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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant
lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
"Pickled" wrote in message
... My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? Waiting for the 9000 cards will be at least 4-6 months. Then your going to play the 6-12 months of driver updates before they get it right. Soon after that it's going to be the 10 series. Try eBay. |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
I'd guess that the cheapest card that is comparable in performance to a
7900GT is one based on the Radeon X1950XT chipset. www.newegg.com lists a model of that for $125 (there's an additional $15 rebate at the moment). I believe that NewEgg does not serve the UK, but there is a lot of information there and I find it convenient to sort through it using their Power Search tool. The only ATI card that I've had was a 9700 Pro, but I liked it well enough. (Didn't overclock worth a damn, though.) Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "Pickled" wrote in message ... My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
may be worth just underclocking your card by 5 -10%, might fix all
problems...free! "Bob Knowlden" wrote in message . .. I'd guess that the cheapest card that is comparable in performance to a 7900GT is one based on the Radeon X1950XT chipset. www.newegg.com lists a model of that for $125 (there's an additional $15 rebate at the moment). I believe that NewEgg does not serve the UK, but there is a lot of information there and I find it convenient to sort through it using their Power Search tool. The only ATI card that I've had was a 9700 Pro, but I liked it well enough. (Didn't overclock worth a damn, though.) Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "Pickled" wrote in message ... My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
Ref: de "Bob Knowlden"
I'd guess that the cheapest card that is comparable in performance to a 7900GT is one based on the Radeon X1950XT chipset. Same problem, same choice : My 7900GT began to show graphics artifacts, indicating it was slowly dying. (the infamous vrm problem on those series of cards, as described he http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=58485) Replaced with a generic ATI 1950 pro (noname) Only problem so far: cooling fan *much* more noisy than 7900gt. If you choose this option look at the noise level in the cards specs. Some 1950 models have their fan speed thermo regulated, maybe a better choice -- Gilles "Cool Raoul" - http://coolraoul.cvp-net.com/ |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
Pickled wrote:
My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? 8600GT. It's roughly as fast as a 7900GS. Cost is under 200. |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
I've tried underclocking it and still I get the problems, also I've
tried cleaning the fan, removing the heatsink and applying arctic silver with zero difference. Unless 53C (temperature while idle at stock) is a now a problem then its not heat related as far as I can tell. tony h wrote: may be worth just underclocking your card by 5 -10%, might fix all problems...free! "Bob Knowlden" wrote in message . .. I'd guess that the cheapest card that is comparable in performance to a 7900GT is one based on the Radeon X1950XT chipset. www.newegg.com lists a model of that for $125 (there's an additional $15 rebate at the moment). I believe that NewEgg does not serve the UK, but there is a lot of information there and I find it convenient to sort through it using their Power Search tool. The only ATI card that I've had was a 9700 Pro, but I liked it well enough. (Didn't overclock worth a damn, though.) Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "Pickled" wrote in message ... My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
Pickled wrote:
I've tried underclocking it and still I get the problems, also I've tried cleaning the fan, removing the heatsink and applying arctic silver with zero difference. Unless 53C (temperature while idle at stock) is a now a problem then its not heat related as far as I can tell. Heat is often blamed for a card failure. Sometimes - cutting edge graphics card are just broken. I've had two faulty on arrival in my time, and it's not like I buy graphics cards every month. For a cheap, performance graphics card I recommend the Nv 7600GS. Your requirement "Perform like a 7900GT but cheaper" is probably not obtainable. |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
"deimos" deimos@localhost wrote in message ... Pickled wrote: My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. As this is an unplanned purchase it needs to be cheap as its eating into funds I was saving for something in the midrange of the Nvidia 9xxxx series or high end Nvidia 8xxx series (when it drops in price as the 9xxxx series is launched). Any suggestions on what or where to look (im in the UK if that makes a difference) for such a card? 8600GT. It's roughly as fast as a 7900GS. Cost is under 200. not a response to which card to get, but I had a similar problem with a 6800, the cause of mine was a case fan was drawing air straight past the video card and depositing that very fine dust on everything (caked aver the legs of numerous chips) After whipping it out and giving it a nice bath in contact cleaner and using a fine brush to dislodge the dirt, it was a goer again. and hasn't missed a beat for the last few months. It's also overclocked a fair way too! |
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Temporary/cheap replacement for a Nvidia 7900GT?
"deimos" deimos@localhost wrote in message
Pickled wrote: My current 7900GT seems to be failing (causing intermittant lockups/corrupt textures/blue screens, etc). So I need something I can use as a stopgap until the 9 series appears. I dont mind what make the GPU is but its got to perform atleast as well as the 7900GT it replaces. [...] 8600GT. It's roughly as fast as a 7900GS. Cost is under 200. The 8600GTS is roughly equivalent to a 7900GS, not the 8600GT. |
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