Asus v6800 Pure---piece of CRAP!!!

[RgrPark]

I bought my first Asus v6800 pure about six months ago... on my first day, after about 3 hours of non-stop quake3 action, the portion of the card that handles openGL got somehow fried... I first thought it was a driver isssue...i tried ALL the detonator drivers....it flickered weird colors under q3...and other opengl programs....under d3d it was fine... i tried reinstalling windows...still opengl messed up...i returned it for a new card...same v6800....
This one lasted me about 3 months... however, i took out the stock heatsink and stuck a huge heatsink/fan combo kinda like the orb for the p3...it kept my card under 100F at all times....that's pretty damn cool...however, under diablo2, it somehow got fried....now it has blotches all over the screen....i thought it was the driver, so i tried all the other versions, then i tried reinstalling windos...nothing...i tried my backup video card..it's all great....so, second asus card that died on me...any inputs?

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Must be your motherboard, or some voltage issue. My V6800 Pure is awesome, and most other people here have had great experiences with it.

 

[Sunner]

If it happens to OpenGL apps only its hardly a hardware issue.
Theres no special "OpenGL part" of the chip, D3D and OpenGL both use the same transistors.
I agree with ENr9, try looking into other issues such as the mobo etc.

 

[helloworld]

Diablo 2 does not use Opengl, so your theory is probably wrong. Also, I agree with what Sunner said.

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[bonkers325]

if u think it is broken rma
if not buy a new one

 

[GMJIM]

I gotta V6800 Pure too. Works great! Must be another problem, I agree with the others.
Good luck
Jim

 

[RgrPark]

could be that my motherboard is a mess....i have the Soyo vba via apollo chipset motherboard.... smart doctor always reported my agp voltage at 3.10...however, mbm and bios says my 3.3 voltage is at 3.55,,,what's up?

 

[mpitts]

I have had my 6800 Pure for a few months now and it has been great.

Good luck.. I wish I could offer some advice..