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Elemental Dragon ¦ Bex
Ok, my reason for upgrading was because all of a sudden my fps dropped - this was all around the time steam updated. I sorted the problem with steam and it was fine. Updates and died. Fixed it again and I never saw any new updates but it fell on it’s @55 again…
I played for months trying with different resolutions to make it happier and if I dropped to lower res’s with details it was worse, very laggy overall. So I dropped the SLI machine for a new machine and temp used 1 of my 7600GTs to get it all up and running.
It was all great and tried with some CSS on low res (1024×768) and it played happily for a few hours after work, then all of a sudden, GFX errors all over the place. Thought it was the driver, maybe I forgot to update it. But no, I had with the latest version.
Tabbing in and out solved the problem only for it to return after a quick run round the map. Rolled back the drivers and monitored temps - 50c idle. Didn’t seem too hot to be honest… Tested it all when my fiance was up cause it was spinning irraticly by just an MSN popup logon showing!
Opened up the monitor, 47c. Put on CSS and put the w/s format on (1280×800) and he played CSS. Nothing, no issues… Hadn’t done the wierd laggy thing in GH3 either that night. Then just as he was about to leave, it happend and it got worse almost immediatly. Temp - 64c after <5mins playing.
Oh dear…. the upgrade wasn’t as urgent as I thought… it was the card dying… 
SLI meant the other card was saving it’s brother’s butt from the errors I had just now. Sure enough, swapped the cards round and it works a treat with no errors. V-ram dead.
Not amused… that card is barely a yr old… BFG can have it right back! However, what concerns me most, is this is what happend to my fiance’s card, my card, and possibly my next card as it’s only 300 down the line from my 1st card!
I suspect it may give up the ghost soon too, but who knows… It’s too late for an 8800, but too soon for next gen. Not a good position… until then, my 7600GT #2 will have to work it’s little heart out on this Dell 24″ or else it’s not games for over a month!!!! 
Best way to fix CSS FPS is to delete it from steam and reinstall. It works every time.
Well that would work if the GFX card would run 
BFG are accepting it as a RMA so it shall be replaced. The other 7600GT works fine getting up to 80fps ont he monitor! But it’s showing signs of death as they gradually get worse and texture patches appear
~Bex
I have had 7900GTX for 4 years and it still works. Also, i can play unreal tournament at full settings on 1080p and half-life at full settings on 1080p. I don’t see what the fuss is yet with the 8 series or direct x 10.
Well Daniel if youre only playing games that old (and im really hoping you dont mean the ORIGINAL half life and unreal tournament!) I’m not suprised you don’t see what the fuss is about!