Quote Originally Posted by dnottis View Post
Ya, but the first one died and it was stock. Regardless 2 dead HD4870s added the pile that others have had die doesn't look too good if you ask me.
Ya, I had a reference Diamond HD 4870 die on me as well couple of days ago (5 maybe?). Bought it from NCIX, came home, installed it, installed the drivers, rebooted, loaded up 3DMark06 ran a couple of tests, rebooted to go to Ubuntu to install the drivers and I was greeted with a black screen at POST...card trying to spin up the fan over and over and over, diagnostic LEDs blinking, no video out. Took it back to NCIX 2 hours later, they put it in their system to test it right away...no video...full refund.

I understand that there is a lot of these cards that are being sold, a lot of people that do not have complaints, but I have just been having s*** luck with them...