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(**Dead**) Galaxy GTX 480 Videocard - $225 after $25 MIR

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I'm getting tons of crashes - mainly right after shutting down a game. No problems/artifacting/overheating within games, but within a minute of quitting BF3/CS:S etc, I get some variation of the following a) a flash of 2d distortion (weird colors near lines) b) everything including the ability to move mouse slowed down without being able to interact with anything - i was listening to some music one time that slowed down as well - sounded rather awesome c) blue screen/system reset.

I was coming from ATI cards, so I had uninstalled and ran driver cleaner... I'm just going to reinstall windows today. :/ Hopefully I don't have to RMA.
 
goobernoodles said:
I'm getting tons of crashes - mainly right after shutting down a game. No problems/artifacting/overheating within games, but within a minute of quitting BF3/CS:S etc, I get some variation of the following a) a flash of 2d distortion (weird colors near lines) b) everything including the ability to move mouse slowed down without being able to interact with anything - i was listening to some music one time that slowed down as well - sounded rather awesome c) blue screen/system reset.

I was coming from ATI cards, so I had uninstalled and ran driver cleaner... I'm just going to reinstall windows today. :/ Hopefully I don't have to RMA.
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That sounds like something more than just a driver issue...but who knows 🙂 good luck.
 
ImpulsE69 said:
That sounds like something more than just a driver issue...but who knows 🙂 good luck.
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Welp, after a clean reinstall of windows - machine was working great through tons of reboots installing drivers and whatnot as a test. Installed the 285.62 drivers and the machine immediately hung after the w7 splash screen. Uninstalled in safe mode, and tried the drivers that came with the card - same result. RMA'ing tomorrow.

This sucks balls. Oh well.

Edit: Newegg is sending me another card using their advanced replacement RMA program. Getting free next day shipping. Yay. Hope this card doesn't have any issues.
 
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2 lessons:

1. gtx 480 still isn't perfect, and we all probably got excess stock that's been sitting around a while. Some of us won the crapshoot, some didn't.
2. newegg rocks.
 
bryanW1995 said:
2 lessons:

1. gtx 480 still isn't perfect, and we all probably got excess stock that's been sitting around a while. Some of us won the crapshoot, some didn't.
2. newegg rocks.
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Well, they also don't have the shelf life of an open box of cereal. I just got unlucky.

But yes. Newegg rocks. Got the replacement card today before noon. Waiting to install. 😀
 
Mine is still running unbelievably well. Apparently, much of gtx 580's improvements were just iterative process improvements that were also applied to these later gtx 480's.
 
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