My GTX 770 just died after 2 years and 2 months.
What the fuck? I feel like killing myself. What the fuck am i supposed to do? That's like 300$ of unexpected additional costs if i buy a new GPU.
And what's with this fucking life time? 2 years, seriously? It never ran hotter than 70° either. I'm so fucking mad.
>>343647392
Have you overclocked it?
>>343647392
Prices of 9xx are falling like crazy, you can get a 980 for less than 300 bucks, if you don't mind buying used cards.
Also, what brand did you buy?
>>343647720
MSI Twin Frozr
>>343647631
Nope. It just ran normally. I wasn't even ingame when it died, just browsing 4chan when suddenly my monitor said no input, tried uninstalling GPU drivers etc. booting up in safe mode, it's fucking dead. I'm on my onboard GPU now.
>>343647392
This is what you get for buying shitty PSU. If you don't have a shitty PSU, you must be the unluckiest motherfucker alive.
>>343647985
http://www.bequiet.com/en/powersupply/282 is my PSU senpai. It should be pretty good desu.
>>343647392
>mfw my 770 is 2 years old
should I be worried?
>>343648960
Yea that one is alright. Guess you're an unlucky motherfucker then.
>>343649104
You should, because mine didn't even show any signs of dying
>>343649104
the 770 is basically a rebranded 680
My 680 is like 4-5 years and it's still going strong. You shouldn't need to worry.
How do people even have cards die on them? I mean seriously, I think I've gone through at least 10 card throughout my life both Nvidia and AMD, and I've never had one die on me.
>>343647720
Or he could just get a 480 for 200 which essentially is a 980
Just sounds like bad luck. Have had cards fail after 6 months and the same card after it's been replaced last 5 years (still runs, just upgraded it). Technology just fails eventually, there's no set date of failure.
Can i just replace it with a 980 or something and keep the >>343648960 480W PSU?
I don't really know if power consumption is just additive.
>tfw my gobshite 5750 HD lived for 7 fucking years
are AMD from former-soviet countries?
>>343647720
They don't even need to be used, I've seen new ones for 300
>>343649885
I don't know either, poor cleaning maybe? To my mind if the gpu isn't broken right out of the box it will last so long that when it eventually breaks it has outlived it's usefulness anyway
>been using a 560 since it debuted and still going strong and I even OC'd it
Still. I think it's time I get a new GPU, but I can't decide if I should get a 960FTW or a 970 and OC that. I'd get a 1070, but I rather buy my 4990k and z97 mobo. My PC is 5 years old!
>>343650023
My GTX 980 takes something around 150W, but I have it underclocked for power efficiency. You can easily run 980 on 480W PSU with a pretty serious processor if it's not overclocked.
How did it died?
I was panicking a couple of weeks ago thinking my 970 was dead, and after spending like 2 entire days diagnosing the problem, it turned out to be its BIOS being fucked or whatever. Updated it and it was fixed.
>>343649885
My Gigabyte R9 280 died 1 month after the warranty expired. Wasn't overclocked, and I never really played any games that pushed it to the limits. It depends on brand.
>>343647392
Buy a RX480 for $200 and you can get a water cooler for like $70~ then you can over clock to performance past a 980 and have VR available.
You can also just wait for aftermarket 480s like most people
For all the shit people give amd(/ati), I've only ever had nvidia cards die on me. Hell, I had a 9700pro that lived longer than AGP slots did, getting taken out of and put into family computers.
>>343649932
connecting a power hungry pci-express-less card isn't gonna make things better, famzen.
>tfw 8600 and 9800 died in about 2 years each
>gtx 260 lasted 5.5 years and another half a year after baking it
>770 is 2 years strong now
>>343648960
>buy amd crossfire psu
>complain that it kills an nvidia gpu
this guy
>>343647392
970 for $200 on newegg right now I think
>>343650303
I'm kind of new to this shit, will these aftermarket cards be more expensive? I only want a 4gb model.
>>343650474
>buying reference models
Sapphire senpai, it has 8-pin connector and everything.
>>343650247
read >>343647914
Didn't even show any signs of dying.
>>343650594
Well shit I guess you can't stick any nvidia cards in a motherboard with more than two slots, cause' they're all amd-crossfire ready!
>>343650594
Are you retarded?
