palkiss Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 Okay.. I guess I had my HD 7850 (2gb) for a good year or two, and within that year or two, I may have been "mining" bitcoins on it 24/7 while doing other things as well (games mostly only thing noteworthy). I'm not quite sure how I noticed problems to begin with, but I suppose it dosen't matter. I realised my fans on the card were dieing, going very slowly, and my card started to suffer. One morning I woke up seeing my GPU at a constant temp of 102 (my computer was mining bitcoins at the time, so, under extreme load), and I shit my pants. I took the card out of the computer, unscrewed the fans from the heatsink, and tried to clean them and whatnot. Didn't do anything. I did this afew times, before I said screw it (at this point I was desperate, didnt care), and doused those fans with WD40. All seemed ALRIGHT, fans were going at a better speed. I figured it was only a temporary solution, so I bought a replacement fan thingy that mounts on heatsink. I get the feeling the damage was already done, because now when I play games(usually) or put alot of stress on my computer(actually its usually only when I play games), my video card dosent "crash" in the general sense of the word, it makes my monitors go haywire, like crazy artifacts everywhere (in the same way a tv channel goes kaput and shows snow)(when this happeneds my tempature is fine, seeing as I got a new fans), and I have to reboot. I assume, no doubt, my video card is the culprit, and needs to be replaced? If that is so, and I assume it is... I guess I'm on the market to downgrade my videocard to 1gb (budget), and im looking for some suggestions! I do indeed want to stick to AMD(ATI) because they are king of "mining" bitcoins(or other altcoins), compared to nvidia. My only requirements is that it needs to have 2 monitor plugs(one HDMI & one DVI) as I use two monitors, PCI-E, and hopefully 1gb. If I had to put a number on my total possible cost, I suppose I'll go with $150. I'm just looking for a good bang for my buck! I was considering this one here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A0HZOEA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00A0HZOEA&linkCode=as2&tag=mey8chud-20 As well as this one here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129189 This one seems too good to be true? 1gb $45? I'm not too knowledgeable on these things, so I'd appreciate any and all insight! THANKS! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohldboy Posted February 26, 2014 Posted February 26, 2014 5450 would be a waste, passive, old and slow you do not need. amazon has the HD 7790 (Sapphire) for $170. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper Threaded Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 To have the same or better card, you have to spend the same or more. You would logically be looking at another HD 7850/70 or higher. I suggest you look at one with a better cooler, if you plan to do mining, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte and XFX all offer cards with upgraded coolers. Take a look at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121801 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm_freek Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 gtx 750 ti FTW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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