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    go 7900 GS artifact

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by PerPixel, Oct 22, 2006.

  1. PerPixel

    PerPixel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Second day using my new 9400 and look like the GPU is dead... Was playing a game in windowed mode under vista and the full screen started flickering and art some point windows crashed with a blue screen. On reboot the screen is full of garbage and windows wont start anyway. Look like bad memory on the GPU.

    I'll call DELL tomorrow to get it fix...

    Anyone else got this problem? Few months ago i know a lot of 7900 GPU had that kind of problem in desktop PC.
     
    PerPixel, Oct 22, 2006
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  2. vespoli

    vespoli 402 NBR Reviewer

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    Have you overclocked at all?
     
    vespoli, Oct 22, 2006
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  3. PerPixel

    PerPixel Notebook Enthusiast

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    Didnt had the chance to do that. Got the system friday, Installed Vista and visual studio 2005, programming all day saturday and half of sunday and the computer started showing problem sunday after noon while running the game I work on in windowed mode. It was just for debuging so I started the game for like 5 minutes, go back to vs2005 tweak and start again.
     
    PerPixel, Oct 23, 2006
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  4. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    Let us know what you find out..
     
    hydra, Oct 27, 2006
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    applx Notebook Consultant

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    Thats overheating problem. why would you run a game in windowed mode? thats what causes overheating problem because it requires more processing power aswell as graphics (also vista) since both cpu and gpu are cooled by a single heat pipe both might overheat.
     
    applx, Oct 30, 2006
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