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Baraka
08-20-2006, 05:41 AM
Well I'm sure most people are aware by now of the problems with these cards. It seems every graphics related forum on the net has a host of users reporting problems with them.
So far only eVGA has owned up to the problem and offered a solution.
But reports state the same problems are occuring on all brands of card.
The way to find if your card is faulty is to run the 3DMark06 Deep Freeze test. (available in the Demo version) This apparently will always show the fault if your card is indeed faulty. Also Oblivion is very likely to show the symptoms.

I thought it might be interesting to here other peoples experiences...
So here is mine:

Inno3D 7900GTX - 2 cards faulty so far :(
Glitches/freezing in "Deep Freeze" then black/flickering desktop afterwards (unrecoverable - requires reboot)
Random glitches/flickering screen in Prey and Oblivion.

This has got worse over time, i.e. both cards initially ran Deep Freeze fine - the problems developed after a few days use !

Doubt i'll try another... will get a 7950GX2 or X1900XTX instead ;)

herderien
08-20-2006, 07:44 AM
i bought a Point of view 7900GT 15 days ago, tested everything was ok ..then 15mins of BF2 and the soil became green... i was still in the 7 days to change my mind so i rma it in got a 1900XTX as i didn't want to play rma yoyo

Baraka
08-20-2006, 12:03 PM
....got a 1900XTX....

Do you find the fan much noisier than the 7900?
I was thinking of getting one but am put off by the reviews that say it is very loud.

One thing I do like about the 7900GTX is the cooling solution.
Very quiet and effective :clap:
Shame the card itself has problems :(

shogo_ca
10-31-2006, 09:31 PM
Got EVGA 7800GT-CO, no problems
Got EVGA 7900GT-CO, artifacting after 3months
Got BFG 7900GT, no artifacts
Git MSI 7900GTX, artifacting
Got ATI x1900XT, no artifact

WeStSiDePLaYa
10-31-2006, 09:43 PM
does this affect the 7900GS series?

playah
11-02-2006, 05:39 AM
I bought a used 1 month old PNY 7900GTX a while back,ran flawless

Chef Boyardee
11-02-2006, 06:15 AM
I guess I don't have to feel jealous anymore since I have 7800s.