My GTX 480 died -- A reliability study. - Page 5

**AdamK47** · 05-11-10, 07:37 PM

Guys, lets not get carried away here. Just because there have been 16 known reports of dead cards, it doesn't mean the whole run of cards are defective. There are thousands out there.

**WeReWoLf** · 05-11-10, 09:21 PM

We're up to 16 now?! End Of Days!

Ninja Prime · 05-11-10, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Eltigre88

So is EVGA a board making company then??

Yep.

odin20 · 05-12-10, 01:28 AM

where did 16 come from?
Didnt see a post or anything, that from thin air?

Muppet · 05-12-10, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by odin20

where did 16 come from?
Didn't see a post or anything, that from thin air?

It's not from this forum, that's for sure. I haven't read of anyone here who has had to RMA there card. So it is either from all sales around the globe, or it's just BS.

**crainger** · 05-12-10, 01:48 AM

I bought 16 480GTXs and had to RMA them all. Sorry guys. :

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Muppet · 05-12-10, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by crainger

I bought 16 480GTXs and had to RMA them all. Sorry guys. :

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**Eltigre88** · 05-12-10, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by crainger

I bought 16 480GTXs and had to RMA them all. Sorry guys. :

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Shouldn't you be out sellin drugs to support your habbit??

OzoZoz · 05-21-10, 11:37 AM

I just had another GTX 480 card dying yesterday.
Granted, it was heavily used (for long consecutive hours -- but temperature never raised above 85 deg.)

Am I still the only one?

Ozo.

[Edit] As explained later in this thread, this card was not dead. The instability seemed to come from a bad use (or a bug) of NVAPI while trying to disable Clock Throttling. After reverting to default settings, the stability problem was gone.

**nekrosoft13** · 05-21-10, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by OzoZoz

I just had another GTX 480 card dying yesterday.
Granted, it was heavily used (for long consecutive hours -- but temperature never raised above 85 deg.)

Am I still the only one?

Ozo.

yes, you are, I would blame your PSU (is strugling), or your house wiring, you are probably not getting clean energy.

My card was at 100% load for past 2 weeks, re-encoding video overnight, and app uses GPU de-noise filter.

**mailman2** · 05-21-10, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

yes, you are, I would blame your PSU (is strugling), or your house wiring, you are probably not getting clean energy.

My card was at 100% load for past 2 weeks, re-encoding video overnight, and app uses GPU de-noise filter.

Bad nekro...

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shaolin95 · 05-21-10, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Eltigre88

Shouldn't you be out sellin drugs to support your habbit??

He is, the message was posted from his cellphone.

05-11-10, 07:37 PM	#49
AdamK47 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cinci, OH Posts: 984	Re: My GTX 480 died -- A reliability study. Guys, lets not get carried away here. Just because there have been 16 known reports of dead cards, it doesn't mean the whole run of cards are defective. There are thousands out there.

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WeReWoLf Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 5,013	Re: My GTX 480 died -- A reliability study. We're up to 16 now?! End Of Days!

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OzoZoz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 14	Re: My GTX 480 died -- A reliability study. I just had another GTX 480 card dying yesterday. Granted, it was heavily used (for long consecutive hours -- but temperature never raised above 85 deg.) Am I still the only one? Ozo. [Edit] As explained later in this thread, this card was not dead. The instability seemed to come from a bad use (or a bug) of NVAPI while trying to disable Clock Throttling. After reverting to default settings, the stability problem was gone.