ATI Fan Failure

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:06:38 Post Subject:

Did it really? I was just kidding about getting rid of it to you, as it never really had a chance to fail here. Would only be on a few minutes a day before I got the good cooler! Yikes

- Sorry. What happened?

dadx2mj · Posted: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:21:27 Post Subject:

Well after several phone calls and a ton of emails Newegg has finally agreed to replace the card with one of THESE

What do you think did I get ripped or did I make out?

DragonMaster · Rated NC-17 Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 134

As far as I know, it's the best AGP card available.

**JimBowy** · Moderator Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 1627

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:38:43 Post Subject:

Agree... you made out. The 9800 pro probably has higher clock speeds, but the X1600 supports more, better GPU, and 512MB RAM.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:14:37 Post Subject:

Someone needs to do a review and prove it is better! Grin

monkeysauce · Rated PG Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 13

my 9800 had a fan die, but first it did the high whiney thing for about a week. For $15 on special, I bought one of the original Arctic Cooler replacement fans.

It sucks that the fan can't keep up for any appreciable amount of time though.
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dadx2mj · Posted: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:18:44 Post Subject:

Well I pestered Newegg enough they over nighted me the X1600 Pro to replace the 9800 Pro. Have not had time to really get into it yet but it definitely is a better card than the 9800 Pro. I was able to turn up the quality settings in Doom 3 and Quake 4 and it is playing smoother on the higher settings than the 9800 Pro did on lower settings.

LaTech · Posted: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:35:50 Post Subject:

I had an ATI 9800 die on me 5 months into it's life. Quite frustrating to be playing Doom3 and then to see artifacts and then lock up. I reached into my computer and all but burnt myself on the heat sink. I, unfortunately, ordered from someone other than NewEgg and got screwed. No new card. No replacement. Nothing. That's the last time I use that company (eWiz...by the way)