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High Failure Rate in Radeon 7970s

Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me at all. Definitely not the best way to get reliability data, but the only way yet explored on this thread except for
- dalewb
- Post #78
- Apr 15, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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High Failure Rate in Radeon 7970s

I've already explained myself... This was a 3-hour study I did for myself so I could try to get info on which card would be the most reliable within a given card type (AMD 7950, 7970, etc) based on my interests. I came here because I was puzzled by the results I was seeing. Others have asked...
- dalewb
- Post #73
- Apr 14, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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High Failure Rate in Radeon 7970s

Well, I could publish the document I whipped up this afternoon, but this is the easiest way to get it to you: http://i.imgur.com/umzZwbx.png It is difficult to obtain 100% accuracy unless one is committed to sifting through hundreds of user reviews one at a time - and I actually did sift...
- dalewb
- Post #16
- Apr 10, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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High Failure Rate in Radeon 7970s

I've seen a lot of uninformed user reviews on Newegg, but how else can a prospective customer really know the truth about a card's reliability except through the mouths of those who've already purchased them? I can read reviews about video cards, but that doesn't tell me a thing about...
- dalewb
- Post #14
- Apr 10, 2013
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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High Failure Rate in Radeon 7970s

Since I'm in the market to get a new high-end Radeon, I've been looking at the offerings on Newegg and what I see has been disturbing. Without going all long-winded, I've seen reported failure rates as high as 50%. XFX is by far the worst offender of DOA and quickly-defective cards. Their...
- dalewb
- Thread
- Apr 10, 2013
- Replies: 78
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GTX 580 + GT 640 for multi monitor setup?

That's just not an option right now and seems really overkill for my needs - I can't justify that exorbitant cost of a new 1kW power supply just so I can drive a 3rd monitor. Plus I run the computer all day every day (I work from home). I just might go AMD and see what they have. Much...
- dalewb
- Post #6
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: Displays
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GTX 580 + GT 640 for multi monitor setup?

I'm sorry but I don't know specifics beyond GTX 580. He offered to give them to me, but I insisted on paying some money in return since he's trying to pay off credit card debt.
- dalewb
- Post #4
- Mar 31, 2013
- Forum: Displays
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GTX 580 + GT 640 for multi monitor setup?

Hey guys - I know it looks like a long post, but my main question really is simple - can I run a Geforce GT640 and a GTX 580 in the same PC and have them work together? If I attempt such a thing, how does it work? Which card(s) do I plug the monitors into? Can I use the 580 to play modern...
- dalewb
- Post #2
- Mar 31, 2013
- Forum: Displays
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GTX 580 + GT 640 for multi monitor setup?

I am buying my brother's old 2 GTX 580 cards for $400 which I intended to drive 3 monitors. But as I began reading about them, I saw how power-hungry they are and that it would require me to buy a 1K-watt power supply. Now all the sudden this upgrade is getting more expensive. I am a computer...
- dalewb
- Thread
- Mar 29, 2013
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Displays
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Propus 620: My upgrade plan

Congrats, fellow cheapskate-running-an-AMD-Athlon-X2-3800-for-4-years-and-now-just-got-around-to-upgrading-it. You may have already read my recent upgrade experience in the "best upgrade experience EVAH" thread - once you get bit by the upgrade bug, it's nigh but impossible to shake off, huh...
- dalewb
- Post #48
- Oct 4, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Phenom II 720 X3->X4 wierdness

I suspected that. Thanks for the info!
- dalewb
- Post #3
- Oct 4, 2009
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Phenom II 720 X3->X4 wierdness

I've had this 720 for such a short time I don't know what to expect, but I guess I do expect the OS/3rd party software to report what's going on inside the cpu correctly - that's fair, right? Well, maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but the temps are WAY off (-250 deg C?? using AMD Overdrive) and the...
- dalewb
- Thread
- Oct 3, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Best upgrade experience EVAH! AMD tri core -> quad core

I finally upgraded after 4 years from my AMD Athlon X2 3800+. I opted for a budget AM3 motherboard, the MSI 770-C45 (which incidentally has received good reviews, such as the one at http://preview.tinyurl.com/yax36gs) and the AMD Phenom X3 720 and 4GB Crucial DDR3 ram - all for under 3 bills...
- dalewb
- Thread
- Oct 3, 2009
- Replies: 16
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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