bfg 6800gt died

[Evdawg]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Evdawg
i understand the warranty and your situation and why youre doing what youre doing... but im making a point to the rest of the people here. They are yelling and screaming at me like they actually have something to do with this when they don't. They would do the same if they were under my situation, but obviously theyre not and they don't know my situation but INSIST on sticking theirselves in it anyways.

With all due respect, if you didn't want anybody else here involved, why did you start this thread?

*EDIT* I'm not saying you shouldn't post or anything stupid like that. I'm just saying you brought everyone into it... you had clockspeeds posted in your signature that are definately not within specs, and you state your intentions to RMA that card. That spells warranty abuse. Now that all the information is out in the open, it's up to BFG whether they'd like to take pitty on you and reaplace your card for free... repair your card for a fee... or let you absorb the cost since technically you DID void the warranty. The warranty isn't reinstated when you return the card to factor specs... once you void it, it's gone, period. And the truth is, you don't know if you damaged the card by overclocking it... I'm willing to bet it wasn't good for it though since mine runs between 75 and 80 degrees C at 400 MHz... I can only imagine how hot it would get running at 420 MHz.

it was a mistake to start a thread, obviously... i forgot about my sig and that people feel that they should take things into their own hands. I just felt that maybe i could get some info on how long it would take, what i needed.. etc

 

[Evdawg]

Originally posted by: Boze
Some of these people here have good points and some of them are acting like morons. The "you are making crap more expensive for me" argument is just that - crap. A pile of it. Operator error and user stupidity are factored into the cost of every single mass produced product on the planet that requires user interaction. Governments, politics, Mother Nature and her tsunamis, and a variety of other factors are making cards more expensive for us; not Evdawg and his blown up BFG.

Is Evdawg a moron? Probably so... first off, the 6800GT cores were never meant to be run at 420 mHz without some serious cooling EVEN FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME (which you probably didn't do, did you Evdawg? That's a rhetorical question by the way, but if I have to answer it, I'll go ahead... No, you didn't). Secondly, because he posted his card's core/memory timings doesn't mean a gahdamn thing really, now does it? I could say I killed and ate 200 babies - it doesn't mean I did it. People say and write a lot of things that aren't true. Once all you little bandwagon jumper-oners have tangible, physical, irrefutable evidence he was running his card at 420/1100, then I'll go build you a 50 foot high soapbox and you can jump up on top of it and decry this poor ignorant man all day long. Until that point in time, kindly STFU and move along. Remember where (most of) you live, and where BFG Tech's main headquarters are located: America - Land of the Free, not Land of the Everyone Thinks He Did It So He Must Have.

Is Evdawg right for trying to send this back to BFG? Who knows? Not me, and certainly not any of you; we weren't there at the scene, we don't have conclusive evidence against him overclocking and card and leaving it overclocked. So far this guy's only 'crime' is posting his supposedly-overlocked system stats on a forum that frankly most of the Internet doesn't know or care about.

Am I siding with Evdawg? Do I like Evdawg? No, and no. Don't know him, don't overly care about 'him' - he could die tomorrow and I probably wouldn't think twice about it, but I do care about what I see happening here... this is mob mentality with only sparse bits of logic in a few posts.

most of your information is true.. if not it doesnt matter as youve said. I appreciate your thoughts and real opinion put into it.

I don't really have anything else to say though about what i've done. Mistake? Probably... bigger mistake is starting a thread. Not so much about bfg because i dont think they can track me over a forum and then refuse my warranty rights when they cant prove i overclocked.. or dunked it in a bucket of water... they just cant tell. If i had done a bios flash then sure, but i didn't do it.

anyways

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: BouZouki
What makes me think that? I've had computers overlocked for years with added voltage, unless his card is a weak piece of garbage, i'm sure it can handle 1 day of overclocking and that is most likily NOT the cause for his failure.

So now it's most likely not the cause... before you were 100% sure it wasn't the cause...

 

[Evdawg]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: BouZouki
What makes me think that? I've had computers overlocked for years with added voltage, unless his card is a weak piece of garbage, i'm sure it can handle 1 day of overclocking and that is most likily NOT the cause for his failure.

