Is my Video card is koopoot ?

[Mir96TA]

My 8800 GTS 640 started to show image as a water colour pic then it locked-up
Now it is showing images with lines like it has a bad memory
and It wont log in to windows; unless I go in Safe Mode
Here are the images
If I do same thing bake in Oven will it fix the problem ?

What you all think time to buy new Video Card ?

 

[IBuyUFO]

Looks like it. Those artifacts don't look good even during boot up.

 

[ahenkel]

I had lines like that on an 8800gt and I baked it. It was still borked. However experiences may vary. If its busted already might as well try it.

 

[thescreensavers]

Yep if its broken already baking it is just for shits and giggles.

 

[tweakboy]

That looks like something that's gonna get worse over time then die. Do a RMA my friend,,, what company u got ,, thx gl

 

[Mir96TA]

It is EVGA, this product had a Life warranty
But since I didn't register when I bought it
so I have No warrantty
I will not buy another EVGA because of such a warrantty

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

It is EVGA, this product had a Life warranty
But since I didn't register when I bought it
so I have No warrantty
I will not buy another EVGA because of such a warrantty

That's not EVGA's fault, and is a poor reason to say you won't buy another one. They are probably the best video card manufacturer out there, and it takes all of five minutes to register. If you had done things correctly, you'd probably be getting a better card back.

 

[Mir96TA]

That's not EVGA's fault, and is a poor reason to say you won't buy another one. They are probably the best video card manufacturer out there, and it takes all of five minutes to register. If you had done things correctly, you'd probably be getting a better card back.

It is 100 % EVGA fault. They are the one who are having and practicing and implementing horrific and stingiest policy.
I didn’t knew if I have to register it to take a benefit of the lifetime warranty. I am living the world were I can get benefit with call the manufacture they replace the product. Only time I have to show receipt, when warranty about hovering on the edge of warranty expatriation.
Perhaps I have a world class expectation; cause I may have expose to manufacturer like Kingston, AMD, Intel etc
I had a Kingston memory; It went bad I called them let them know; I gave them my credit card and they freaking FedEx me amd then I send them replacement. Now that is Customer services.
With AMD I just gave them my tracking # of ground shipment they FeDEx me the product. Intel is no different either. They replace the HSF and CPU without a breaking a sweat and FedEx me.
Most Single expensive product was in my computer is EVGA GPU card. I have spend like half a grand on that card; and think I got fastest and badest card; didn't knew I had to register...........
O well lesson learn...... wise....... A Huge learning Curve

 

[Mir96TA]

I was thinking about going with Readon 5850 with original reference design.
Cause it push hot air out from the case.
What would be most expensive brand with life warrantty. I know I may have to register it.
I am thinking 5850 will be modest video card not too high not too low.
I do not have to stick with ATi I can switch to Nvidia too. However I do want DX 11 card.
Ang sugggestions ?

 

[tweakboy]

Do it now. Go register now. Its legit granted I believe it does not matter when your register, like when u bought card etc etc,,, you can still do it Im saying.

Go register and good luck my friend

 

[Quiksilver]

It is 100 % MY fault. They are the one who are having and practicing and implementing a teriffic and flexible policy.
I didn’t knew if I have to register it to take a benefit of the lifetime warranty.

Fixed that for you.
It's your fault, not theirs.

If you bothered to read any of the documentation when you bought your card you would have known to register your card.

...and before you start spouting anymore bullshit because you fucked up, have you bothered to talk to one of EVGA's CSR's? 90% of the people who forget to register their card are still allowed to RMA if you talk to a CSR.

 

[Athadeus]

Did your keyboard break too?

Xfx is the only ATi vendor that has a lifetime warranty as far as I know, and I think it does not require registration at all. Gigabyte has 3 year, which I think is always plenty sufficient, and that definitely does not require registration. I am not sure if nVidia vendors besides eVGA offer lifetime warranties, but once again, there are a number of 3 year ones that are fine.

I have had superb customer service for Kingston HyperX memory before, and very good customer service from ATI (had a made by ATI 9800pro), Intel, and Asus. I think eVGA should do at least 2 years of warranty without registration, but it is their choice and I'm sure you would have known if you read a bit of your documentation.

