HD 6750 replacement fan or card

[CU]

I have an XFX Radeon HD 6750 HD-675X-ZDFR that the fan just died on. I assume the card is still good. It boots into windows then shutdowns after 10 minutes of gaming. What fans can I replace it with? Or, what would be a good card to replace it with. It plays everything my son plays just fine at 1280*1024. The cpu is a G620, and I have him running on integrated for now.

P.S. The box says double lifetime warranty, so I am hoping XFX will replace it. It was bought in 11/27/2013.

 

[RussianSensation]

I have an XFX Radeon HD 6750 HD-675X-ZDFR that the fan just died on. I assume the card is still good. It boots into windows then shutdowns after 10 minutes of gaming. What fans can I replace it with? Or, what would be a good card to replace it with. It plays everything my son plays just fine at 1280*1024. The cpu is a G620, and I have him running on integrated for now.

P.S. The box says double lifetime warranty, so I am hoping XFX will replace it. It was bought in 11/27/2013.

Best course of action would be to contact XFX. They might even send you a better/newer card based on GCN architecture.

 

[iiiankiii]

If you want to do a ghetto fix, you can zip tie a 120mm system fan to it and see if it's good enough to keep the temperature in check. Doesn't hurt to try. I've done it before and it worked.

edit: That's right. XFX usually offer lifetime warranty. I would do that first if you're okay with waiting around for RMA.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150753

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131682

 

[CU]

Best course of action would be to contact XFX. They might even send you a better/newer card based on GCN architecture.

That is what I am hoping for. I just register it today though, and I hope that doesn't matter. I still have the box and all.

 

[SPBHM]

If you want to do a ghetto fix, you can zip tie a 120mm system fan to it and see if it's good enough to keep the temperature in check. Doesn't hurt to try. I've done it before and it worked.

edit: That's right. XFX usually offer lifetime warranty. I would do that first if you're okay with waiting around for RMA.

agreed, the "ghetto fix" should work fine, but if you can use the warranty it's probably the best option...


also, if you want to replace the card, almost anything will be an upgrade, the 6750 is a rebranded 5750 and in your case it's a lot worse than that because the card is using DDR3 memory and not GDDR5 like the original 5750 used.

 

[RussianSensation]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150753

This is MUCH better in this price range:
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...m_re=powercolor_r9_270-_-14-131-545-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131682

I am not sure I'd go with that. I think at that point I'd spend $64 for this as at least it's a modern HTPC card that can be used over the next 5+ years and sip power.

That is what I am hoping for. I just register it today though, and I hope that doesn't matter. I still have the box and all.

This could get tight because your official warranty may have ended November 27, 2015:

If you register any of the specified products noted above online at http://www.xfxforce.com/ within 30 days of purchase, your limited warranty will be EXTENDED for the duration of your life. Registration within 30 days of the date of purchase is a condition precedent to receiving the lifetime warranty.*** - See more at: http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/support/xfx-warranty#sthash.2fAy7UmP.dpuf

Based on how your card's cooler looks, it may be possible to unscrew the top 4 screws, take off the small fan and strap a $5 92mm fan right on top of the existing heatsink:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150684

 

[CU]

This could get tight because your official warranty may have ended November 27, 2015:

If you register any of the specified products noted above online at http://www.xfxforce.com/ within 30 days of purchase, your limited warranty will be EXTENDED for the duration of your life. Registration within 30 days of the date of purchase is a condition precedent to receiving the lifetime warranty.*** - See more at: http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/support/xfx-warranty#sthash.2fAy7UmP.dpuf

Yeah, that is my fear. It is just over 1 week past 2yrs. I would think they would work with me, but you never know. I plan to try though. I already opened a support ticket with them.

 

[LTC8K6]

This is MUCH better in this price range:

I tend to go with and recommend the higher GCN version. R9 270 is 1.0 and R7 360 is 1.1

It's not like he needs a fast card.

