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470 got fried
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:42 pm
by Proupin
As I was doing stuff in Octane, I decided I would turn the priority to low for a moment, never used that feature before... after a while I set it back to full priority and moments later the card got fried...
If you ever had a 470/480 you know how hot this things get, and it is probably a coincidence, and was going to happen sooner or later, anyway I felt I had to let you know this happened to me while using the priority feature. Regards.
Re: 470 got fried
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:01 pm
by kavorka
if you purchased it new, it should have a lifetime warranty.
I have a 470 :/
Not using low priority now...
Re: 470 got fried
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:26 pm
by Proupin
Oh, I will definetely look into that (I have to ask EVGA in my case then?).
Oh, also this:
http://modcrash.com/nvidia-display-driv ... ging-gpus/ ... it seems 318.20 WHQL driver has been reported to damage GPUs, overheating etc...
Update your driver!
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/nvidia-ge ... e-on-gpus/
Re: 470 got fried
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 2:26 am
by kavorka
Ya, contact EVGA. I hope you registered the card when you first got it...
Re: 470 got fried
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:01 pm
by Proupin
No I didn't... even if I did, the warranty would have expired on April this year... FML...
Re: 470 got fried
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 4:07 pm
by kavorka
Proupin wrote:No I didn't... even if I did, the warranty would have expired on April this year... FML...
Weird thought they came with a lifetime warranty. My PNY 580s have a lifetime warranty.