Recent content by BC101

Yes, I have one of the original 'batch' - as you can see in my former post, I got the card at the end of December. So I'm running with the original specs, and have had nothing but excellent performance and no crashes or issues in both 2D and the most current 3D games.

I had some of those low-profile Enzotech ramsinks, but I too have decided not to install them as heat is not a problem with this card. So it's kind of pointless, a waste of money, and one more thing to be a potential problem. I've had the card since 12/27, running it every day with my GPU / Mem...

My fingers are crossed for ya Vlad... you deserve to get a fully functioning card especially after the hassle you've been through!

Odd that it doesn't address the issue people were reporting with the RAM. Basically, it's the same fan, but a different heatsink... which may drop the GPU temp a couple degrees, but that was never a problem. I mean, mine runs 'hot' because I have a relatively low airflow case, and it's still...

Gainward owns Gigabyte? :confused:

The problem, if it is the RAM, isn't with just this card. It's with all 8800GT's that are using the Qimonda 10ns RAM. For shits, do an internet search with: "[your brand here] 8800GT problems" - you'll find a thread for just about every other mfr.'s card as well. For instance, Xman got a 'good'...

What I'm saying is you can't pull the Occam card here because it's not like everybody has a bad card. It's the RAM for you, and for others it could be a Vista issue when trying to get rid of old drivers unsuccessfully, or it could be a GPU issue for others (I think Vlad had that). It could be...

But it's not the RAM for me, since I have the same RAM as you and don't have any problems with anything. And BTW, I didn't just run ATiTool. I've been running Crysis, Bioshock, etc., with all settings maxed, for hours on end, with zero crashes, artifacts, etc., and I have the Qimonda 10ns RAM...

Maybe it's the 169.21's that I'm using that are working out nicely? I ran the ATiTool test to demonstrate that I wasn't getting any of the artifacts that people were complaining of seeing in their cards. However, with the GPU resetting... that's a toughie. I'm getting 3-4 hours straight of...

Hopefully someone who is having a problem can report on this, as I just finished up another 2 hour Bioshock funfest - again with no problems. Not to mention I replayed and refinished Crysis last week / weekend on this card as well with zero incidents / issues. I'm currently running the 169.21...

Well, it's there now, although out of stock. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125081

I know! It made absolutely no sense to me. I have no idea why nVidia decided to do that...

Ah... I just took a quick internet tour and XFX, BFG, Galaxy, etc. all seem to have some thread somewhere talking about the same problems people are describing here with the Gigabyte. From what I've seen, either you've got one that can handle the factory OC, or you don't and have to scale it...

I wish I knew what the potential problem with this card is because I haven't encountered one yet and would like to know if I'm "at risk". There may be some commonality with mobos, PSU 12v rail amps, CPU types, etc. among the people having issues and it would be nice to know what those factors...

It's just an Antec Sonata... I love the case, but it does get a bit cramped inside!