Quote Originally Posted by THOMO View Post
You and me both.



I think you're spot on.



I'm sorry I can't believe this. Your card even with NO working fan shouldn't have died simply due to sitting on the desktop for the length of time it takes to make a coffee. What's your ambient temp 80c

I've seen these gpu's at 80c-90c-100c and still performing...long term. You boot yours once and at some point during boot (since it was at 100% when you powered system on) you fan slowed/stopped and 10minutes of desktop later it's fried????

You must be the unluckiest person ever.
The worst thing is that I am not lying. And why would I lie?
I've seen folks with same card as me (reference 9800GT cooler) who have noticed temps of up to 140 celsius then had artifacts because of this driver and my card probably went to 140-150 after like 7 minutes and went faulty.

Kind of sad really, since this is by far the best card I've had through all the cards I've owned in my days.
I could play arkham asylum all on Highest settings 1920x1080 without AA though.

Going to try later and see if it was temporary... If that does not work, I'll throw it in the oven and see if it gets fixed.