I have 2 dilemas to discuss
Dilema #1: My story begins when i bought a NV Silencer 5 rev.2 from svc, anyways i got it in today and followed the precise intructions provided and from this site here- http://www.ocia.net/reviews/nvs52/page1.shtml . Anyways when cleaned the surface and installed everything tightly i noticed that one thermal pad from the ram wasnt fully making contact. Even after taking apart and reinstalling the cooler it still wasnt on right, but i thought no big deal if everything else is on right. So i stick it in my rig and bootup and no video comes out.....i start to panic and wonder what ive done wrong and even booted up a couple more times to make sure. So anyways i remove my card and i notice that the core wasnt making very good contact with the heatsink at all? I guess with all my worrying about the ram chips being with good contact i overlooked the contact with the core. Here is when i notice that the copper plate itself isnt balanced to begin with....so its a manufacturer problem. So anyways i tried everything to revive it, putting back on the old cooler but still nothing. I am confident my pc is still fine because i installed an old radeon 9000 and it booted up just fine. So if any of you guys have any suggestions to how to revive my card, please tell?
Dilema #2: Now if my card has actually died i need to purchase a new one. should i go with an x850xt for $240 or 7800gs for $270? Or should i move on to pci-e? Because technically i am not stuck on an agp platform however im trying to keep my costs under $300-$350. But i was originally planning on waiting for conroe which is scheduled for release Q3 2006. But there is no way i am buying and high end agp card now and upgrading to conroe later. If i did go pci-e now what would my options be? And is it possible to throw in a 7600gt for under $350 cpu/mobo included?
Edit:Now that i think about it its technically AC fault for supplying me a faulty cooler, that killed my card. If i contact them about my problem would they just send me a replacement cooler?
Dilema #1: My story begins when i bought a NV Silencer 5 rev.2 from svc, anyways i got it in today and followed the precise intructions provided and from this site here- http://www.ocia.net/reviews/nvs52/page1.shtml . Anyways when cleaned the surface and installed everything tightly i noticed that one thermal pad from the ram wasnt fully making contact. Even after taking apart and reinstalling the cooler it still wasnt on right, but i thought no big deal if everything else is on right. So i stick it in my rig and bootup and no video comes out.....i start to panic and wonder what ive done wrong and even booted up a couple more times to make sure. So anyways i remove my card and i notice that the core wasnt making very good contact with the heatsink at all? I guess with all my worrying about the ram chips being with good contact i overlooked the contact with the core. Here is when i notice that the copper plate itself isnt balanced to begin with....so its a manufacturer problem. So anyways i tried everything to revive it, putting back on the old cooler but still nothing. I am confident my pc is still fine because i installed an old radeon 9000 and it booted up just fine. So if any of you guys have any suggestions to how to revive my card, please tell?
Dilema #2: Now if my card has actually died i need to purchase a new one. should i go with an x850xt for $240 or 7800gs for $270? Or should i move on to pci-e? Because technically i am not stuck on an agp platform however im trying to keep my costs under $300-$350. But i was originally planning on waiting for conroe which is scheduled for release Q3 2006. But there is no way i am buying and high end agp card now and upgrading to conroe later. If i did go pci-e now what would my options be? And is it possible to throw in a 7600gt for under $350 cpu/mobo included?
Edit:Now that i think about it its technically AC fault for supplying me a faulty cooler, that killed my card. If i contact them about my problem would they just send me a replacement cooler?
Im just trying to see if there is anyway my card is still alive. As for the upgrade options the opty 144 is only at 1.8ghz...i dont really want to overclock it because im both inexperienced in oc'ing AMD's and terrified that i might destroy my cpu because ive heard you need to up the voltages. Will this offer me enough performance for 2 more years? And ive been thinking some more about the 7800gs co, if i purchase the 7800gs i can keep my current system for another 8-10months if i oc 500/1400 maybe for another 12. Which then i will have enough money to upgrade my whole system to conroe and i get to see the real performance gap between AM2 and conroe. Does this make sense to anyone? Or am i being dumb to sped $270 on a 7800gs for agp, and should just go pci-e? Im just worried the performance i will get upgrading to a budget s939+mobo will not satisfy my future gaming needs.
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