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"Same or similar" They could also use that and just say fine, we'll send you another 4870x2.

No 5870's left? Well hopefully they saved one hehe, they should be shipping mine out within the next day or two and that is what they said they were sending, I'm sure they would have put one back at least. I have seen lots of problems with the 4870x2, a lot of them memory related, and then...

The only thing I've paid through sapphire is $15 to 3 day it to Cali with $500 insurance.

For myself, when emailing their tech's back and forth, its not too bad, but I have asked numerous questions about the cards and never get any answer's, they just seem to want to know if they work or not, then put it into an RMA. Though I do get replies very quick, has been as quick as 5 minutes...

Same issues with the same card, Sapphire 4870x2, on my 3rd RMA and finally emailed them and said hey my warranty is up soon, the other cards you sent are DOA or last a week, whatcha gonna do for me. So should have my new 5870 1Gb next week. Dunno why they would send a 5850, at least the 5870...

Checked PSU with multimeter, at idle and under load, maybe a 1-2% change if that in voltages on the rails, well under 5%. Plus along what Model said, if the PSU actually were killing the video card, it most likely wouldn't just be the video card that is dead. Think the 1950xt was just a...

Noticed something strange, still running the old x1950xt, 5870 is still en route and won't have it till the 15th. Well, I was running OCCT to check voltages (yes I know software isn't the best way to go about that) but anyway, I noticed the clocks on the card stayed at idle GPU 500Mhz and Mem...

Nothing new inside, though recent changes by the electric company of a digital meter and new transformer on the pole outside a few months back. Seems every time there is a storm the power goes out now, lived in this house for almost 11 years and that's new. Computer stays on 24/7 pretty much...

Yeah, definitely cheaper than a new video card, heck cheaper than most decent motherboards and cpu's as well. And will at least eliminate that aspect, won't worry about plugging in the 5870 and having it die on me within a few weeks. Been looking at a few...

Yeah, all the voltages seemed fine, and set properly. Thought of the PSU after the first card died and even checked it with a multimeter. Just strange it ran great for 1.5 years, then as soon as the board gets swapped out I go through 3 cards. I've tried both PCI-E slots as well to no...

Can a motherboard kill a video card? Sorry if its a little long, trying to explain everything that has happened so far. About 5 months ago I replaced my motherboard with the same make/model, because it ran great, and figured why should I change anything unless I planned on upgrading. Old...