>>343650627
>3.5gb
>>343650959
games barely even use 2gb right now
by the time they're using 4 the 970 will be due for a replacement anyway
>was planning to get an MSI Twin Frozr 970 for my first build
>this thread
>3.5 gigamemes
AMD better fucking fix that 480
>>343650959
so, still played witcher 3, gta5, and everything on ultra fine.
>>343647392
>buying nvidia
;-D
>>343647392
How unfortunate.
My 680s in 4-way have been going strong for 4 years despite the excessive heat.
>>343650690
Aftermarket cards are almost always more expensive, 20 dollars and upwards..
>>343647392
>300$
Damn bro, how many weeks of welfare is that for you?
>>343650690
Aftermarket always costs more because they're custom.
>>343651313
>rx 480 is gonna kill NVIDIA kek lel
>AMD4life
Stay cucked poorfag
Can someone recommend me a good motherboard that's compatible with a 970?
My current one is probably fucked and I haven't heard anything from gigabyte even though I sent in a support request like a week ago
>>343651198
>>343651290
You're right. It should be fine for 1080p. But if you're running 1440p or a 4k.
Games now are going to demand around that much by the beginning of next year. It's a good card if only for a placeholder or older games.
>>343651436
lmao 4card
>>343651276
Can't fix it(without undervolting the card) because it's a wiring fuckup on the reference board. Only fix is paying more for a nonreference card. Basically amd's answer to nvidia's founder's edition.
Just 200 dollars!*
*for the 4gig version that pisses all over pcie compliance standards
At least if you like to live dangerously, you can fix it with some soldering and there's even 8 gigs of ram on there if you want to flash a new bios
>>343647392
Just but a 4th 480 you needed to upgrade anyways
>>343647392
Put it in an oven.
>>343651828
Literally any Motherboard with a PCI x16 3.0?
>>343652876
>literally any mobo with PCIe x16
Fixed.
3.0 not required.
>>343651828
CPU is what determines compatibility.
>>343651828
Any motherboard past the bronze age is compatible
The thing to look out for is what socket it is for your cpu.
>>343647914
>>343647392
I believe MSi has a 36 month warranty with their gpu's. RMA that shit and quit your bitching.
>>343653512
I didn't buy it directly off of MSI's website, i got it from a retailer
>>343649885
>another one of those "works on my machine :^)" fags
>>343653512
it's 24 months
>mfw my HD7970 is older than 3 years by now
It still works but I'm feeling like its might be at its end soon. And with the current news of the RX 480 being crud (the reference models at least) I'm not sure what to do
>>343647392
>2 years
warranty is 3 years i'm pretty sure. you're an idiot to not rma
>>343654410
iktf
Is the 480 a good upgrade coming from a 7850?
>>343649885
>i've gone through 10 of them
because you are constantly upgrading before their end of life. I used the same GPU from fucking 1998 until 2006 when it died.
>>343654626
wait for the aftermarket models to show up
>>343654576
Does that even work if i didn't buy it directly from MSI? I bought it from a retailer that provides 24 months of warranty
>>343654836
you're a fucking idiot.
>>343650303
you won't even OC it past a OC 970. It also has a power limit due to only on 6-pin connector. It is a good card for $200 but it's not going to compete with a premium product, even one a few years old.
how to cards or components die? I clean my rig every 2 weeks (I have it for over 5 years now) and just bought a compatible 750ti (last year) so, obviously, I try to prevent dying components, how do I archive it?
>>343654576
3 years parts, 2 years labor. So he'd have to pay for it.
Anyway, he should just put it in an oven. Usually works.
>>343654410
>mfw I have a 4 year old 7850, a 6 years old PSU and a 6 years old HDD with over 10k usage hours
It's going to happen any day now...
Hm, never had a GPU crap out on me, and I stay quite a while with them (about 4 years each).
The fan on my HD4850 did go kapoof though, rendering the card useless, but it was my own fault. Too much dirt accumulated and I didn't know how to clean it at the time, so I fucked things up.
But oh boy, I played like crazy on that card before it happened. Feels good when you make good on a purchase.
thats what you get for buying nvidia. literally have had my 7950 since launch and overlock it too. still runs every game at ultra at 1080p
>>343650489
>that fucking comic
>>343656070
AMD cards have higher failure rates, though.
>>343647392
>2 years and 2 months.
Why did you get a 770 instead of a 9XX?
