ATI powerColor

[Spock]

Hello Everyone
I have a X800GT card for nearly a year and seems to me their quality is
still not as good as the real ATI.
The fan makes a horrible noise seems like the motor bearings are worn out, I
had a real ATI before
and they never had this problem. Is it hard to replace the fan heatsink and
what brand do you suggest?
I will never buy Power color again this is not the first bad card I have
had.

Thanks




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[Fred]

Hello Everyone
I have a X800GT card for nearly a year and seems to me their quality is
still not as good as the real ATI.
The fan makes a horrible noise seems like the motor bearings are worn out,
I had a real ATI before
and they never had this problem. Is it hard to replace the fan heatsink
and what brand do you suggest?
I will never buy Power color again this is not the first bad card I have
had.

Thanks

Yeah, I made the mistake of buying a Pooedacolor card once. Never again.

 

[First of One]

I have a X800GT card for nearly a year and seems to me their quality is
still not as good as the real ATI.
The fan makes a horrible noise seems like the motor bearings are worn out,
I had a real ATI before and they never had this problem.

The X800GT is exclusively a "partner product", so you won't find ATi-branded
ones easily. Does your card look like this?

Is it hard to replace the fan heatsink and what brand do you suggest?

Replacement is easy. Just remove four screws (usually, could also be two
screws) and the heat sink comes off. A popular replacement fan/sink is
Arctic Cooling:
<http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=61&data=1&disc=>
Very good performance, very quiet, and 6-yr warranty. Though you need plenty
of room between the video card and the hard drive cage. Zalman and
Thermalright also makes compatible fan/sinks for this card.

"Nearly a year" means the card is still under warranty, right? The cheapest
solution might be contacting Powercolor and asking them to send you a new
fan/sink.

I will never buy Power color again this is not the first bad card I have
had.

Ironically, the high-end cards are less risky. All the X1800XT and X1900XT
cards are built by a 3rd-party (usually Celestica in Toronto) and simply
relabeled for each board vendor, so all the brands are the same.
Powercolor's warranty is better than ATi's.

 

[Spock]

I went to the supplier who conacted the distributor who I'm told I have
return my video card and
get it replaced they don't have spares so I will not have computer for a
week.
Yes it is the one in the picture.

The X800GT is exclusively a "partner product", so you won't find
ATi-branded
ones easily. Does your card look like this?
<http://www.powercolor.com/global/images/assets/PCIE_X800_X800GT256MBDDR3/PSD/image_b_s.jpg>
The fan/sink is a fairly common design, used by other vendors like
Sapphire.

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[First of One]

Of course, that's standard party-line for retailers and distributors, since
they obviously don't have loose spare parts on hand. Have you contacted
Powercolor directly?