 

[Mir96TA]

Do it now. Go register now. Its legit granted I believe it does not matter when your register, like when u bought card etc etc,,, you can still do it Im saying.

Go register and good luck my friend

If they do honner the warrantty " I will soil my pants" and will become their life time customer.

Fixed that for you.
It's your fault, not theirs.

If you bothered to read any of the documentation when you bought your card you would have known to register your card.

...and before you start spouting anymore bullshit because you fucked up, have you bothered to talk to one of EVGA's CSR's? 90% of the people who forget to register their card are still allowed to RMA if you talk to a CSR.

Actually No I didn't speak them till I posted here!
I did speak to them afterword; there is a light grim of chance they look into it.
Suppose to case to case bases!
Yes I didn't read that PDF file; which is in the CD

Did your keyboard break too?

Xfx is the only ATi vendor that has a lifetime warranty as far as I know, and I think it does not require registration at all. Gigabyte has 3 year, which I think is always plenty sufficient, and that definitely does not require registration. I am not sure if nVidia vendors besides eVGA offer lifetime warranties, but once again, there are a number of 3 year ones that are fine.

I have had superb customer service for Kingston HyperX memory before, and very good customer service from ATI (had a made by ATI 9800pro), Intel, and Asus. I think eVGA should do at least 2 years of warranty without registration, but it is their choice and I'm sure you would have known if you read a bit of your documentation.

I also had very Good Customer support from ATi for my AIW 9800 PRO; I Thought that was lot to do for me being in their town:awe:

 

[MentalIlness]

fixed that for you.
It's your fault, not theirs.

If you bothered to read any of the documentation when you bought your card you would have known to register your card.

...and before you start spouting anymore bullshit because you fucked up, have you bothered to talk to one of evga's csr's? 90% of the people who forget to register their card are still allowed to rma if you talk to a csr.

+100

 

[Face2Face]

XFX is the best when it comes to warranty. I was given a old 9800 GTX that was defective. I sent in a request for RMA and told them the situation and they honored it. How in heck can you beat that?

 

[Mir96TA]

XFX is the best when it comes to warranty. I was given a old 9800 GTX that was defective. I sent in a request for RMA and told them the situation and they honored it. How in heck can you beat that?

I wouldn't think EVGA would that gold for me.
Let see ..........
Lot of people keep saying it is my fault I didn't register. I think they fail to understand; I didn't knew or I was aware I have to register to get the warrantty (Lifetime)
I always think register = Junk Mail.
If I knew I suppose to register and I didn't that would be different.
Any rate...... lesson learn wise!

 

[thescreensavers]

I had to register my 6800gt, had to RMA it they got me back a card fast.

 

[PCTC2]

Both XFX and eVGA require you to register your product. It's their warranty, it's their policy, and you have to live by it to get your replacements. It's called running a business. It is your fault.

I can personally speak for eVGA's warranty. I've replaced a 7950GT (artifacting and replaced with an 8800GT), two GTX260s (one DOA and one artifacting), and I replaced my eVGA 680i SLI a few times (killing RAM, quad-core revision update, and also returned it because it didn't overclock enough. Yes. They allowed that back then.). I've never had a problem as long as I followed by their rules. Usually a 1-2 day turn around on their end. So a few days to mail it to them, 1-2 days processing, and a few days back. I've paid for their EAR 2-day crossshipping and it was worth it for my motherboard. It's their business. And they're a great company. I hope XFX is similar, since I own 3 of their ATI cards.

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

I wouldn't think EVGA would that gold for me.
Let see ..........
Lot of people keep saying it is my fault I didn't register. I think they fail to understand; I didn't knew or I was aware I have to register to get the warrantty (Lifetime)
I always think register = Junk Mail.
If I knew I suppose to register and I didn't that would be different.
Any rate...... lesson learn wise!

No, we know exactly what you're saying. The warranty didn't matter enough to you when you bought it to actually READ about it, and now you expect them to honor the best warranty in the business (which they might anyway) even though you didn't do the one thing that they ask you to do. This attitude really bugs me. You are the one that messed up, not them. Don't go around badmouthing them because you were too lazy to even glance at the warranty information.

XFX has the best warranty for ATi cards. Just be aware that you have to cross your eyes, touch the tip of your nose, and say "XFX" backwards three times to be eligible for it.

