Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
I agree.To add to your post,i think most of people forget this is XS,so users are often taking their cards to the limits(BIOS flashing,volt modding etc.) so it's not uncommon we will see more problems at this forum than at any other out there.Most users are not OCing their systems,and with the latest "fix" for fan speed that Mascaras posted recently,Radeons are now idling 25 degrees lower than ususally(with 65% fan duty cycle).
Informal, it's actually healthy to criticize ATI now and then. Supporting them 100% of the time doesn't help your credibility

This is a QC (quality control) issue for the very reason that it is not an issue at Nvidia. GTX 280s were clocking to 700Mhz on air on stock cooling with sufficient fan speeds from day One. The dead cards are a small percentage and thus a small cause for concern, but the lack of availability plus the issues with the cards that AMD has yet to officially address on its own or any AIB for that matter, collectively means they are not giving a frack about the enthusiast users right now.

That may change in the future, but this is a serious issue. Thankfully, W1zzard has helped us isolate the problem and avoid it until a permanent fix arrives.

Perkam