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Sam-U-Rai · 06-09-2007, 09:02 PM

Yeah I cleared it out. No more dust. I even cleaned most of the video card's fan which was already dusty.

Last week, my cpu overheated a lil bit but the weird thing is (keep in mind even the BIOS had artifacts) when I went into the BIOS to check the temperture of everything just 5 mins ago, my CPU was a normal 115 degrees Farenheit so its not the CPU this time at all.

I'm pretty sure its the video card since I never heard about anything else with Artifacts but that. Probably is just dieing on me. The sad thing is that when I bought it, one of the reviews on Newegg said this happened to him a couple months later.

Wish I had more money then, know what I mean? But it was a good deal at the time.

We're gonna call Sapphire on Monday to see if we can get anything out of it. Idk. Maybe not a refund mos def but maybe something.....

Idk man. Thanks for answering though. I'm kinda depressed about this now lol. Damn.

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Well my mom and my sis kinda feel sorry for me. Even though they don't have the money right now, they were thinking about buying another video card for me with some extra fans in my case.

Here was the one I found to be kinda cheap considering the one I bought last Nov. (x1600xt) was $103 and now is like $77 and THE NEW ONE IS $77 and kicks the X-1600XT's ass in Benchmarks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161030
is the HIS card I found. Are they a good company? I've heard good things about them.... I wasn't too sure. Them and ASUS I heard were good with vid cards.

Anyway. Thanks for responding. It really does help with advice. Hell if you got more, I'd be obliged lol.

06-09-2007, 09:02 PM	#3
Sam-U-Rai Member (9 bit) Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 272	Yeah I cleared it out. No more dust. I even cleaned most of the video card's fan which was already dusty. Last week, my cpu overheated a lil bit but the weird thing is (keep in mind even the BIOS had artifacts) when I went into the BIOS to check the temperture of everything just 5 mins ago, my CPU was a normal 115 degrees Farenheit so its not the CPU this time at all. I'm pretty sure its the video card since I never heard about anything else with Artifacts but that. Probably is just dieing on me. The sad thing is that when I bought it, one of the reviews on Newegg said this happened to him a couple months later. Wish I had more money then, know what I mean? But it was a good deal at the time. We're gonna call Sapphire on Monday to see if we can get anything out of it. Idk. Maybe not a refund mos def but maybe something..... Idk man. Thanks for answering though. I'm kinda depressed about this now lol. Damn. ***************EDIT*********************** Well my mom and my sis kinda feel sorry for me. Even though they don't have the money right now, they were thinking about buying another video card for me with some extra fans in my case. Here was the one I found to be kinda cheap considering the one I bought last Nov. (x1600xt) was $103 and now is like $77 and THE NEW ONE IS $77 and kicks the X-1600XT's ass in Benchmarks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161030 is the HIS card I found. Are they a good company? I've heard good things about them.... I wasn't too sure. Them and ASUS I heard were good with vid cards. Anyway. Thanks for responding. It really does help with advice. Hell if you got more, I'd be obliged lol. Last edited by Sam-U-Rai; 06-09-2007 at 09:22 PM.