I bought a refurb 9800 pro off newegg.com and after playing WOW for a few mins, the picture goes crazy! i dont know why it does that, but the heatsink gets very hot to the touch. So im guessing thats hte problem? Has anyone had any experiences with this problem before? Any solutions before i buy a new heatsink?
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9800 Pro HOT HOT HOT! (literally)
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usually heat problems are expressed through artifacts
do you have any pictures of this problem?
do you have any pictures of this problem?
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Probably another lame refurb card...I'd avoid those if I were you.
Probably another lame refurb card...I'd avoid those if I were you.
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its 1 mb too large... anyway to make it smaller? its a TGA file.
well i got it smaller, but its an invalid type... how to i make it a jpg or something?
NVM, i got it.
well i got it smaller, but its an invalid type... how to i make it a jpg or something?
NVM, i got it.
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ya deffinetely artifacts ... better go get a vga cooler like the zalman vu700 or the artic silencers
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It is best to RMA it back the egg.
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Probably GPU overheating. Probably because it's a Sapphire. 
Because I have saw a report of the same type of problem with a Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro a while ago. Because apparently, some Sapphire Radeon video cards have POS heatsinks. For all I know, Sapphire may be putting on the same type of heatsinks that the Radeon 9500 Pros use on Radeon 9800 Pros!!! If true, a bad decision!!! 
Because I have saw a report of the same type of problem with a Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro a while ago. Because apparently, some Sapphire Radeon video cards have POS heatsinks. For all I know, Sapphire may be putting on the same type of heatsinks that the Radeon 9500 Pros use on Radeon 9800 Pros!!! If true, a bad decision!!!
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Anyone realize that this is in the nVidia section 
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Agreed, RMA it.
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Rma it through saphirre then. Those also look like memory artifacts to me which will probably not be improved with the addition of a new gpu cooler. Those pics look like texture tearing which is indicative of memory runnign too fast. Conversely gpu artifacts would give a checkerboard appearance. The card is defective and should be covered under warranty, I would contact saphirre if it is to far past neweggs return period. IMO there is no simple solution to fixing this problem so you should just Rma the card.
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i concur with the said above.
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yeah RMA, by the looks of it, thats not heat, its a bad card
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from the looks of those pics, that's the RAM overheating or erroring for whatever reason. gpu artifacts look like little white random pixels. RMA it.
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