>>343656557
Because it was twice as expensive?
>>343657161
>Because it was twice as expensive?
What? can you link me to a place that had the 960 more expensive than a 770? the 960 was better/the same as the 770.
>>343656557
Because 900-series was released in Sep 2014, 1 year and 10 months ago.
>>343657564
Just checked it out, I stand corrected, the 960 came out in 2015, much later than I thought.
>>343657376
960 is worse than 770 you retard
>>343656262
How do you know?
>>343658139
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/947-5/cartes-graphiques.html
>>343647392
Thats what you get when not buying the good evga stuff
>>343649885
quite often it's problems with the lead-free solder (cracking due to thermal expansion/contraction and tin whiskers)
>>343647392
I thought my gtx770 was dying on me a couple of weeks ago too... My screen kept turning black and switching back on again and I had a lot of crashes in games which became more and more frequent until I couldn't go through a whole map on csgo. If it had happened now, I'ld just bought a RX480 and called it a day.
After dusting it a little bit, I moved it to my other pci e slot, turns out my pci express must have been damaged somehow because it works just fine now.
I'm lucky my motherboard is crossfire, totally forgot about that I used to have two HD4850 but switched to a gtx770 when one of the cards died.
>I feel like killing myself because my graphics card died
>>343653947
Irrelevant
I'm still wondering if I should upgrade my 770 to a rx480 or a 1060, as I plan to stick with 1080p gaming.
>>343653947
and?
>>343655261
>I try to prevent dying components, how do I archive it?
lobbying to get the rohs repealed so we can go back to lead solder would be a big step
>>343658213
Hmm, the overall statistics are too biased by small samples.
>tfw my HD5850 is still alive
do you faggots spill cum on your GPUs?
>>343659053
>by small samples
How would you know? They don't state the exact sample sizes. Only that sub 200 samples is in italics, and only models with over 100 samples are shown.
There's also this, but it's a bit older
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Failure-Rates-by-Generation-563/
They have a newer article too, which says
>This list may look very NVIDIA heavy, and that is simply due to the fact that we sell considerably more NVIDIA cards than AMD cards so there are more NVIDIA models that we have sold enough of to be confident in our data. On the other hand, NVIDIA GeForce cards on a whole have proven to be much more reliable than AMD Radeon cards in recent years. In fact, in 2015 NVIDIA GeForce cards only had an overall failure rate of 1.64% (down from 2.34% last year) versus AMD Radeon cards which had an overall failure rate of 10.2% (which is actually much better than the 17.9% we saw last year). Keep in mind, however, that with the lower number of Radeon cards we sell this failure rate may be skewed a bit simply due to the fact that a single failed card has a much greater impact when the total number of cards is lower.
>>343659950
Forgot to link the newer article.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Most-Reliable-PC-Hardware-of-2015-749/
/v/ help me
My 770 2GB is currently dying.
Artifacts, then black screen up to 10 seconds. It's more frequent every day.
I have to take another card as soon as possible, and I don't know which one. I first wanted a R9 390, then I though about a 980ti, and now a 1070. Wat do ?
>>343660313
I forgot to say I don't roll on money, but I want to make every game run at least on high around 40-60 fps.
>>343653947
Dud, there's a retailer RTB warranty of like a month, then a 36 month RTM warranty where you send it back to the manufacturer.
>>343647914
Are you absolutely sure the GPU is dead?
My work monitor said no input when I arrived the other day, I just unplugged the connector cable and reattached and it worked.
Make 100% sure it's the GPU.
>>343660313
Wait for aftermarket 480s, 1060 reviews and then decide what you want based on benchmarks.
>>343660313
Could try baking it, if you can't RMA it.
>>343660439
what resolution? 1920x1080? 1070 would be kind of overkill for that right now, 1060 if you can wait
>>343647392
>my 670 died yesterday after the 3 year warranty ended only a couple weeks ago
those fucking jews at Nvidia going hard at the planned obselescence
>just buy new 1000 series cards goyim!
>>343647392
My 470 lasted me 5 years and that thing burned down people's houses.
>>343659950
>They don't state the exact sample sizes. Only that sub 200 samples is in italics
That's the point. For example - why does the 290 have 2-4x times more failures than the others? Because the number comes from only two Sapphire models, one of which didn't even sell 200 units. The same thing with the 980Ti, twice the failure rate because of two low-selling models from Inno3D. It's obvious that the methodology isn't valid.
