murder00redrum Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Ok Guys, i gave my 2 8800gts to a friend cos i received 9800gtx+s. They apparently worked fine for a few weeks then he got Pink artifacts and they just dont work anymore. He says its because i was using them in an Overclocked system. And by overclocking my cpu (q6600) from 2.4 to 3.2. It increased the PCIE voltage to damage them. BUT they worked fine in my system for over a year. Any Ideas? BTW I have a EVGA 680i with a 850w psu, he has a xfx 680i LT with a 550w he wasnt using them sli he was wating for a new psu so he was just using one 8800gt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyaayas Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 hes probably wasnt cooling em enough or had a case with no air flow, it can be alot of things usually artifacting video cards is just the gpu getting way to hot and say goodnight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
murder00redrum Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 what about voltages affecting the graphics cards? Would me overclocking the Cpu on my 680i affect them? And he has a decent case so im pretty sure it wasnt heat.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyaayas Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 no to overclock your video card..you have to overclock your video card. maybe he just doesnt want to tell you the truth and he just fried em Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Ok Guys, i gave my 2 8800gts to a friend cos i received 9800gtx+s. They apparently worked fine for a few weeks then he got Pink artifacts and they just dont work anymore. He says its because i was using them in an Overclocked system. And by overclocking my cpu (q6600) from 2.4 to 3.2. It increased the PCIE voltage to damage them. BUT they worked fine in my system for over a year. Any Ideas? BTW I have a EVGA 680i with a 850w psu, he has a xfx 680i LT with a 550w he wasnt using them sli he was wating for a new psu so he was just using one 8800gt. The PCIe voltage should be completely separate from any CPU voltage...(you shouldn't have to change that anyway) Were you overclocking the cards themselves? The people that choose to go as far as they can with overclocking graphics cards do so by physically modifying the graphics card to up the specific voltages... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scr4wl Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 If they were working fine for a year with you it's hard to believe that you did anything wrong. Has he overclocked them at all? If he has that is probably the reason. How hot is it getting and how high did you clock them? It was probalby him doing something wrong and not wanting to admit it. I've seen pink artifacting on comps with that are overheating, with GPU's clocked way to high(usually the memory and shaders), and ocasionally when the GPU is not seated correctly. This could be a sign of a dying GPU at that could be the case if you've had it Overclocked extremely high for the year you had it, or if you just got a bad one, but i doubt it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSnipeLimit Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 He overvolted them without proper cooling. Any overclock is as good as a normal setup if it has decent cooling. Have been running overclocked systems for years on end. Wouldn't give him anything again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkrow21 Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 If you "gave" them and didn't sell them why is he complaining? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
murder00redrum Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 lol thanks guys. I was 99% sure Vcore and Cpu overclocking had nothing to do with Pice voltage and the Gpus, i just needed conformation. Because i thought that with Am2 boards overclocking the cpu could sometimes cause pcie clocks to be raised... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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