My vid card exploded'd!! :'(

[Espair]

It was a GeForce 8600GT may it RIP as it was a very nice card.

Anyways, when i took it out to see what was wrong, I noticed 3 of the bigger capacitors were burst. The tops were open and brown stuff was slightly commin out of one. Never a good sign : / Its strange though, the past like month or so, I noticed a LOUD popping noise, NO idea where it was commin from like a loud ballon pop. I've heard three total pops and I can guess it was these things bursting after all.

So my question to you is, why would this happen? Was it age goin on like 2 maybe 3 years? Maybe a PSU issue? Driver issue?

When i buy my new card I dont want this same thing happening, also, i like to know why things happen out of curiosity. If anyone has an idea please share

Lastly my new card is going to be a radeon 4870 or 50, single. To go with the new monitor I just bought before this happened.

 

[mickey megabyte]

ati sux

nvidia blows

 

[DocBrown]

Excess heat, over-clocking, old age !

 

[Steve123MC]

If i were to guess, It would seem like your brand of the 8600GT had been using inferior components.
Can you supply more details about your video card?

 

[Espair]

Sure, foremost, the brand in question was XFX, PCI express, 256 MB of DDR3 RAM. I hadnt OCed it at all. I still have the box and it says 540MHz (card says on it too, these specs).

 

[SquonkSC]

Excess heat, over-clocking, old age !

I second that entirely. + old type cheap ass capacitors.

You could replace them with new capacitors, and the card will work again.

 

[Espair]

I dont have a soldering iron for that but my friend does!! When he comes back from up north maybe that can be something we attempt.

 

[DocBrown]

I second that entirely. + old type cheap ass capacitors.

You could replace them with new capacitors, and the card will work again.

How about my Flux Capacitors :huh:

 

[Steve123MC]

Sure, foremost, the brand in question was XFX, PCI express, 256 MB of DDR3 RAM. I hadnt OCed it at all. I still have the box and it says 540MHz (card says on it too, these specs).

I don't suppose you registered on the XFX website within the 30 days of purchase to receive the lifetime warranty did you?

 

[Steve123MC]

How about my Flux Capacitors :huh:

:roflmao: Sounds expensive, How much?

 

[Espair]

I don't suppose you registered on the XFX website within the 30 days of purchase to receive the lifetime warranty did you?

No =(

Is HIS a good brand?

 

[DocBrown]

Wow, Look on eBay

 

[Steve123MC]

Capacitor Replacement Tutorial

 

[Espair]

Nice vid thanks, i'll look up the next one by that guy definitly

Though i will get a new card i still wanna fix this one at some point in time

 

[Steve123MC]

If i were you i would stick with Nvidia.
How much $ did you want to spend for your next graphics card?

 

[Espair]

150$-200$ish, i was thinkin radeon for a change since they have GDDR5 memory and GeForce is a little more expensive.

I can get a 4870 1GB 750 clock speed for 150ish.

I have a question, would it be worth the extra 50$ for the 4890?

And whats this about the 5000 series i hear, would that give these cards a decent price drop?

im on my dads laptop which is a pain and getting hot so im gonna log i'll look more tomarrow

 

[Steve123MC]

I would suggest either the BFG GeForce GTX 275 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

or the BFG GeForce GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE 55 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16

Also check out Benchmarks here ATI Radeon HD 4890 vs. Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 - TechSpot

A couple other reasons to go with Nvidia are:
1. Nvidia are pulling in many game developers to use their PhysX and other technologies.
2. Nvidia has better driver support than ATI.

I think you have a good point about ATI's next graphics card having an effect on prices.
You should see price drops from both nvidia and ati.

 

[skunksmash]

also......see if you can stick your PSU on a ''multimeter'', make sure the voltages are up to spec & not fluctuating wildly on the 12v rail..


if your PSU is on its way out, it has a funny way of taking out other components as it leaves....lol

what is your PSU..?? (make / model)

 

[dw96]

ati sux

Then why do you say in your system specs that you love your ATI???

 

[mickey megabyte]

Then why do you say in your system specs that you love your ATI???

because nvidia blows (capacitors)