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    [SOLVED] Cleaning GPU contact pins with rubber/erasor- myth?

    Yep Yeah sold/shipped by Amazon: Sold by: Amazon EU S.a.r.L. I received the card on Thursday, with the initial purchase being on Wednesday (27/11). I should add that rather than going directly down that route first I instead contacted support directly - my first time having to return faulty...
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    [SOLVED] Cleaning GPU contact pins with rubber/erasor- myth?

    Comparing my visual results to other results found online (not at all accurate, but not a lot to go on), the fact that the issue occurred mid usage (actually occurred when I tabbed back in to RDR2) during high load. The fact that the issue seems to occur immediately on boot up before windows...
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    [SOLVED] Cleaning GPU contact pins with rubber/erasor- myth?

    It's not that they are refusing (not directly anyway) they just seem to be tiptoeing around that solution - after this convo with Gigabyte I'm going to just insist on it as I'm well within the 30 day guarantee anyway. I'm not at home atm and it's a fairly old build so won't be able to list all...
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    [SOLVED] Cleaning GPU contact pins with rubber/erasor- myth?

    So, going from my previous post here looks like may GPU is dead, most likely a Vram failure. Only had it for 1 day so not exactly expecting issues already. I was hoping to start the process of getting it RMA'd or replaced this weekend, but Amazon support have been... interesting. Probably doing...
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    [SOLVED] White Horizontal Lines - New 1660ti

    Got my new 1660Ti to replace my aging 970 yesterday, plugged it in and downloaded the latest drivers (did NOT remove previous drivers as the advice seemed to be that it's not necessary when it's nvidia to nvidia) - played a few vr games on Oculus link and had a good time. Had the day off work...