9800gt, ram are dead

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22-07-2010, 09:08 PM
strawberry

9800gt, ram are dead

Hello gamers,

So as you may have already gleaned from the topic description, my 9800gt is no longer in the best condition. The ram has become faulty, probably my fault for handling it without taking anti-static precautions, but that's neither here nor there.

The thing I want to know from any tech-gurus in the house (self-proclaimed or otherwise) is: Can I pay an IT technician to replace the ram chips on the graphics card itself? Would it cost more than its worth?

P.S. if you're interested, I used this program to check the video ram: http://majorgeeks.co...est__d5896.html
22-07-2010, 10:56 PM
frank007

get a new card! why would you want to spend money on something thats, that old anyway. GTX460 comes to mind. Your computer is trying to tell you its time for a new gfx card. R1999 for the GTX460.
22-07-2010, 11:10 PM
Sirf

I agree with Frank. It's way too much effort. New cards will give you Direct X 11 as well.
23-07-2010, 08:24 AM
GeneralFailure

If you have extra RAM chips i can always try to replace them for you ... but you must make sure that the RAM IC's you want to replace it with is exactly the same pin outs as the originals
23-07-2010, 08:52 AM
Dreamsgate

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeneralFailure

If you have extra RAM chips i can always try to replace them for you ... but you must make sure that the RAM IC's you want to replace it with is exactly the same pin outs as the originals

Still people that can do this out there :) , thought only robots can do it now days.
23-07-2010, 09:43 AM
GeneralFailure

Yeah ... i can do it ... i work for a company that builds electronic boards ... we must be able to to fix the broken ones ... so YEAH ... we can do it ...

We actually use the same RAM they use on Graphic Card on one of our boards.
23-07-2010, 09:51 AM
frank007

But why do you wanna fix such an old card? There is no point. Just go out and buy a new card. The chances are that if you fix it, it will just break again!

http://www.computersonly.co.za/produ...tegoryId=36093
23-07-2010, 09:55 AM
GeneralFailure

I totally agree with you ... but i can help ... that is all I said ... most of the time it not just the RAM chips that go anyway ... and success rate on replacing IC's is also low ... machiens can do it alot beter than me :P
23-07-2010, 09:59 AM
frank007

You are going to be putting good money after bad money (that still might not work). Much better off buying a new card. Even a GTS250 maybe. Or if you wanna spend a tiny bit more go for this:

http://titan-ice.co.za/catalog/produ...oducts_id=1682
23-07-2010, 10:04 AM
Murph

Quote:

Originally Posted by frank007

You are going to be putting good money after bad money (that still might not work). Much better off buying a new card. Even a GTS250 maybe. Or if you wanna spend a tiny bit more go for this:

http://titan-ice.co.za/catalog/produ...oducts_id=1682

Yeah for just a fraction more than GTS250 :D
23-07-2010, 10:45 AM
strawberry

Jees, I just wanted to know if it was possible. Thanks for the input, gents.
I'm saving up for an HD 5850. Do you think that the introduction of the 6000 series will bring about a decrease in the 5000 series pricing?
23-07-2010, 10:46 AM
Tank

maybe, maybe not. will have to wait and see

still can't go wrong with a 5850. good solid card
23-07-2010, 12:41 PM
frank007

Rather get a GTX460 1gb. Its on par with the performance of the 5850 sometimes even better. Its also only R2000 for better performance!
23-07-2010, 01:12 PM
Tank

think you are confused with the 5830 frank.
23-07-2010, 01:14 PM
strawberry

Thankfully i'll only have to decide in October, Frank. But as far as I can tell, if the prices become anywhere near comparable, I'll go with the ATI option (especially if it has one of Sapphire's kiff little Vapor-X coolers attached).
23-07-2010, 01:15 PM
frank007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tank

think you are confused with the 5830 frank.

No dude! I mean the 5850. I posted the link a while back! The GTX460 is a beast!!!
23-07-2010, 01:16 PM
strawberry

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tank

think you are confused with the 5830 frank.

he's actually correct, tank. but only in some games. In metro 2033 the HD 5850 is nearly twice as potent as the gtx460!

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...review-12.html
23-07-2010, 01:23 PM
frank007

IN the dx11 games it does not do as well but in the dx10 games it rapes. Sometimes even better than the GTX465. I am talking about the 1gb version though! I cant wait till i get mine. SLI will work the charm!
23-07-2010, 01:37 PM
frank007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tank

think you are confused with the 5830 frank.

have a look here:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforc...0-sli-review/8
23-07-2010, 04:28 PM
stroebs

Maybe try this ;)
Yes, posted by me.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthre...-using-an-oven
23-07-2010, 04:39 PM
strawberry

wow thats intense! i saw though that you did it in order to fix an artifacting problem. thats not the problem i'm getting...
when reading from my 9800 GT's memory, you dont get back what was written to the memory address in the first place.

eg. when vid mem test writes the data line "fff7ffff" (or something very similar to that) it gets back "fffBffff", so thats why i think its actually the ram chips and not the pins.