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OK, how many of you translated that out loud?

seriously though, where are all the Nvidia 275 cards? the Egg doesnt have any, PC Connection doesnt, and even Amazon doesnt seem to (cept Co-Op)

Nate have you heard anything?

all focus is on Fermi and they are in volume production for some time now trying to get volume for launch...

Apoptosis wrote:all focus is on Fermi and they are in volume production for some time now trying to get volume for launch...

well thats good at least

Darkstar, I take it you want to buy a 275. Why? You have so many rigs right now, what are your CPU's. The SMP client sounds really good right now. I'm sure that you can get something going. What are you trying to do? I'm sure whatever you do, it's going to be bigger better and faster!
Best Buy has one. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/BFG+-+NVIDI ... &cp=1&lp=1

vbironchef wrote:Darkstar, I take it you want to buy a 275. Why? You have so many rigs right now, what are your CPU's. The SMP client sounds really good right now. I'm sure that you can get something going. What are you trying to do? I'm sure whatever you do, it's going to be bigger better and faster!
Best Buy has one. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/BFG+-+NVIDI ... &cp=1&lp=1

Caps popping on my XFX cards and i couldnt get them replaced because i didnt "register" them. The 275's are good cards for the replacement and the Eggs were nicely priced.

you got the receipt for the cards?

I can get them to warranty them for you ;)

XfX will take care of you. Just go on the XFX website and go to support and post your serial number on your cards. Might take a while but they will take care of you . They did it for me. After a week of talking to support they gave me a RMA number. Just go through the steps. My question is if I already RMA;d my cards, how do I register them if they are already RMA'd?

XFX Support people were the ones that refused to take them back.

One already went in the trash, have to look around to see if i kept any of the others and go through the online invoices for the purchases.

thanks,

ack... don't toss them... you can always do the oven trick.

Whats the oven trick?

The oven trick is when you cook an electronic part in the oven for a while. This is supposed to have a general soldering effect and has been reported to work by some.

XstollieX wrote:Whats the oven trick?

http://www.google.com/search?q=NVIDIA+GeForce+Oven

Interesting! Ever try it?

XstollieX wrote:Interesting! Ever try it?

yup, it works

half the used notebook video cards on e-bay are 'fixed' or being sold as fine have this method being used on them. It works, but is not a long term solution. I wouldn't recommend buying a used video card online. When I saw dead geforce mobile cards going for $80 on e-bay I knew something was up about a year ago. They are doing the oven trick and selling them with a 30 day warranty for $500... I had a local customer of mine go through three cards under warranty off e-bay before finally getting a refund and the guy told me this trick was what he was doing. I think it was fall of 2008 I guess.

If it's the caps like darkstar said though, the oven trick won't do anything for him.

Dan

Darkstar wrote:OK, how many of you translated that out loud?

seriously though, where are all the Nvidia 275 cards? the Egg doesnt have any, PC Connection doesnt, and even Amazon doesnt seem to (cept Co-Op)

Nate have you heard anything?

As Nate said, Fermi!!!! And I have a feeling a rebrand is coming soon.

geokilla wrote:And I have a feeling a rebrand is coming soon.

Yup they recalled all the 275's and are peeling all the stickers off for the rebrand

Like Dan said oven trick wont work on these.....

@darkstar you could try replacing the caps

they actually don't seem terribly hard to replace(heat up the back side, pull the caps, cut new legs to length, heat again, drop the newones on, gotta check polarity tho) if you are careful with dangerous and precise tools anyway

Even if you didn't register those they should still be able to RMA them for you. All they need to do is check the serial numbers to verify whether they are still under warranty or not.