If I wanna upgrade from my 770, and will probably just be gaming in 1080p, should I get a 980 or wait a bit for 1070 prices to drop?
>>343651276
get a GTX 1060
>>343651276
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFuYc2FHgjw
theres really nothing to fix, the 480 doesn't go over the power limit unless you're doing like Witcher 3 ultra at 4k, low-mid range Nvidia GPUs regularly go over the PCIe specification and at much higher peaks which is where the danger is
>>343661214
>adoredtvt
kek'd
>>343661036
Wait for 1060.
>>343651436
>4way sli
i've run a GTX 770 SLI rig and even i think you have more money than sense
>>343661339
he's using Tomshardware charts as his source, whats your counter argument?
>>343660572
480 seems like a bad card for this gen. I can put up to 400 euros in a card, but cheaper is better. I'm waiting for 1060 reviews.
>>343660680
I better not bake it, everything I do always end up being a mess. I don't know if I can RMA it, I got this pc as a gift 2 years ago, it's an alienware aurora r4.
>>343660776
1920x1080
I don't know if the 1060 could make every game run on high-ultra.
I also want to playskyrimwith these 4k parallax textures to get maximum comfy. I think that's why my card is dying young, couldn't handle the 4k textures.
Also, off topic, but it is possible to install windows 10 without having to upgrade to windows 8.1 ? I'm on 8 but don't want to go to 8.1 just in order to get 10.
>>343661682
>400 euros in a card
wait for 490
>>343651828
literally any mobo with a 16x PCIE slot
also why aren't you just getting a 1060
>>343660680
>baking a card
Does that seriously work? What's the SCIENCE behind it?
>>343661682
1060 is not going to be cheaper than the 480, and it will come with a 192bit memory bus and 6GB max
>>343661976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlASkKkMv0
My EVGA GTX 680 is still going strong. Been four years since March.
>>343661814
>>343662042
What if my car dies before we get benchmarks etc;__;
>>343661935
because literally nobody is buying 970s right now
how much is the 1060 anyway
>>343647392
Sapphire Readeon HD7870 OC Edition that i bought in 2011 or 2012 (can't remember anymore when exactly i bought it) still runs prefectly fine.
>>343661682
If you can find your PC ID and put it on dell's site you can see if you still got a warranty on it.
I'm not from the US but personally I had good experience with dell's warranty.
>>343661976
reheating the solder.
I've got my gtx 260 to work again by baking it, using the same temperature/time on a different card ended up just melting the solder completely and all the electronic parts came off it, which was pretty funny yet needless to say the card didn't work after that.
Also if you plan on baking any eletronics make sure you ventilate the room because it'll stink.
>>343661563
>>343661214
>480 doesn't go over the power limit unless you're doing like Witcher 3 ultra at 4k
Demonstrably wrong. Here's Witcher 3 at 1080p. You can see the mobo 12V hovering at around 75W.
>but the limit is 75W, that's not a problem?
The limit for both the 12V and the 3.3V rail total is 75W. 12V has its own limit of ~66W.
You can also see the same thing happening in Tomb Raider.
http://www.pcper.com/files/review/2016-06-30/rise1080p-all.png
> peaks which is where the danger is
Actually, no. Peaks that last for a span of a millisecond aren't that dangerous. This is because peaks like that aren't long enough to properly heat up pins and destroy them. This can be compared to real world situations. You can quickly swipe your finger through a lit candle without burning your finger. Your finger doesn't stay near the flame long enough to heat up by much, and not much damage is done. However, if you hold your finger close to something that isn't even close to the temperature of a lit candle, you can easily burn yourself.
From pcper:
>I asked around our friends in the motherboard business for some feedback on this issue - is it something that users should be concerned about or are modern day motherboards built to handle this type of variance? One vendor told me directly that while spikes as high as 95 watts of power draw through the PCIE connection are tolerated without issue, sustained power draw at that kind of level would likely cause damage. The pins and connectors are the most likely failure points - he didn’t seem concerned about the traces on the board as they had enough copper in the power plane to withstand the current.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjAlrGzHAkI
Have a proper video on the subject.
>>343662740
>I've got my gtx 260 to work again by baking it
Did it keep working for a good while after that? Shit sounds miraculous.
