Baking your 8800gtx main board

[soundefx]

Well that is business for you. They have to find the balance between quality and it must break.

 

[nforce4max]

Well that is business for you. They have to find the balance between quality and it must break.

Sure if it makes money even when it undermines civilization.

 

[flyinfinni]

haha- yup.

 

[builderbobftw]

Yep. My parent's have a fridge that 23 years old, and still kicking.

 

[soundefx]

My Grand parents had a fridge that got replaced, not because it died, but because it didn't go with the new decor.

 

[builderbobftw]

Ha.

Tremendous waste of Fridge.

 

[flyinfinni]

Agreed. How would it not go with the decor though? I mean, they're mostly black, silver, or white (sometimes off-white) how does that not go with pretty much anything?

 

[builderbobftw]

Well, THey could have an all black decor and a wood pannled fridge...

But still a waste.

My cousin is ugly, but we didn't throw her out whne she was born....

 

[nforce4max]

Well, THey could have an all black decor and a wood pannled fridge...

But still a waste.

My cousin is ugly, but we didn't throw her out whne she was born....

OMG

........Wants to throw out government due to it being fool of bottom feeding scum sucking criminals and stink to high heaven when rest of country might as well be botanical garden.

 

[soundefx]

The counter tops were marble and the fridge was an orange colour. So they decided that it needed to go.

How did this turn from a 8800GTX being baked to replacing ugly people?

Don't get me wrong, I like it, but it is WAY off topic.

 

[builderbobftw]

Baking ugly people?

Don't get me wrong, my cousin is an eyesore, but that seems a tad harsh.

 

[flyinfinni]

Wow.... lol. How did we get to this again? haha

 

[soundefx]

Wow.... lol. How did we get to this again? haha

Builderbob said this: Yep. My parent's have a fridge that 23 years old, and still kicking.

That is how it began.

Anyway, back to the topic. Is the card still running at the stock speed or did you have to underclock it a bit?

 

[inspector71]

My friend baked his 8800 gtx 5 months ago and it still works strong. That artifact problem is a case of weak or not enough solder just heating up and then cooling causing it to crack. I just bake mine yesterday for 10 mins and the card is working like brand new. I also have an 8800 gtx. Nvidia forever thats all i have to say.

 

[builderbobftw]

NV forever cuase thier products break and need to be heated in an oven yay!

 

[soundefx]

Ah.. I now understand why nvidia makes their cards run hot. It is so that it 'bakes' itself, hence, fixes itself.

Nvidia, you sly company you.....

All this time we are trying to keep our cards cool while they should be run hot, with dust bunnies surrounding them to keep all the heat in. This might make the card run for years to come.

 

[builderbobftw]

^ Lol'd at that.

But the heat/noise of the Fermi cards isn't the problem, It's the power usage.

 

[nforce4max]

You know when it is working when every one else is having rolling black outs and the local hospital is rocking their generators.

 

[builderbobftw]

Yep. Just uses to much power. Could be a viable product if built on 28nm, but it is not so....

 

[AMW1011]

Since when is 250w max TPD too much for an enthusiast, even 750w x 3 only requires a really good PSU.

If it really mattered, no one would overclock their CPUs, RAM, or GPUs and no one would ever dare do anything demanding on their PCs because it would simply use too much power.

Sure the GTX 480 would be a much better product if it used less power, but common I don't even look twice at 250w.

 

[Trueno07]

This has got to be the best thread i've read in a long time.

My only questions: Who the hell figured out that baking worked!?

 

[builderbobftw]

Dude, the GTX 470 uses more power than the 5970.

Just to much money in power....

 

[AMW1011]

Dude, the GTX 470 uses more power than the 5970.

Just to much money in power....

ummm...

Just to name a few...

 

[builderbobftw]

Oh , Sorry, i meant 480 uses more than 5970.

 

[AMW1011]

Sometimes, yes, but that is not all that bad. It isn't anything we haven't seen before, although it is a single card.

But I suppose that is my opinion.