This is not a thread to bash a company. Please do not come in and swing slander and get my thread locked.
I have been looking at buying 2 290s (but missed out on two hot deals so far! ARGH) to replace my 2 670s. At prices dipping under 500 AR including 6 games total for 2.. it is hard to resist.
During my investigations I have found that there are some models I should not touch. Not going to name any brands and models but if you look on newegg and Amazon you will see them with 2 and 3 stars and 50% 1 star ratings. Many of them wrote about getting black screen reboots. I did a search and found quite a few threads on other forums where people discussed this and various attempts to solve it. Many users are reporting continued issues even after RMA and while certain models seem to suffer more or at least have more outspoken users I have seen at least one post from basically every brand. One theory is that the VRM temperature is getting too high and that on some cards / in some cases they may be more prone to this.
My question is, is there anyone on here who has experienced this or knows someone who has, and if so, was it a simple fix like upping the voltage slightly or turning the fans higher or was the card simply a dud?
It is really making me rethink my value oriented purchase. The last time I had AMD I did have some issues that I had to resolve myself including changes to the firmware due to downclocking on multiple monitors not working correctly. I don't want to purchase $500 bucks in hardware and have my friends who bought 970's giving me the I told you so look.
I have been looking at buying 2 290s (but missed out on two hot deals so far! ARGH) to replace my 2 670s. At prices dipping under 500 AR including 6 games total for 2.. it is hard to resist.
During my investigations I have found that there are some models I should not touch. Not going to name any brands and models but if you look on newegg and Amazon you will see them with 2 and 3 stars and 50% 1 star ratings. Many of them wrote about getting black screen reboots. I did a search and found quite a few threads on other forums where people discussed this and various attempts to solve it. Many users are reporting continued issues even after RMA and while certain models seem to suffer more or at least have more outspoken users I have seen at least one post from basically every brand. One theory is that the VRM temperature is getting too high and that on some cards / in some cases they may be more prone to this.
My question is, is there anyone on here who has experienced this or knows someone who has, and if so, was it a simple fix like upping the voltage slightly or turning the fans higher or was the card simply a dud?
It is really making me rethink my value oriented purchase. The last time I had AMD I did have some issues that I had to resolve myself including changes to the firmware due to downclocking on multiple monitors not working correctly. I don't want to purchase $500 bucks in hardware and have my friends who bought 970's giving me the I told you so look.
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