So now it's most likely not the cause... before you were 100% sure it wasn't the cause...

jeff.... come on dude

 

[fstime]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: BouZouki
What makes me think that? I've had computers overlocked for years with added voltage, unless his card is a weak piece of garbage, i'm sure it can handle 1 day of overclocking and that is most likily NOT the cause for his failure.

So now it's most likely not the cause... before you were 100% sure it wasn't the cause...

okay.....

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

I like Gummy Bears. Especially Haribo. They are great!

 

[impemonk]

gummy bears rock my stomach hard core man. In fact, I have a 5 lb bag of gummy bears from COSCO, LAND OF THE FREE and BEAST AMONG BEASTS OF URBAN WAREHOUSES.

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: impemonk
gummy bears rock my stomach hard core man. In fact, I have a 5 lb bag of gummy bears from COSCO, LAND OF THE FREE and BEAST AMONG BEASTS OF URBAN WAREHOUSES.

What is Cosco? Isn't that a shipping company.... I personally like Costco for big gummy bear bags...

-spike

 

[Machine350]

Ifyou overclocked your card AT ALL (even for a second), you void the warranty, the contract you have between you and BFG. So even if the card does die because it's a piece of crap and there's nothing else you did wrong, YOU STILL OVERCLOCKED AND VOIDED YOUR WARRANTY. It sucks, but that's part of the risk of overclocking. I personally would never overclock something as expensive as a 6800GT. I only overclock crap that I can afford to replace if I fry it. That's just me. By the way, gummy bears rock.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Evdawg
do i need a receipt? How long will it take? Will they send me a card first and i can send them back my dead after i get the new?

This is a good example of why it's not worth it to risk high end parts OCing them. It puts you in the unfortunate position of being out $100s of dollars or compromising your principles to obtain an RMA.

I like OCing parts that you can get a significant gain out of/afford to lose, but the 6800GT/Ultra and X800 series wouldn't be on my list.

Can't afford the loss if they're damaged.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: Evdawg
do i need a receipt? How long will it take? Will they send me a card first and i can send them back my dead after i get the new?

This is a good example of why it's not worth it to risk high end parts OCing them. It puts you in the unfortunate position of being out $100s of dollars or compromising your principles to obtain an RMA.

I like OCing parts that you can get a significant gain out of/afford to lose, but the 6800GT/Ultra and X800 series wouldn't be on my list.

Can't afford the loss if they're damaged.

Well Rollo, I have to say I'm a bit surprised at your restraint. No offense, but see its not so hard to be civil about such a thing is it?

 

[myglove]

I just wanted to bring to light the wide-spread hypocrisy existing here. Almost everyone here is criticising "Evdawg" for his "immoral" behavior and yet here they are, repeatedly insulting and abusing a person who came here seeking help. Not even once did he retaliate and insult any single one of you. THAT is a true indication of morality. I'd say that you people are, BY FAR, more "immoral" than he'll ever be.

 

[rise]

lol, congrats on the stupidest first post EVAH!

 

[otispunkmeyer]

you see the way to avoid all this is to tell no one the card broke.....jus RMA it, and get one back

1) you get a new card
2)yes its immoral and abusing the system
3)people abuse system all the time, if the opertunity is there to do so theres just no stopping some people
4)and no sh!t would of been stirred with the guys here, coz they simply wouldnt of known

 

[myglove]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
you see the way to avoid all this is to tell no one the card broke.....jus RMA it, and get one back

1) you get a new card
2)yes its immoral and abusing the system
3)people abuse system all the time, if the opertunity is there to do so theres just no stopping some people
4)and no sh!t would of been stirred with the guys here, coz they simply wouldnt of known

The reason for his card being broken was incidental to his post. He was questioning the time it takes for an RMA, not the conditions whereby one is applicable. Had people stayed on-topic and chosen to be mature adults instead of vindictive adolescents, no argument would have arisen.

 

[Fallengod]

LMAO. Sorry had to join in.