OT: So....I'm out for awhile?

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02-02-06, 10:02
MrTrip

OT: So....I'm out for awhile?

Well...video card cooked while in NC.

I'm not blaming it on NC though, so don't go off on me for that, but I was on fire from a fire mob, my screen went all.....weird....and then POOF done.

*sighs* I'm out until I get a new card...

Has anybody elses video card died to NC?
02-02-06, 10:07
rob444

lol, your character was on fire in-game and your gfx card got boiled? hmm :lol:

Well I've heard NC gives great temperatures on ATI's Radeon Xxxx series, some guy started a thread some time ago how his card got overheated while playing neocron and his screen went black.

I have the same problem but only in window mode (THANK GOD FOR THAT!), lucky me it's in window mode only heh :rolleyes:

No gfx card died for me, but overheated, yes.
02-02-06, 10:11
retr0n

I fried my good old GF3 TI550 back in nc1, but I think that was mostly due to
a worn-out-broken-down fan.
02-02-06, 18:40
MrTrip

The fan has been broken for a long time, but I put one of those case coolers that goes in a slot right under it, and it kept it surprisingly cool.

*shrugs* I all ready worked out a deal for a GF6800 so I'm ok :wtf:
02-02-06, 18:45
elGringo

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Originally Posted by MrTrip

I'm not blaming it on NC

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTrip

Has anybody elses video card died to NC?

You aint doing what? :rolleyes:

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTrip

The fan has been broken for a long time, but I put one of those case coolers that goes in a slot right under it, and it kept it surprisingly cool.

..you didnt replace the gpu cooler and now you're wondering why your card "died to NC" ? :lol:
02-02-06, 18:55
MrTrip

Quote:

Originally Posted by elGringo

You aint doing what? :rolleyes:

..you didnt replace the gpu cooler and now you're wondering why your card "died to NC" ? :lol:

I'm sorry, allow me to rephrase that for you.

"Has anybody elses video card died while playing Neocron, while not directly related to Neocron?"

And I did get two new fans for it, but it cooked those too, so I just used a case cooler and it worked flawless for about a year and a half. It was just its time to die.
02-02-06, 20:10
Alchemist

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Originally Posted by elGringo

You aint doing what? :rolleyes:

..you didnt replace the gpu cooler and now you're wondering why your card "died to NC" ? :lol:

Some peoples kids eh?
02-02-06, 20:17
elGringo

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Originally Posted by MrTrip

I'm sorry, allow me to rephrase that for you.

aight - sorry then ...I'll blame that one on my suboptimal english skills ;)
02-02-06, 20:30
Terayon

I found out my geforce 2 broke while playing neocron, but that was my fault :( .

Atleast you can now get a better videocard.
02-02-06, 20:31
MrTrip

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terayon

I found out my geforce 2 broke while playing neocron, but that was my fault :( .

Atleast you can now get a better videocard.

First positive reply :D

Yeah it was my fault that my card broke too, but eh *shrugs* no biggie, the new one will be much better.

I blame it on a design flaw that the 5600 cooked the fan all the time.
02-02-06, 20:31
Karandras

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Originally Posted by rob444

lol, your character was on fire in-game and your gfx card got boiled? hmm :lol:

Well I've heard NC gives great temperatures on ATI's Radeon Xxxx series, some guy started a thread some time ago how his card got overheated while playing neocron and his screen went black.

I have the same problem but only in window mode (THANK GOD FOR THAT!), lucky me it's in window mode only heh :rolleyes:

No gfx card died for me, but overheated, yes.

Still a problem infact, I dont believe it is my graphics card, I got a new mobo which gives it more space, replaced the thermal compound and removed a sticker from underneath the heatsink, aswell as getting an extractor fan one pci slot down. It now runs at very reasonable tempuratures, but the problem is as frequent as ever.
02-02-06, 20:35
MrTrip

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Originally Posted by Karandras

Still a problem infact, I dont believe it is my graphics card, I got a new mobo which gives it more space, replaced the thermal compound and removed a sticker from underneath the heatsink, aswell as getting an extractor fan one pci slot down. It now runs at very reasonable tempuratures, but the problem is as frequent as ever.

Thats what I got was the extractor fan one pci slot down, so that it would pull the heat away like the little onboard fan would, except this did it much better.

The onboard fan cooked 3 times, so I blame it on a design flaw with the FX card I had.

This new one should not over heat like the rest *gets link*

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...s-v9999ge.html

:eek: :D
02-02-06, 20:51
Karandras

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrTrip

Thats what I got was the extractor fan one pci slot down, so that it would pull the heat away like the little onboard fan would, except this did it much better.

The onboard fan cooked 3 times, so I blame it on a design flaw with the FX card I had.

This new one should not over heat like the rest *gets link*

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...s-v9999ge.html

:eek: :D

i still got the heatsink fan running on the gpu, which i used ati tool to spin at 100% except when its below 40C. i just got the extractor fan so the hot wait wouldnt circulate around my case and warm everything else up
02-02-06, 21:51
Rabiator

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Originally Posted by MrTrip

I blame it on a design flaw that the 5600 cooked the fan all the time.

I don't think the fan was "cooked". I think it was merely lousy quality in the first place.
Using low quality fans is unfortunately quite common in the PC market, as good ones would significantly raise the price of the hardware. I have changed quite a few on my own computers over the years.