 2008 by anonymous_user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I've only had one card die on me, it was a GeForce 8800 GT back in May, and it was about 3 months old. It started overheating and outputting lines in the display. I replaced it with another 8800 GT, and no problems thus far with the new card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 My one and only card that died on me was an ISA 1MB Tseng Labs SVGA card back in 2000... None of these ever died:Voodoo Rush PCI 8MB - mother threw it out!Riva TNT 2 16MB PCI - sold gave pc to a friendVoodoo 3 PCI 16MB - traded for GeForce 2 MX and $20Voodoo 5500 AGP 64MB - still workingPNY nVidia GeForce 3 Ti200 AGP 64MB - gave to my dadSapphire Radeon 8600XT AGP 256MB - still workingGeForce 2 MX 32MB PCI - still working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago_lfn Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 I've not had a video card die on me ever and the first card i ever had was a cirrus logic 512k ISA and i'm using a 8800gts now =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I've been through quite a number of graphics cards (can't even remember how many) but the only one that has died on me was a Sapphire ATI9200 SE. It simply died out of the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt 2864 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) I've owned all these cards:2MB S3 Virge - Got old and I threw it outSome 32MB card - Worked for a week and it died and fried my entire system - luckily I was able to get a refund at the expense of losing my entire computer but I got a new one afterwards32MB TNT2 NVIDIA - One day it just died, thought it worked well for like 4 years128MB ATI 9250 Pro - Sold itRadeon 9600 Pro - Was defected on arrival though it worked but started playing up, causing my machine to freeze, got it replaced with a 9600 XT which is still in operationRadeon 9600XT - Still in operation on my first AMD machineGigabyte GeForce 6500 128MB - Sold it for a 1650 ProPowercolor 1650 Pro 512MB - Dead on arrival, replaced with a 256MB ASUS 1650 Pro RadeonASUS Radeon 1650 Pro 256MB - Sold it for a GeForce 8800 GTSGigabyte GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB - Current on my second AMD machineSapphire Radeon 2GB 4870x2 - Current on my Intel machineSo I owned like 11 cards altogether, I've had 4 that was defected. And I'm not counting integrated onboard video. Edited October 4, 2008 by Thunderbolt 2864 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peffse Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro 128MB- Purchased 2004, died 2006.... a month after the warranty expired. Just one day it would not let the computer pass BIOS. Not even so much as a beep code.Had to replace it with a FX series 5900XT... still sad about that. I have it's corpse still, hoping someday I can revive it with a ROM flash or something.I still use the 5900XT too...... sheesh, I need a new PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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