I know all of our experiences with hardware (well... everything) are subjective as an intrinsic side effect of our ape-ness. To date I've owned 6 4870x2 GPUs (all manufactured by Sapphire). 4 of them I've disassembled and installed EK GPU blocks on, ran them at full load for 58 days, 3 hours, 22 minutes, 45 seconds (well, 44.8 seconds :D) to analyze modular exponentiation in various residue number systems using variable i-bit moduli from 1 to 4096 bits paying no regard to small latency for the sake of recording max throughput data for further analysis and with the intent of demonstrating ATI StreamSDK's/GPU's strengths vs. NVIDIA CUDA's "framework"'s/GPU's untapped potential, despite supposed lack of StreamSDK driver support. Average temperatures across the 8 GPUs was 34 degrees over the mentioned time period. Then I took them out, removed the blocks. Dropped not one but TWO of them from my hand (approx 3.5' high) to hard concrete surface (carpel tunnel acting up... and only 24, gonna need replacement hands, fingers, wrists soon), then slightly agitated I through them all in a box then kicked the box under my bed for a few weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by RCG_Bex
Some riends told me to use them for gaming machines for a lan party, so indifferent to whether they would still work or not, reassembled the stock heat cooling systems, through them in 4 gaming machines, and played Unreal Tournament without glitch for about two weeks straight. One week in time after that (some time in mid November 08 I think) they were placed in my primary workstation where they have been acting as my near 24/7 computer's GPUs and space heater for the cold winter months. I tested them an hour ago after putting the EK GPU blocks back on AGAIN, and they still work marvelously .... As for the other 2.. well haven't opened them yet. :) So obviously my sample size proves that statistical strength IS on my side and that 4870x2s are superior cards (sarcasm) ... at least as far as sapphire goes (more sarcasm).
where was I going with this...? :confused: :p::shakes:
... :) Oh yeah, so the manufacture for your cards were all ASUS? Was that the case for Shazza too? I would place money that it was mentioned but can't find that answer atm. Anyway, my awkwardly and badly phrased banter up to this point was brain's attempt to query as follows (with of course more preface): I've had 3 friends with early to mid batch Asus 4870x2s completely die on them without extraordinary circumstances and soon after purchase. Now, with the grand total equaling 4, 5, 6? We surely have a statistically significant sample size to go and tear down the doors of ASUS and demand free stuff right? (post-modern-sarcastic-ism) :D
Arghh... I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to ask basically nothing and answer the same nothing thereafter... but I can't just not post this, for my carpel tunnel would slap me upside the dome for wasting its time writing a time wasting question/post and then deleting it.
Someone needs to send me an express ICBM via "air mail" ... would totally deserve it right about now.
... Love your build though Shazza, whatever GPU choices you make, keep it up and... OH GOD A TORNADO, gotta go!!! :D
