Recent content by remekra

Yeah back with my old card that basically had one VRAM chip bare without any contact to the heatsink max memory temp was 74-78, during memtest vulkan stress test it stopped at 80. So either they are so efficient or it reports average of all chips, rather than a hotspot. Now with new GPU it...

Why should you pay this much money for a GPU to fix it yourself? It's not customer job to fix mistakes done by manufacturer. If said manufacturer isn't able to fix it's then refund is needed and you go to a different one.

Yeah if my second card starts degrading even on just core I will RMA again but will not send the card until I have written confirmation of a refund.

Installed it over the weekend and did some quick testing in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Overclocked it to the same values as before so +375 on core and +2000 on memory, power limit raised to 450W. The temps on memory dropped a lot. When I did the same run in KCD2 before sending the card the...

My replacement card is 2514, so we will see how's the application and if it will slip after some time. Just got the card and it's in fact a brand new one. All the stickers etc. are in place. As for the gel application, here are some pics (I don't have macro lens in my phone, so did as best I...

Once I have it I will of course post pictures on how it looks now. Even for comparison sake after some time.

Well, I've got an update on my card. Got info from retailer that a new GPU is sent my way, should probably arrive tomorrow. They have also sent me a serial number and it starts with 2514 so card was made in April. It's a lot better than scraping off the excess and telling it's fixed so I'm happy...

I'll just update that I still got no update from Gigabyte service, 2 weeks now almost. EDIT Back when it started their PR rep reached out to me here in DM, but now no response for couple of days when I asked for update on the case. There is also a ticket in their esupport portal and same...

I wrote to retailer where I raised an RMA and asked about how long it will take for Gigabyte service to finish whatever they are doing. And they got max 30 days but usually they are done in 14. If after 14-30 days of not having my card I will receive just scrapped off thermal gel I will lose my...

Oh you've got to be kidding me. I didn't expect much from them but this? Time to send those photos everywhere you can. This level of incompetence is disgusting. I would do everything you can to go for a refund. If it's Gigabyte authorized service then it's Gigabyte fault.

Over a week since I sent a card to service, at least full one week when they have it and no update at all. Yeah, seems like good old Gigabyte to me.

First they claimed its only cosmetic which was proven false. Now as I feared they will just reapply it. I would not change the case. I would stress test it for long, long time to accelerate the eventual spill and then contact them again this time demanding refund. That's what I will do if they...

Saying that it was a bad mix but now it's a good one is not enough IMO. Mine was oldest possible from first week of 2025.

If mine will arrive with just changed thermal gel, I expect a full explanation on how this thermal gel is different than the last one so that it will not spill this time. I will post that response everywhere I can. If this is their fix to just reapply it then they need to provide a reason why...

When I created RMA request on the retailer website I added all the links to news outlets about this, letting them know that it's my card in them. Also attached a screenshot from Gigabyte Esupport website. In hopes that it will not take them 1 month to finish RMA process, whatever their solution...