Well Damn....

"Brickman" (legomaniacman) 03/30/2018 at 22:18 • Filed to: None

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My graphics card died :(

The past couple of times playing American Truck Simulator I got horizontal lines across the screen and would freeze up and had to reset the PC. One time the motherboard GPU light flashed red.

Today I updated the video drivers, and ran Furmark a GPU stress test and it did fantastic. Got it up to 188 degrees with no problems! Came home from work and once I turned on the PC the light would stay red. Tried other PCI x16 ports and same stuff. Glad I have an Intel integrated GPU or I’ll be without a working PC!

A nice looking paperweight

This is actually the second time I replaced this card. 1st time on lifetime warranty and now 3 years later this one died.

Thinking about going to Nvidia with my current i7 2700k build. and keep the replacement comparable to the power of the HD7870.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Brickman 03/30/2018 at 23:09

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Just buy a 1050ti, you’ll be running things buttery smooth, it sips power (iirc the Ti only requires the 6-pin on some obnoxiously high powered models) and is equivalent to the GTX 960 in performance. It’s also modern. http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti-vs-AMD-HD-7870/3649vs2161

Brickman > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 03/30/2018 at 23:44

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Thanks, i’ll look into it

NKato > Brickman 03/30/2018 at 23:44

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I suppose you could say the GPU.... *puts on sunglasses* Ghosted itself.

kiwi_matt > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 03/31/2018 at 07:54

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Too bad 1050 ti’s are pushing $400. Fucking miners.

valsidalv, reminding you that infiniti is an option > Brickman 03/31/2018 at 11:41

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Brickman’s graphics card bricked :(

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > kiwi_matt 03/31/2018 at 12:54

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I’m still waiting for AMD to get their game together and release cheapened versions of Vega 56/64 units dedicated to mining only, and saying to retailers “Yes let them buy any number of these damn things”