Time to replace my 8800GTX

[Subversion]

just beware of rebeltech's high shipping costs - i wanted to order from there and was looking at close to R200 for my shipping. It's still a great site though.

I think Sapphire has a pretty good warranty, at least 2 years, sometimes 3.

 

[nihilist]

Well this is odd.

I took out my 8800GTX, re-seated it, no display but the PC still boots into win7.

ie: no change since last night.

Tried another LCD screen and DVI cable - same story.
Used a DVI->DSUB adapter and I get signal,

but: massive corruption in the BIOS post screen, but not in Windows or playback of a video, but the nVidia driver fails to init properly at all, and sometimes the machine won't post.

So I'm guessing part of the video ram is fubar.

I logged a ticket with XFX, maybe their lifetime warranty will cover my card but I don't think I registered my card soon enough (year ago or so) but who knows.

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

If you cant wait, 5850 all the way. Otherwise 5870. DX11, best buy for buck atm.

 

[nihilist]

If you cant wait, 5850 all the way. Otherwise 5870. DX11, best buy for buck atm.

Yep, I'm leaning towards the 5850, I'm just waiting for my other PCI-E card (7300GS or summin) to get to me so I at least have a working system, then I don't mind waiting a little while.

Might wait for more reviews on the 5850.