 

[Mir96TA]

You call it what ever, I do not see as a Fault.
For me fault is a responsibility for wrongdoing. I didn't do any thing wrong.
I was just not aware their life time warranty stipulate at the time of purchase.
Yes it was my first EVGA purchase. Regardless ..... Moving foward....
Yes it is their business and their policy. However it is my money and it is matter to me how much policy is a favorable to me. It is my choice to like the policy or not.
I am not questioning how they handly agrement when you do abide by their rules and policy.
It is just I didn't like their rule; cause it is not favarable to me at all. Now if they do bend over their rules for case to case bases; I will be shock to sirprise and they will win me as a life time customer.
Perhaps I may sound like I am jumping the gun and saying EVGA said SOL even though I am register etc etc.... NO I am not.
I am just saying I didn't like their policy~

Both XFX and eVGA require you to register your product. It's their warranty, it's their policy, and you have to live by it to get your replacements. It's called running a business. It is your fault.

I can personally speak for eVGA's warranty. I've replaced a 7950GT (artifacting and replaced with an 8800GT), two GTX260s (one DOA and one artifacting), and I replaced my eVGA 680i SLI a few times (killing RAM, quad-core revision update, and also returned it because it didn't overclock enough. Yes. They allowed that back then.). I've never had a problem as long as I followed by their rules. Usually a 1-2 day turn around on their end. So a few days to mail it to them, 1-2 days processing, and a few days back. I've paid for their EAR 2-day crossshipping and it was worth it for my motherboard. It's their business. And they're a great company. I hope XFX is similar, since I own 3 of their ATI cards.

 

[IBuyUFO]

Did your keyboard break too?

Xfx is the only ATi vendor that has a lifetime warranty as far as I know, and I think it does not require registration at all. Gigabyte has 3 year, which I think is always plenty sufficient, and that definitely does not require registration. I am not sure if nVidia vendors besides eVGA offer lifetime warranties, but once again, there are a number of 3 year ones that are fine.

I have had superb customer service for Kingston HyperX memory before, and very good customer service from ATI (had a made by ATI 9800pro), Intel, and Asus. I think eVGA should do at least 2 years of warranty without registration, but it is their choice and I'm sure you would have known if you read a bit of your documentation.

You need to register with XFX for their double lifetime warranty or it's 1 year I believe.

And I want to add that in today's society no one wants to take responsibility for their own actions and would rather blame someone else. Next thing you know we're sueing everyone that look at us the wrong way. Oh wait, that has already happened.

 

[Mir96TA]

No, we know exactly what you're saying. The warranty didn't matter enough to you when you bought it to actually READ about it, and now you expect them to honor the best warranty in the business (which they might anyway) even though you didn't do the one thing that they ask you to do. This attitude really bugs me. You are the one that messed up, not them. Don't go around badmouthing them because you were too lazy to even glance at the warranty information.

XFX has the best warranty for ATi cards. Just be aware that you have to cross your eyes, touch the tip of your nose, and say "XFX" backwards three times to be eligible for it.

It is not abot lazyness.
I just didn't pop the CD in the computer to read the PDF manual.
I did bought it EVGA because their out standing Cx services and their life time warranty.
O ' Well what is done, is done. Its time move on and what I can do....
I will give them a call with my recipt to see what they have to say....
I am not hopping any thing in my favor. ......

 

[Bill Brasky]

I can sympathize with you. I didn't read the fine print and register my xfx in time. But you still gotta man up...

 

[Mir96TA]

I can sympathize with you. I didn't read the fine print and register my xfx in time. But you still gotta man up...

As I said lession learn wise!
I just look at the invoice..... It was excatly 3 years ago on 15 June
Invoice was printed with Time Expire INK
Darn thing is almost impossable to read.
I hope Tireger Direct can re print the invoice

 

[Bill Brasky]

As I said lession learn wise!
I just look at the invoice..... It was excatly 3 years ago on 15 June
Invoice was printed with Time Expire INK
Darn thing is almost impossable to read.
I hope Tireger Direct can re print the invoice

Good luck and let us know how it turns out. Did you overclock your card or stress it in any way? I was just wondering if normal wear and tear caused your card to die.