6800 Dead already?

[amdhunter]

I had this card no less than 3 weeks now I am getting infinite loop errors and random freezing with this piece of crap eVGA 6800. Everything was fine until today when out of nowhere the card starts acting up.

Fine, I turn off fast writes, same thing. I reinstall windows, again the same. I change the hard drive and boot with nothing but the card and mobo, what do you know? Same thing. Finally I underclock my CPU and put my ram to super duper restrained settings, same thing.

Either I get a stop error, with nvdisp.dll, or the computer just freezes and the screen gets cut in half. Yes, the screen cuts in half.

Now I am randomly crashing just using 2D, then when I reboot, windows tells me that the 6800 froze during a drawing operation.

Holy crap, I am uber-pissed, this card is only 3 weeks old. First the card is so big I cant put my scsi drives comfortably inside my case anymore, now I will have to most likely wait for an RMA. JESUS CHRIST, no one should buy a NVIDIA card, I never EVER seen such with drivers, broken hardware (VProcessor) and other issues like that.

Also I am not using SP2, so its not DEP (and it was working fine before) I cannot believe this... Any suggestions at all before I try and RMA the card?

 

[Adn4n]

It's eVGA, not nVidia.

 

[Hajime]

It's eVGA. Enough said.

 

[BFG10K]

Have you ever overclocked the card? Are you overclocking anything else? Are your running the 61.77 drivers?

 

[amdhunter]

Well, I guess I am an idiot for getting an eVGA card.

Never overclocked it, I see no point since the cards fast enough already. And I've tried every possible driver I could. I've been at it for about 4 hours now.

 

[Vallybally]

What's wrong with eVGA? Last I checked there was a 50 page thread praising one particular 6800 they offer...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Adn4n
It's eVGA, not nVidia.

 

[jjzelinski]

so far my evga 6800nu is performing flawlessly

 

[nitromullet]

I had a very similar situation with my 6800GT.

Just an idea... May help, may not. Make sure that you are not sharing the power cable going to the molex connector on the card with anything else. Also, if possible, make sure the cable running to the card is coming straight from the PSU, with no extensions or Y-cables inbetween the PSU and the card. I had problems with my eVGA 6800GT as well that I couldn't fix (even RMA'ed a card to eVGA), and was beginning to look towards the Canadian options. Then someone on this forum suggested this to me, since they had had a similar issue. I haven't had any problems since making sure that there nothing inbetween the card and the PSU. NV40 seems to be a bit touchy about power requirements, and you might be able to fix your problems by trying this out. Good luck.

 

[nOObBooB]

If thats it, its poeple and their sh*t psu. People learn dont use the psu that came wtih case. All the threads i have read with problems and their cards is that their psu is too weak to handle the volts of their newly acquired video cards

 

[Compddd]

Don't feel bad man, my BFG 6800 Ultra blew up on its own out of no where after a month. Never overclocked it. I am liking this X800XT alot though

 

[amdhunter]

It isn't sharing anything. I did have PSU issues a little while back, but have since replaced it with an Ultra XConnect 500W. All thats in the PC now is the Video Card/mobo and 1 IDE drive. Nothing else. I am using the 61.77 drivers, and have tried suggestions found elsewhere. :/

I have a GF2 Ultra that has no problems whatsover using these same drivers in the same mobo, so I really dont know what gives...

 

[imported_DangerMouse]

nOObBoob : If its PSu then why it worked flawlessly for 3 weeks and now he cant even boot his comp?
Vallybally: Excellent point! :beer: Evga card is undoubtedly stars this and other forums.
It is incredible how adding 'Doom3' or 'FarCry' into bundle skyrockets product's rating.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Well, I guess I am an idiot for getting an eVGA card.

Never overclocked it, I see no point since the cards fast enough already. And I've tried every possible driver I could. I've been at it for about 4 hours now.

No, your not an idiot for buying an eVGA card, however it can be said that it is idiotic to blanket statement a company(s) just because you bought a faulty card. IT HAPPENS, the world is not out to get you.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Based on the PSU you listed, I'd definitely think it could be the problem.

