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my hd 7950 suddenly gave up on me... help me in choosing a good replacement card on a tight budget...

  • good day... kanina lang umaga habang gumagamit ako ng pc eh bigla na lang nag-hang then white screen lang... so the usual restart ang ginawa ko pero after restarting eh garbage na 'yung graphics... nakakapasok naman siya sa os and bios pero yun nga garbage talaga siya... here's a pic:





    btw... here's my specs... old rig hehehe...

    i5 3450 proc.
    asus p8z77-m pro
    16gb ddr3 (8 x 2)
    powercolor hd 7950 3gb (i think i acquired it 2013?) w/ gelid icy vision-a cooler
    lg 23mp68 (full hd ips monitor)

    so tinanggal ko siya sa motherboard and pinagana 'yung on-board graphics ng intel proc. working pa rin naman siya... then decided to place my old pci-e video card palit 6800 gs... gumana din... nilagay ko ulit 'yung hd 7950 pero garbage pa rin lumalabas... so talagang hindi na pwede... ang tanong ngayon eh anong magandang replacement video card sa kanya on a really tight budget??? budget i can scrounge but not outright is 10k to 15k... kasi may mga upcoming pang pagkakagastusan na dapat iprioritize

    should i just buy a second hand amd video card here in tpc para makamura?... another 7950? 7970? or mas mataas pa na model?... have really no idea sa counterpart niya sa nvidia... regarding 2nd hand cards eh hindi mo rin sigurado kung hanggang kailan din tatagal... and kung sigurado ka ba sa ka transaction mo kung legit or not... choosing a 1050 ti na brand new eh at least may warranty siya... pero sa performance ng nvidia 1050ti vs my old card eh ok na ba siya o downgrade?... full hd gaming lang naman sa ngayon and world of tanks lang at the division nilalaro ko sa ngayon... kung 1060 naman na brand new ng nvidia eh makakuha kaya ako ng 15k below sa ngayon? lalo na mataas na price ng mga video card ngayon dahil sa crypto mining...
  • Around 15k ata yung mga mini. Tawag ka muna bago ka punta sa store
  • @Mico: mini ng 1060?... and what store sir?... pm na lang po details?...
  • Check annot dito sa TPC if not try to call the shops lang and pa reserve ka bago pumunta.

    Minsan pag swerte ka old stock sa Octagon around that price pa rin.
  • You can try to get a 1060 3gb since that is terrible for mining and can b had for a reasonable price
  • thanks for the input mga sir... ok ba galax na card?...
  • have checked shops... walang stock daw ng nvidia gtx 1060gb... if ever na magkaroon siguro eh 15k and above... kung itataas ko ang budget ko sa 20k... ok pa rin ba yung mga 17k+ na gtx 1060 6gb or mag amd rx 580 8gb?...
  • hirap na maghanap ng maayos na video card ngayon hahaha... no stock or way too high for my budget...
  • You can still try to revive your card using this tut
    <click here for link>

    I was able to revive my old card before using this.

    -- edited by cyberakuma on Feb 13 2018, 09:14 PM
  • @cyberakuma: thanks for the link... maybe at a later time... 'yung ginawa mo ba eh 'yung oven method?... kasi nilagyan ko ng 3rd party cooler yung powercolor hd 7950 ko... gelid icy vision-a... maliban doon sa heatsink//heatpipe assembly na nakakabit sa mismong gpu chip eh may mga supplied din siya na memory chip coolers (heatsink) saka 'yung para sa iba na ring components na ginagamitan ng parang double sided tape na manipis?... tatanggalin din ba 'yun?... if ever... saan ba nakakabili ng parang double sided tape (thermal din yun dapat diba?) para maikabit ulit 'yung mga heatsink kung sakaling need tanggalin... kasi di naman siguro pwede 'yung mga double sided tape na nabibili lang sa hardware or national bookstore di ba?...

    kung second method naman... hindi pwede 'yung blower lang sa buhok di ba?... dapat hotter... pwede ba yung heat gun?...

    -- edited by STASIS on Feb 13 2018, 09:24 PM
  • ^
    Putting the whole PCB in the oven? nonononono.
    What will happen is that the parts of the card who are not fire resistant will possibly melt or some components will blow up!
    What you should do: buy a fire gun on a hardware store, then heat up just the die in a lowest fire possible that your fire gun can blow, for about 30 seconds.
    Then hook up the card see what happens.
  • even linus made a video of it... hehehe

    <click here for link>
  • need ko na lang makabili ng thermal tape or thermal pad na manipis... any suggestions on shops carrying them?
  • Alam ko may nabibili na thermal double sided sa Ace Hardware, tas search mo lazada meron din dun.

    Oven method ung gmwa ko
  • lol... oven toaster lang meron dito hahaha... ok na ba 'yun?... di pwedeng gamitin 'yung oven ng gas range... off limits hahaha... try ko sa handyman maghanap kung may thermal tape...
  • already got a pc rx580 red devil earlier... pag may time at nakabili na ako ng thermal tape saka ako mag bake...