4 6800 series video cards gone bad ..a new record!

[rustywood]

yea i know yer saying he,s got to be kiddin! i wish i were,just got my new 6800gt card from the manufacture after rma ing the last one only to have the memory go bad as soon as i hooked it up,god what bad luck!!now they want to send me a new one,im about to give up and keep using the 5500 i got that works great.

[mrmister1]

What brand is the video card?

[j4ck]

4 bad cards in a row sounds highly improbable. How did you determine they are all bad? And yes, please tell us what brand!

[mrmister1]

As j4ack said how did you determine they were actually dead? Did you test them in another computer?

[rustywood]

if you read any of my post,s in the past ,you know the first two were gainwards,one was a golden sample , they went bad due to heatsink graphic problems. i switch to a evga,except only the vga side worked dvi wouldnt. rma it back, got my new one today bang!memory go,s bad right off {this according to evga},called evga they are going to send me a new one pronto!shipping on them.their customer service has been great! yes my system has been tested ,its a new pc .did replace my thermaltake 480w psu because it was bad (it was brand new} would not put out enough power to run 6800 card,got ocz 520 powerstream ROCKSOLID! PSU!funny thing ,through all this ive been using a bfg 5500 oced card as back up and it has worked great,but just cant get these high dollar cards too!