True story...
Had that 9800 Pro with IceQ setup. Been overclocked to XT speeds on its R360 core for about a month now. Thats 1 month of gaming and computer being left on.
I come home sat night after being out, decide to play some games, turn on my monitor... nothing. No signal. No big deal rite.. turn off machine, turn it back on.. nothing.. no POST, no boot.. nothing. I take out the video card... and the machine boots.
I take it to work today and pop it in another machine, nothing, no boot, take out the video card.. machine boots fine.
My expensive ass video card just died while doing NOTHING. Mind you it was overclocked the past month, this is the first Im hearing of a random video card death. I wouldnt be pissed if it fried during game play, but god damnit the machine was at idle when it took a dump on me. No overheating issues with the card or the machine.. My room is probably 66-70 degrees in temp, and the side of my machine case is off and all. Lots and LOTS of people from the hard forum (biggest computer geek forum on the net) have been doing this, and no one else has complained of anything like this.. simply because the newer PROs and XTs are the same cards just different core voltage and clock speeds.
Go figure graemlins/jerkit.gif Trying to go through the steps of getting a manafacturer replacement, but Im not holding my breath.
I guess its time for another upgrade