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I've read in many manufacturer's forums, customer's posts about 7900 cards having lockup issues (apparently due to defective chips) and having to RMA their card (people sent back their cards 2-3 times!). This happened with all brands: ASUS, BFG, XFX, EVGA, LEADTEK, etc. I was going to get a 7900GTX but now i have to think twice: i don't want to just "hope" i get the right card.
Anybody can confirm this or has different information?
It has happened, though it seemed to be much more common with the GT series and remember even though a lot failed it was only a small percentage of all those made.
If you're really worried a X1900XT-X or X1950XT-X from Ati offer the same performance.
i had 2 faulty HIS IceQ X1900XT in a row. So ATi can be just as bad.
i had one that had the nvidia sudden death syndrome. i did a post asking for people with working 7900gtx's to post and let me know....only 1 person posted, and the same week, he was asking to swap his for an x1900xt :lol: its not looking good.
i had an xfx 7900gt that died even with extra cooling! (vf900 & ramsinks) rubbish!
My Gigabyte 7900GTX is still going strong :) (looks around for some wood to touch)
Thanks for all the valuable feedback.
I think i'll go ATI X1950XTX and god help me with the catalyst drivers...:bowdown: