Quote Originally Posted by jonny_ftm View Post
Oh, sorry for you. That was the second card or the one you wanted to RMA?
So heat could kill those cards. Any one used to electronics knows that even if some circuits are built to run at 125°C, they will for sure die quicker than if ran at 60°C or 55°C

One more reasone not to cut original heatsink, or your RMA will be voided

Maybe also mounting/unmounting without electrostatic protection killed your card

That was the first one. So maybe the VRM overheating issue is a sign of faulty components on the GPU. I didnt remount it before it died. It just started to artifact in MOHA, when I came back to the desktop within a few minutes the screen went green with lines. Would not boot anymore, no more LEDs, nothing. Dead GPU. I had the fans over the back end and the VRMs werent getting all that hot when it died.

Definitely dont cut up the stock heatsink. Heres hoping an Asus 4870 will be a better choice.