>>343662740
I'm not from US either. I'm an Europoor.
How to find the pc ID ?
>>343663296
Lasted about 6 months after baking it, trying to bake it a second time didn't save it.
>>343663385
nevermind, found it by opening support assist
![CFJYSWK[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/SqgFxLR.png "CFJYSWK[1].png")
>>343663089
>Actually, no. Peaks that last for a span of a millisecond aren't that dangerous
actually yes, thats where the danger is because boards aren't meant to take that much
also pic related, AMD is going to fix the error on tuesday, so shitpost while you can because the 1060 is coming out soon enough
>>343649104
not op. I had 2x 770 in SLI and one died in like 2 years as well. I think its a badly made card.
>>343647392
OP, you got a non-eVGA card didn't you?
>>343647392
my 560 died a few months ago. feels good to upgrade
>>343663690
>explain why peaks aren't as dangerous as consistent overdraw
>also include a citation from a guy who asked motherboard manufacturers about the fact
>guy goes "no, you're wrong, I'm right"
Why do I even bother?
>>343661682
>Alienware
>dying components
That is what you get for buying cheap hardware
>>343647392
next time clean out your pc once a month
>>343663690
>CFJYSWK[1].png
http://imgur.com/CFJYSWK
>Reddit frontpage, for those wondering wtf this is doing on imgur frontpage
Fuck off reddit.
>>343664080
Cleaning it how? With a fucking hairdryer or vacuum?
>>343664193
who cares you autist?
>>343664227
just air dust it gotard takes 5 minutes tops
>>343663998
I didn't even buy it. It was a gift after my old computer got stolen by fucking gyspies.
>>343664227
just hose it with a little water and dry it off
![h5X_tTqk2xzfd-KxReeORub8Ws_yAUWb2JFUxeUhjxA[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/V0Cojp4.png "h5X_tTqk2xzfd-KxReeORub8Ws_yAUWb2JFUxeUhjxA[1].png")
>>343663870
you shouldn't bother, because the problem is getting fixed on tuesday, and it's still not as severe as whats exhibited by the 960 and 750ti which spike up well beyond the levels you see from the 480
>>343664193
and? you act like there aren't cancerous faggots on 4chan too, Nvidia shills are cancerous
>>343664227
I use a vacuum once a year. Have no fear of static discharge.
>>343647392
3 years and my GTX 780 is still running smoothly, should I be worrying as well?
>>343649885
idk i went 2009 to 2016 with hd4890 and it didnt even die i just sold to buy new one
same people probably breaking controllers too.
i never did man.
>>343663870
the 750ti overlocked cards had the exact same "issue"
See how I put quotation marks around that, because it's not even a real issue, just some nvidia FUD from the nvidia owned hardware site "Toms Hardware"
>>343664680
"Issue" that has already fried mobos.
>>343651829
why would that be? its not like they are making low version as scorpio and go from here.
they are still making based on xbox one assets.
>>343647392
Maybe you should try consoles out anon, then you wouldn't have to replace your pc every year :^)
>>343664425
>AMD "fixes" it by undervolting the cards
>forums get filled with people complaining about how their cards are unstable at stock clocks
Can't wait.
>>343664892
just lower the clocs : )
been packing eVGA 2x 570's since like 2011, still going strong
>>343665359
>sli in 2011
>sli in 2016
>>343665359
my 570 boy :) best card since the 8800 ultra amirite
>>343665662
I know, I learned from the mistake and will be going will strong single cards from now on.
>Have a store bought best buy computer from 2006 with the only "upgrade" being me putting in a gtx 460 a few years later.
>Computer dies after 10 years of playing games on minimum and not running shit.
>Engineer friends build me a new computer with a 970 and all the trimmings.
>Begin questioning if I ever really lived before.
![[sweating intensifies].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UwEX8Ue.jpg "[sweating intensifies].jpg")
Holy shit my HD7850 is already over 4 years old. As is the rest of my system.Including a bunch of Seagate HDDs[/spoilerpic related
>>343647392
I guess its time to be a xboner.
>>343666747
>xbone
>ever
end yourself
>>343666852
kek, was only joking my man. I would never normally support the subjugation of gamers through planned obsolescence of consoles.
>>343650489
my geforce 260 is still working perfectly.
>>343667158
>gamers
Seriously, end yourself.
sell your card once a year and upgrade before it dies
