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Say hello and wave goodbye
Hello,
I bought a Radeon 9600 xt (sapphire) a couple of months ago, i was quite happy with it ( huge increase over my MX440) but i started getting flickering in Games and then last Thursday, i came home to an indoor barbecue, my card had fried :-(( I contacted my vendor, and guess what, he reckons it is not a guarantee problem but that i have been running the card incorrectly, which i hadnŽt. Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum leap so to say. IŽve been with nvidia since my first Geforce 256 ( Asus) and after this rather bad experience with ATI, i think iŽll stay there. Wave goodbye Rob |
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Who is the vendor?
"RobundConny" wrote in message ... Hello, I bought a Radeon 9600 xt (sapphire) a couple of months ago, i was quite happy with it ( huge increase over my MX440) but i started getting flickering in Games and then last Thursday, i came home to an indoor barbecue, my card had fried :-(( I contacted my vendor, and guess what, he reckons it is not a guarantee problem but that i have been running the card incorrectly, which i hadnŽt. Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum leap so to say. IŽve been with nvidia since my first Geforce 256 ( Asus) and after this rather bad experience with ATI, i think iŽll stay there. Wave goodbye Rob |
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ATI has RMA'ed my problem board with no problems. Had built by ATI card.
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"RobundConny" wrote in message ... Hello, I bought a Radeon 9600 xt (sapphire) a couple of months ago, i was quite happy with it ( huge increase over my MX440) but i started getting flickering in Games and then last Thursday, i came home to an indoor barbecue, my card had fried :-(( I contacted my vendor, and guess what, he reckons it is not a guarantee problem but that i have been running the card incorrectly, which i hadnŽt. Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum leap so to say. IŽve been with nvidia since my first Geforce 256 ( Asus) and after this rather bad experience with ATI, i think iŽll stay there. Wave goodbye Rob Unfortunately stories like yours are on the increase. I guess the problem here is that ATI has no real control over the quality of the support end users receive. I would suggest you contact ATI by writing to the Head Office and include all the details and provide proof of this shoddy service, it's up to them at the end of the day to minimise the damage done to their Brand. |
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Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the
forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum I'm not sure I'm following you. Why _wouldn't_ this be ATI's problem? They manufactured it and guarantee it as well. After 30 days, most vendors won't do anything, nor should they. This is the manufacturer's problem, as well as yours of course. |
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"Morrmar" wrote in message news Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum I'm not sure I'm following you. Why _wouldn't_ this be ATI's problem? They manufactured it and guarantee it as well. After 30 days, most vendors won't do anything, nor should they. This is the manufacturer's problem, as well as yours of course. I think it is easy to get he wrong impression on how "common" something is to fail on the internet. Most people get online with problems and complaints, and usually post frequently about them, so you might end up hearing about the same card several times instead of once. Research shows once instance of bad news travels much further than good news. If I was this guy I would contact ATI directly and state his case. While they don't make the board they do make the processor, and I am sure they get lot's of people who fried thier card trying to overclock them claiming they didn't, or mobo related damage. I bet you will find plenty of ppl with a similar story in the Nvidia groups. |
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RobundConny wrote:
Hello, I bought a Radeon 9600 xt (sapphire) a couple of months ago, i was quite happy with it ( huge increase over my MX440) but i started getting flickering in Games and then last Thursday, i came home to an indoor barbecue, my card had fried :-(( I contacted my vendor, and guess what, he reckons it is not a guarantee problem but that i have been running the card incorrectly, which i hadnŽt. Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum leap so to say. IŽve been with nvidia since my first Geforce 256 ( Asus) and after this rather bad experience with ATI, i think iŽll stay there. Wave goodbye Rob You do live in a civilized country with consumer laws? (Return/Refund laws etc)I would suggest you follow up those rights and stop bending over and leting the retailer F'ing you up the ass. Wave goodbye - enjoy the ass stretching |
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On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:48:43 +1000, Minotaur
wrote: RobundConny wrote: Hello, I bought a Radeon 9600 xt (sapphire) a couple of months ago, i was quite happy with it ( huge increase over my MX440) but i started getting flickering in Games and then last Thursday, i came home to an indoor barbecue, my card had fried :-(( I contacted my vendor, and guess what, he reckons it is not a guarantee problem but that i have been running the card incorrectly, which i hadnŽt. Now i know thisa is not AtiŽs problem but from what i gather in the forums i have been surfinng, is that it is also not an unknown problem for Cards to go t+ts up quite quickly. I now have a Geforce FX 5900 xt, another quantum leap so to say. IŽve been with nvidia since my first Geforce 256 ( Asus) and after this rather bad experience with ATI, i think iŽll stay there. Wave goodbye Rob You do live in a civilized country with consumer laws? (Return/Refund laws etc)I would suggest you follow up those rights and stop bending over and leting the retailer F'ing you up the ass. Wave goodbye - enjoy the ass stretching Absolutely, Minotaur; I would suggest, RC, that you contact your local Trade Standards ofice (local Board of Trade or whatever? They should be in the book). If the vendor says you have been "running the card incorrectly," they have to specify how you have been running it incorrectly and prove it, show why it was incorrect and that it was reasonable that you should not have done so. Since you don't mention having contacted Ati about this, I don't think, either, that you should be so criticical of Ati or their cards in this way - any card from any manufacturer can go wrong. If you haven't given them a chance to rectify the situation, you can't criticise them for it. Your problem, and the organisation you should be criticising is the vendor. patrickp - take five to email me |
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