 

[RussianSensation]

Yeah, that is my fear. It is just over 1 week past 2yrs. I would think they would work with me, but you never know. I plan to try though. I already opened a support ticket with them.

Nice. Keep us updated. Try messaging this person, see if he can help you.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37576123&postcount=10

 

[XFXSupport]

Yep, shoot me your ticket # and ill see what i can do.

 

[CU]

Yep, shoot me your ticket # and ill see what i can do.

Will do. Thanks.

 

[RussianSensation]

I tend to go with and recommend the higher GCN version. R9 270 is 1.0 and R7 360 is 1.1

It's not like he needs a fast card.

I've noticed that. You should stop doing that because it is horrible advice, no offense. Ever since GCN 1.1 came out, you keep talking about it like it makes some big difference. It doesn't (R9 380X vs. 280X is proof). The main differences it brought are UVD (not relevant for games), tessellation (not relevant for 95% of games against GCN 1.0) and better memory management (not relevant since GCN1.0 doesn't have a memory bandwidth bottleneck).

GCN1.0 R9 270 = 1280 shaders, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs
GCN1.1 R7 360 = 768 shaders, 48 TMUs, 16 ROPs
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9387/amd-radeon-300-series/2

When both cost the same or similar, you should never recommend a way slower GCN1.1 card because the architecture differences are not relevant unless the specs are closely matched.

 

[LTC8K6]

I've noticed that. You should stop doing that because it is horrible advice, no offense. Ever since GCN 1.1 came out, you keep talking about it like it makes some big difference. It doesn't (R9 380X vs. 280X is proof). The main differences it brought are UVD (not relevant for games), tessellation (not relevant for 95% of games against GCN 1.0) and better memory management (not relevant since GCN1.0 doesn't have a memory bandwidth bottleneck).

GCN1.0 R9 270 = 1280 shaders, 80 TMUs, 32 ROPs
GCN1.1 R7 360 = 768 shaders, 48 TMUs, 16 ROPs
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9387/amd-radeon-300-series/2

When both cost the same or similar, you should never recommend a way slower GCN1.1 card because the architecture differences are not relevant unless the specs are closely matched.

He didn't need a faster card, or I would have recommended a faster one, which I already said.

If speed is not a priority, I go with feature set.

 

[RussianSensation]

If speed is not a priority, I go with feature set.

Ya but what feature set does R7 360 GCN 1.1 has that's actually useful? Nothing. TrueAudio? Gimmick. It's too slow for modern games to use tessellation (HairWorks), it's useless to pair with a FreeSync monitor since it's slow to begin with, it's not more efficient in perf/watt. What's the point of recommending a card 2X slower just because it has a slightly newer architecture? It's not even a great HTPC card since it doesn't have HDMI2.0, Main10, full H.265 hardware encoding/decoding, etc. Its architectural features are all gimmicks until we get to R9 380 4GB level.

 

[Binky]

In the same situation, XFX just sent me a new fan that I mounted myself. I have two of those cards sitting in a box somewhere.

 

[LTC8K6]

Ya but what feature set does R7 360 GCN 1.1 has that's actually useful? Nothing. TrueAudio? Gimmick. It's too slow for modern games to use tessellation (HairWorks), it's useless to pair with a FreeSync monitor since it's slow to begin with, it's not more efficient in perf/watt. What's the point of recommending a card 2X slower just because it has a slightly newer architecture? It's not even a great HTPC card since it doesn't have HDMI2.0, Main10, full H.265 hardware encoding/decoding, etc. Its architectural features are all gimmicks until we get to R9 380 4GB level.

I'm not sure what you are going on about.

Had there been a lower end GCN 1.2 card, I would have recommended it. There isn't one.

I didn't sense that the OP wanted to switch to NV, or an NV card might well have been one of my recommendations.

We both gave our opinions and recommendations.

The OP can read them, as well as any others that get posted, and use our info, or reject it.

I didn't ask for any help on video card recommendations, and I am well aware of which cards are faster and which cards are not.

