4870x2 died only 5 months old -_-

[laszlo]

if you want to avoid to loose money(you can't work) instead of you i'll buy a 2nd rig or spare card to can continue a started project;the investment is minimal compared to the loss

 

[overclocking101]

sapphire always treated me good and always took my rma's even after 10 day of purchase so looks like you guys are talk from what you hear or assumptions or both. idk mine is personal experience with athlon micro

 

[Zubasa]

Well, I was just agreeing with Sapphire with this case.
You ("DaedalusHelios") are the one who bring up the F word.

The point is, in any OEM product the original manufactuer is not liable to any warranty.
What this means is if you buy an HP, even you know who make the components the manufacturer have no resposnibility on the components.
The who computer is consider a single product of HP, and only HP is liable to any warranty or service.

 

[DaedalusHelios]

My only point to this is that I have had bad luck with Sapphire and the 4 series ATi. The 3 series ATi I had no problems using Sapphire. Maybe its bad luck.

 

[Zubasa]

I had bad luck OC with HIS cards, but really it isn't their responsiblity.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

eitherway card is halfway to its destination so by monday ill have my answer im hoping its full refund lol that will almost cover 2 5850s and i got lucky and sold a few things laying around so i can afford a Gigabyte 790gx am2+ board to replace my dead asrock (rma going to take forever

 

[Anath]

eitherway card is halfway to its destination so by monday ill have my answer im hoping its full refund lol that will almost cover 2 5850s and i got lucky and sold a few things laying around so i can afford a Gigabyte 790gx am2+ board to replace my dead asrock (rma going to take forever

wow dude thats awesome if they do give you a full refund its almost a good thing that it died...besides you losing the 4k accounts of course.

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

yea the ahem 4k i was originally going to make was gonna go into a watercooling setup and 2 5870x2 when they came out along with an i7 rig but no luck i guess ah well

i figure $424 is the refund for 4870x2 and 2 5850s are $520 so the new mobo at $119 and im good to go just need a really good work week next week to make up some lost cash when all the new parts arrive ill have to PRAY microsoft lets me reuse my oem vista 64bit cd key otherwise ill be short and still have to wait on asrock gah i guess what im getting at is luck is a dbl edged sword and for whomever it was said have a 2nd machine for back up we dont all have the cash to do it the 4k for those 2 jobs were my FIRST jobs in respect to what they were and my first major cash cow in over 6 months

 

[crazyeyesreaper]

well newegg refunded me $374.99 out of the $424 so i had just enough money saved to grab

2 sapphire 5850 1gigs the only card avaible on newegg (i wanted a different brand damn it)

1 gigabyte 790gx motherboard the ud4h i believe

1 samsung F3 1 terabyte (just in case my psu is bad

and some noctua h1 thermal grease (i have arctic silver 5 but it takes way to long to set as far as im concerned so replacing it with something else)

ill do my own mini review later on detailing how the 5850s respond to a Phenom II 940 and DDR2 800 and how clock speed etc impacts them in both single card and crossfire on a more mainstream platform then the usual i7 at xx speed lol