There have been threads about the Ultra X-Connect PSUs. You might want to read up about them. I don't know for sure what the problem is, but I know there are quite a few unhappy customers.

And yes, this does happen. I wouldn't be so angry. I'd be bummed but accept that I probably got a bad card and would get a better one.

 

[ronach]

Well, I am happily useing my eVGA 6800le, from Newegg, others picked theirs up at ZZF, it's flashed to GT and running at 400/1100. This card did NOT have any promotional games with it, I bought it because of the price, and recomendations from trusted members of this forum, and others. I am NOT haveing any issues with my card, and I am NOT trying to [ see what she will do ]. Happy gamer here.

 

[Renob]

It's eVGA. Enough said.

WTH does that mean?? eVGA rocks, great cards a great price.



Sounds like you have a psu problem not a vidcard problem.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Well, I guess I am an idiot for getting an eVGA card.

Never overclocked it, I see no point since the cards fast enough already. And I've tried every possible driver I could. I've been at it for about 4 hours now.

No, your not an idiot for buying an eVGA card, however it can be said that it is idiotic to blanket statement a company(s) just because you bought a faulty card. IT HAPPENS, the world is not out to get you.

I meant that "Well, I guess I am an idiot for getting an eVGA card." comment as sarcasm, because of the total uselessness of posting ignorant posts as some did.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: Renob
It's eVGA. Enough said.

WTH does that mean?? eVGA rocks, great cards a great price.



Sounds like you have a psu problem not a vidcard problem.

Tried another PSU right now, same problem, but now I'm getting artifacts in the Windows splash screen. I guess the card really is FUBAR'ed. :/

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: Compddd
Don't feel bad man, my BFG 6800 Ultra blew up on its own out of no where after a month. Never overclocked it. I am liking this X800XT alot though

LOL, I would too. I came from an ATi world so you can imagine how I feel. I at least am starting to find humor in the ordeal. Stupid hardware.

 

[nitromullet]

Based on the PSU you listed, I'd definitely think it could be the problem.

There have been threads about the Ultra X-Connect PSUs. You might want to read up about them. I don't know for sure what the problem is, but I know there are quite a few unhappy customers.

And yes, this does happen. I wouldn't be so angry. I'd be bummed but accept that I probably got a bad card and would get a better one.

Like I said, these cards are touchy.

It might not be a PSU issue, and I really didn't think mine was either... However, I had added an extension cable to the PSU (so I could make my wiring look prettier), and the card ran great for 2 months, then one day problems that got worse and worse. As soon as I took the extension out, no more problems. See if you can borrow someone else's PSU - if that doesn't work better RMA the card.... eVGA RMA'ed my card on a decent amount of time and handled the whole thing professionally, but I was still out of a card for 2 weeks. Part of the reason that I'm encouraging you to make absolutely sure that it is the card and not the PSU is because you have to pay to ship the card to and back from eVGA. Plus if it isn't the card you'll still have the same problem, not to mention the fact that I kinda felt like an idiot when I figured out that I had put myself out of gaming with a $400 card for 2 weeks because of my own error.

Edit: missed your last post.... good luck

 

[amdhunter]

Damn, I have to pay return shipping? That really blows ass. I am going to take my card to another persons house to do some testing...

 

[otispunkmeyer]

X-cpmmect hmmm think that mite be your problem

there is a thread somewhere round here......this guy got a 500watt x-connect psu (the modular one) and it fired half his system

always always always got quality psu

Anetc, Enermax, Fortron source, global win. dont channce it with a sub par psu

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Damn, I have to pay return shipping? That really blows ass. I am going to take my card to another persons house to do some testing...

Yes, it does... You might be able to get eVGA to waive it by calling them, but I conducted my RMA all online.

 

[amdhunter]

The other PSU I used was a TruPower 530. They both can't be bad.

As for this Power Supply, it powers my system fine, and I have no complaints at this time. I will look into the Ultra problems some have been having see if I can track anything down.