 

[CU]

I mailed my old card out on Monday, and I just got the shipping notice on a XFX R7-250E-ZNP4. I am very pleased with the turn around time and the replacement card. The 250E is a 7750 with DDR5, so it should be a little faster than the old 6750 with DDR3. Plus it has GCN. Count me as a XFX fan.

 

[CuriousMike]

I mailed my old card out on Monday, and I just got the shipping notice on a XFX R7-250E-ZNP4. I am very pleased with the turn around time and the replacement card. The 250E is a 7750 with DDR5, so it should be a little faster than the old 6750 with DDR3. Plus it has GCN. Count me as a XFX fan.

Thanks for the update - these are the kind of stories that makes everyone remember XFX for their next potential GPU purchases.

 

[RussianSensation]

Had there been a lower end GCN 1.2 card, I would have recommended it. There isn't one.

The point is ever since Tonga came out, you have been fixated on various versions of GCN. It wasn't until recently when R9 380X launched that it finally makes sense to recommend it over 280X since there are no trade-offs. Before that R9 280 3GB > 285 2GB, and R9 280X > R9 380 2-4GB but yet you flat out ignored the superior GCN 1.0 3GB cards because they were on an older architecture.

Even AMD disagrees with the press and considers that there are only 2 main variations of GCN, not 3. The 3rd iterations of GCN is Arctic Islands.

I mailed my old card out on Monday, and I just got the shipping notice on a XFX R7-250E-ZNP4. I am very pleased with the turn around time and the replacement card. The 250E is a 7750 with DDR5, so it should be a little faster than the old 6750 with DDR3. Plus it has GCN. Count me as a XFX fan.

Wow, this is great news! Amazing customer service from XFX. :thumbsup:

 

[SPBHM]

I mailed my old card out on Monday, and I just got the shipping notice on a XFX R7-250E-ZNP4. I am very pleased with the turn around time and the replacement card. The 250E is a 7750 with DDR5, so it should be a little faster than the old 6750 with DDR3. Plus it has GCN. Count me as a XFX fan.

that's a big upgrade actually :thumbsup:

 

[cbn]

Thanks for the update - these are the kind of stories that makes everyone remember XFX for their next potential GPU purchases.

That is a great story, but they changed the warranty from Lifetime to 2 years.

So unfortunately next time if a fan breaks getting it replaced will be a lot tougher.

(Personally, I would like to see better reference designs in this industry so a common design becomes more prevalent and we can easily fix the cards ourselves if necessary. With that mentioned, glad to see all R9 Nanos using the same cooler. I know if ever buy that one at least I know the fan should be easy enough to find.).

Too many custom coolers :thumbsdown: (re: hard to fix card if fan breaks).

 

[Binky]

That is a great story, but they changed the warranty from Lifetime to 2 years.

So unfortunately next time if a fan breaks getting it replaced will be a lot tougher.

If you buy something with a warranty, the replacement has the same warranty.

 

[cbn]

If you buy something with a warranty, the replacement has the same warranty.

http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/support/xfx-warranty

How long is the limited warranty on a replacement product (after RMA)?

The standard warranty period is not extended if we repair or replace a warranted product or any parts. However, if the original product is properly registered under the lifetime warranty program, a replacement card that is issued within the first two years of the warranty period will also receive the benefit of the limited lifetime warranty coverage. A third replacement within the first two years of the original warranty period will disqualify the lifetime warranty coverage for the original owner—and will default to the following coverage for the replacement item:

Within 2 years of warranty start date:
2 years limited warranty

After 2 years from warranty start date:
1 year limited warranty

XFX may change the availability of limited hardware warranties, at its discretion, but any changes will not be retroactive.
- See more at: http://www.xfxforce.com/en-us/support/xfx-warranty#sthash.ax5bUWcO.dpuf

 

[cbn]

The newest XFX cards do not have lifetime warranties. That ended with the R9/R7 2xx generation.

Fury and R9/R7 3xx are now 2 year warranty.