X800XT Display Corruption!! Help!

[ironique]

Hi guys,

Was dusting out my PC, took out my X800XT to clean it and dropped it accidentally. There's no physical damage I can see, not broken capacitors or anything like that, but now the display is corrupt! In DOS, in Windows, in BIOS! Did i just kill my card or could there be a way to fix it?? I know it's an old card by now but I spent $470 on this baby! She's gotta live!!!

 

[Stumps]

well dropping them usually does kill em....now it's a $470 frisbee

you probably got a crack in the PCB or core.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

That sucks dude 🙁 sorry

 

[Stumps]

did you catch it on the first bounce?

 

[ironique]

*sigh* I guess this means only one thing... time to get me that X1950XT i've been dreaming about....

 

[Hyperlite]

no. stop dreaming about an X1950XT and get a 8800GTS. no, i don't care how much more it is! :thumbsup: 😉

 

[Makaveli]

ya since there hasn't been any price drops on the X1950 series yet, I would opt for the 8800GTS in that price range.

but I think the X1900XT is probably the best value right now.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: Makaveli
ya since there hasn't been any price drops on the X1950 series yet, I would opt for the 8800GTS in that price range.

but I think the X1900XT is probably the best value right now.

The X1950XT is around $270 on Newegg.com as well. I'd rather have a 512MB X1900XT though and just overclock it if you can find one reasonably priced.