Well that was a first

[BloodOmen]

Cleaned my 7970 out about 30 mins ago, removed dust from it (all I did) plugged it back in and on boot up I got a RED screen of death, the bios/boot screens were all red and fuzzy, evidently my 7970 has just bit the dust.

 

[Edmond]

...and the moral of the story is, if it aint broke, dont fix it

 

[soze]

I have had that before with a Dodgy lead, try a different one if you can?

 

[BloodOmen]

...and the moral of the story is, if it aint broke, dont fix it

if you call 100c temps not broken then yea...

 

[Edmond]

 

[Mabs]

put it in the oven you gypsy and it might fix it

 

[Aada]

Cleaned my 7970 out about 30 mins ago, removed dust from it (all I did) plugged it back in and on boot up I got a RED screen of death, the bios/boot screens were all red and fuzzy, evidently my 7970 has just bit the dust.

Blimey, you haven't had it that long have you?

 

[BloodOmen]

Blimey, you haven't had it that long have you?

since april last year or something :/ I do game alot tho.

 

[ECA]

What annoys me about amd drivers is they will run as low as possible like 30% fan and go up to 80C, then they hit like 82 and woooomph the fan goes up to 70% and sounds like an airplane.

I just manual override and keep it at a constant speed for the temp and more importantly the volume control.

 

[BloodOmen]

What annoys me about amd drivers is they will run as low as possible like 30% fan and go up to 80C, then they hit like 82 and woooomph the fan goes up to 70% and sounds like an airplane.

I just manual override and keep it at a constant speed for the temp and more importantly the volume control.

yea, should have heard mine before it died was at like 93c and still going at 20-30% fan speed... got to 95c and BANG 80% fan speed and it sounded like a fucking tank plowing through my house.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-176-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

already found a replacement atleast.

 

[Aada]

since april last year or something :/ I do game alot tho.

What you gonna replace it with?

Very rare my GTX670 goes above 50c keep my fan speed on about 40-50% while gaming though.

 

[BloodOmen]

What you gonna replace it with?

Very rare my GTX670 goes above 50c keep my fan speed on about 40-50% while gaming though.

See above evga gtx 680

 

[Aada]

See above evga gtx 680

The gtx 680 is not a huge difference from a 670, http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Components/cat/Graphics-Cards-Nvidia/subcat/NVIDIA-GTX-670-Series if you look at benchmarks etc there is honestly no difference you would notice.

Save yourself £70? ofc if your not bothered then hey ho

 

[BloodOmen]

Hmm, you arent wrong like

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+680

 

[BloodOmen]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-095-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

seems reasonable, strong coolage on it aswell.. I'll have a think about it anyway, might be cheaper but in the long run the 680 would last a tad longer performance wise surely.

 

[Aada]

If you look at both cards technically, not really if at all.

That 670 looks mental i only have the Palit version but very very happy with it

 

[BloodOmen]

dafuq, the 7970 still works :O wife just tried it in her pc and it booted up fine, must be my bottom PCI-E slot..... anyone want to buy a 7970 trolololol.

 

[Litmus]

It should be under warranty still anyway? I wouldn't go wasteing 400 quid on a new card

 

[BloodOmen]

It should be under warranty still anyway? I wouldn't go wasteing 400 quid on a new card

its not under warranty, when you take something apart the warranty generally because void. still works tho, had wife try it as said and it came on fine, will test it a few more times under stress etc and if all is well i'll still likely sell it and get a 670.

 

[Litmus]

Ah right didn't realise you took it apart, if I were you I'd take it apart again and put some new thermal paste on... A 670 really is an expensive step back.


Wait for the 8 series if you want a new card so bad.

 

[BloodOmen]

At the rate games are progressing now a 670 or indeed a 7970 will likely last ages, its getting to a point now where games just arent getting much bigger hardware requirement wise due to the majority being console ports.

 

[Litmus]

I know, I was just saying. Rather then spend 360 quid on a card you don't really need, wait a bit and buy a new gen one for say 450 which will be even better and last even longer. Your call tho obviously

 

[BloodOmen]

Just ordered that 670, should be with in the morning some time.. as for the 7970 still no one thats interested in it? does get rather hot so i'd suggest buying a better cooler for it (it uses stock cooler atm)

 

[BloodOmen]

card arrived this morning, very very quiet for an overclocked card with a 3 fan cooler on, idle temp is currently 34c /me pleased

 

[ECA]

Whats the volume like under load?

 

[BloodOmen]

Whats the volume like under load?

Still rather quiet, fans sped up to vent some heat before and i barely noticed it tbh.

 

[caLLous]

The fans on my Sapphire 7970 are noisy as all hell when it's under load - I'm thinking of ways of moving my computer as far as possible from where I sit. It sounds like it's about to take off tbh. Temps are all good but omg the noise.

 

[Aada]

The max fan power I kick on is about 60% and that keeps my 670 at a nice temp and all I really hear is a humming noise and the fans from my case which I can put up with.

My old 3870 was another issue it was loud, really loud.

 

[caLLous]

I don't remember my 5870 being *that* bad, it certainly wasn't as loud as this 7970. Both are from Sapphire with their Vapor-X cooling.

 

[ECA]

Is it doing the typical ati thing I described above? low fan% until temps get quite high, then airplane mode?