Fan suggestion X1950XT

[AshenSugar]

most walmart workers couldnt be arsed to look at the returned item more then a glance.

hell return it and say "it isnt even the right model!!!!! (act very indignant) "

i know somebody who did that with a fx5200 that he got a wallyworld then burned out overclocking, got a 5700, took the 5200back(cleaned up no dust or such) and they didnt even blink, just gave him his refund and said im sorry and have a nice day ROFL

 

[Wile E]

Ashen's right. If you have a reciept, and the item isn't obviously tampered with, they'll just take it back. They don't care, it's a write off for them anyway.

 

[x800professor]

Ashen's right. If you have a reciept, and the item isn't obviously tampered with, they'll just take it back. They don't care, it's a write off for them anyway.

An X1950XT fan will fit on an X1950XTX, right?

 

[Wile E]

An X1950XT fan will fit on an X1950XTX, right?

As far as I know. Not that the clerk would notice anyway.

 

[x800professor]

As far as I know. Not that the clerk would notice anyway.

Crap, they took it off the website. I wonder if they have it in the store...? I'll have to find out tomorrow.

 

[x800professor]

The only other store near me is staples.

 

[Zalmann]

zalmann read around about the x1950 cards, the gt,pro,xt mostly/all use the digital VRM's and dont have good/any cooling on them, newer versions seem to be comming with coolers because it is needed

when the vrm's get to hot they start putting out unclean voltege, causing a crash or other problems, check out sapphires cards(x1900gt and up) many models had these issues with black screens that have been traced back to bad cooling on vrm's :/

Well, if that's the case, then it's really bad design then. I guess the early batches of these cards need to have some modification (heatsinks) added, this should be done by the manufacturers. :shadedshu

 

[x800professor]

UPS tried to deliver the Zalman when I wasn't home, so I found a note on the door. Plus, the X1950XT is on its way back to California. In its place is a 9250 PCI from walmart. Yeah, I'm going to be playing oblivion maxed out on this one...sure

 

[x800professor]

Wow this thing is garbage. It scored 782 on 3dMark03. Now that's bad.

 

[Zalmann]

I take it that it is only a temporary measure then, until you get a new/replacement VC?

 

[x800professor]

I take it that it is only a temporary measure then, until you get a new/replacement VC?

Until the new X1950XT gets here, then it goes back.

 

[x800professor]

The case sure is quieter without the old dustbuster. The loudest thing is the flap that won't stop vibrating on the front of the armor.

 

[AshenSugar]

lol, u may want to just keep the crappy card for emergncys its handy to have one around, i wish my emergncy card was a 92*0 card insted of a 4mb s3 virge

 

[Zalmann]

lol, u may want to just keep the crappy card for emergncys its handy to have one around, i wish my emergncy card was a 92*0 card insted of a 4mb s3 virge

That's a blast from the past, can remember the old S3 cards, they were quite reasonable and affordable.

 

[pt]

lol, u may want to just keep the crappy card for emergncys its handy to have one around, i wish my emergncy card was a 92*0 card insted of a 4mb s3 virge

i have a cirrus logic 4mb card, biggest pos of crap i know
my s3 trio agp is fcked up, it was a good performer in it's days

 

[x800professor]

lol, u may want to just keep the crappy card for emergncys its handy to have one around, i wish my emergncy card was a 92*0 card insted of a 4mb s3 virge

It cost $73. I could get a heck of a lot better card for that. It's going back.

 

[AshenSugar]

ouch, thats INSAIN i have seen them for under 40bucks lol

 

[x800professor]

ouch, thats INSAIN i have seen them for under 40bucks lol

I had a choice between that and an MX4000 for about the same price. I thought they'd at least have an x300 or something.

 

[Zalmann]

My backup VC is an NVIDIA 6800. It's still quite reasonable to use as a main VC, so I'm quite happy with it.

 

[x800professor]

My backup VC is an NVIDIA 6800. It's still quite reasonable to use as a main VC, so I'm quite happy with it.

That's a better card than the majority of people have for their main card. That's a very good backup card. I wish I could magically push my AGP x800GTO@16pp into a PCI-E slot, then I'd be using it right now because it eats this 9200 for a tiny afternoon snack.

 

[Zalmann]

That's a better card than the majority of people have for their main card. That's a very good backup card. I wish I could magically push my AGP x800GTO@16pp into a PCI-E slot, then I'd be using it right now because it eats this 9200 for a tiny afternoon snack.

It used to be my main VC until about a couple of months ago when I bought my x1950pro. It was quite difficult justifying it (to the wife, aka she that must be obeyed), but Christmas is the best time of year, thank you santa.

 

[x800professor]

I know one thing, zalman does a great job with the bottom of the heatsink. It has a mirror finish. I was expecting shiny, but this is pretty much a perfect mirror shine.

 

[AshenSugar]

perty copper bottem huh

 

[x800professor]

Oh...spaghetti monster save me. Same issues with the 9200 that I had with the x1950XT...and now a memory module died. Even the same blue screen I got with whole infinite loop. So, evidently I sent back a perfectly good X1950XT and now have a dead memory stick sitting on my desk that may have been causing the problems....ARRGH!


Oh yes, pretty copper base on that zalman.

 

[AshenSugar]

haha, i never assume its my videocard or any 1 part first, been a tech long enought to know that you cant assume such things without ending up regreting it more times then not

u got 4gb, u can take out 2 and rma the dead "kit" if you have to send the whole kit.

little tip i learned LONG ago, MEMTEST EVERY TIME YOU START HAVING CRASHES, test 5 looped for 20times is normaly a good way to see if the rams wonky, its normaly the test that shows flaws/problems first.

sucks u sent back a good card