POLL - Problems with 6800 series cards

[nitromullet]

There have been a lot of people asking about which manufacturer they should go with, and no one really seems to have a conclusive answer. I think the best way to route out the inferior brands would be to list those with the most problems.

There are two polls to make this more effective:

What brand 6800 series card have you had issues with?

The idea of this poll is for only people who have had problems with their 6800 series video card to be able to chime in and "vote' on the brand they have had problems with. Please vote only if you have one of these cards and have had hardware problems at the stock settings. This would include overheating and/or required RMA, but not user error, software issues, or OCing problems.

What brand 6800 series do you have?

Anyone with a 6800 series card should answer this. We need to know what people own. This should help add meaning to the first poll, since if no one owns say an AOpen card, then there would be 0 failures. If this were the case, obvioulsy, it wouldn't be accurate to say that AOpen cards have the best cards.

 

[JBT]

I've got a PNY GT that OC's passed Ultra levels just fine. I have no problems to report.

 

[jonesthewine]

I have an eVGA 6800GT which will run 400/1.1 no problem, but which I run at stock speeds because that is plenty fast. No problems with the card so far.

 

[MDE]

BFG 6800GT here, no problems in the ~6 hours I've had it.

 

[ViperV990]

Another BFG GT here... no problems so far. Love the card 🙂

 

[Bateluer]

Need to add Gainward to the list.

I've had no issues with my Asus V9999GE, just sold it today though. For the 28 days I had it, the card was flawless.

 

[WeirdZen]

I have a gainward 6800, so I didn't vote. The stock cooler (dual Slot) is very good, but loud. I understand that their latest expert utility has a fan throttle, but I have not tried it because I just switched over to water cooling. The gainward is a good card, and with gainwards utility clocks at 350/800 default.

I'm very happy with it, and I have not had any 2d analog issues like I did with the evga card.

 

[Schadenfroh]

fan on my asus 4200 went out

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
fan on my asus 4200 went out

OMG?! I better not get an Asus 6800 because that fan might go out :Q.

 

[reallyscrued]

i have an eVGA 6800NU. best choice IMO, who doesnt love a free farcry or doom3? anyway, it runs 420,790 max, no probs. it needs an extra tenth of a volt or two. my friend is getting one too, if he has any problems with that one, ill post.

 

[Matthias99]

I just wanted to put a note in this thread that, given the small number of people who actually own 6800-class video cards here, any results you get are going to be pretty much useless. For products that rarely fail (like most computer hardware), you need a very large sample size before you can get accurate reliability data.

 

[nick1985]

evga at 427/1.18 no problems here

 

[joecool]

Originally posted by: JBT
I've got a PNY GT that OC's passed Ultra levels just fine. I have no problems to report.

ditto ... it's a sweet card. only downside is nothing bundled. i'd get the evga for the free far cry.

 

[nRollo]

There are no known issues with the 6800 cards- the mods should remove this poll immediately.



































Psych. 😉

 

[Darthvoy]

PNY 6800gt OC to ultra with stock cooling....No problems at all in about a month, and about 2-5 hours of gaming a day.

 

[Acanthus]

need results buttons for both, im interested in the results.

 

[FuFighterStan]

I have a BFG 6800 GT. No issues. Running at 400/1.1

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
fan on my asus 4200 went out

OMG?! I better not get an Asus 6800 because that fan might go out :Q.

Yeah not sure exactly what this has to do with the thread... how old is the Ti 4200 now anyways? 3 years?

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
need results buttons for both, im interested in the results.

There is a results button built in... There has been since they did the upgrade why does everyone always ask this? It says "View Results" you even have the option of going back and then voting too.

 

[nitromullet]

Edit. nm

 

[rbV5]

I have no real outstanding issues with my eVGA 6800 other than the complete lack of driver support for the Programmable Video Processor, and poor 1080i support for my HTPC. I know the PVP suport is definately not brand specific, and I doubt the 1080i support is also. I voted I had issues with my eVGA, but it is more 6800 general issues.

 

[Manzelle]

Gainward Golden Sample Dual DVI @ 420/1200 - no problems whatsoever...

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: rbV5
I have no real outstanding issues with my eVGA 6800 other than the complete lack of driver support for the Programmable Video Processor, and poor 1080i support for my HTPC. I know the PVP suport is definately not brand specific, and I doubt the 1080i support is also. I voted I had issues with my eVGA, but it is more 6800 general issues.

Please vote only if you have one of these cards and have had hardware problems at the stock settings. This would include overheating and/or required RMA, but not user error, software issues, or OCing problems.

So far, I need to subtract one point from Asus for the problems and ownership, since it't a Ti4200, and one from eVGA for problems as well because lack of features has absolutely nothing to do with hardware problems.

 

[lordtyranus]

First PNY 6800 GT artifacted in Mother Nature test in 3dmark03 and Farcry. Returned to compusa, and second is running great.

 

[nitromullet]

That would certainly count as a vote against PNY.