Meatball wrote on 2022-08-25, 20:16:
This GTX 580 was listed as new and never used. Not only does have video corruption (no matter which DVI or HDMI port is used), but it BSODs Windows whenever its driver is installed, too. I've seen some video corruption cure itself once the card warms up, but not this one. I also ran a Windows repair for the heck of it but matters only worsened. No more tests. Another bad graphics card, and another card going to back to the seller, unfortunately.
These nasty NOvideo GTX Thermi, they like to do this kind of crap, or being totally dead... I did purchase PNY GTX 480 it have the exact same type of shit on the screen. But i will try to recover the card with heat gun.. I did purchase last week an artefacting and crashing without even driver Radeon R9 280x, for the sake of getting the fans, since i had the exact same model (VaporX), but mine did have broken fans, so i did buy the card only for the fans, since it will be cheaper, then getting new ones. So the card did come as bonus, did not work at all past Windows loading screen, it did enter in OS and crashing... But after 10 minutes of 350c heat gunning, now the crap is all gone Prototype II and GTA V work fine, and the card flawless.. Did fix with heat gun before other cards.. Will try to fix that shitty GTX 480 i did get it along with GEforce 7950 GX2 both for 15 euros, the scumbag seller said they both work, but seems he did lie the fucker... Still i did not pay much for these cards, but still it is so hard for some peasants not to lie maybe jesus....
Will see if the HeatGun will be able to ressurect that crap... How much did u pay for that shitty GTX 580 ?
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On other hand the repair of the VaporX went so well, the card is 110% functional now. I dont think it will be short fix, since i know that this kind of artifacts are caused by bad solder joints on memory, meanwhile when the GPU is bad, nothing is visible...
These artifacts look like some of the old NES 8 bit games 🤣 ...
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W3680 4.5/ GA-x58 UD7/ R9 280x
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