Dell + Nvidia = arhgggggggg!!!

[Mighty_Jah]

Hi...Im asking for any advice on behalf of a mate...who has a nice new dell, with a Nvidia gfx card 6800 gt PCI-E ...I think, all was fine, said mate was kicking my Butt on BF2 happily (Dream On) until said card started to freeze up after a few months, after many reinstalls, change of drivers, roll backs, reseats and tears...Naughty card fails to even load drivers now..!

anyone had any similar experiences, Ive heard that Dell + Nvidia are not good bed fellows when PCI-E is used...any help or advice would be greatly appreciated..

(note to self) >>>> Will follow up with accurate machine specs...

Cheers Peepz...Mighty... :wink:

Oh and Hard Lines to WestHam...in the cup....( The Thievin Scousers) :twisted:

[Robin]

Has the heatsink become separated from the GPU core?

[mac124]

Thats pretty much what i was thinking, well overheating, check the temp of the card and if necessary (might be worth doing it anyway) take the card out and blow all the dust n dirt out of the heatsink, you will be shocked how much cr@p builds up on the inside of pc's if they aren't cleaned out regularly and these gfx cards get toasty at the best of times.

[Belso]

Thats what you get for buying a Dell :P

As he has only had it 2months then it still should be under warranty?

Return it.

Lesson learned: Build your own PC.

[mac124]

Whilst i generally agree Belso not everyone has the knowledge / inclination / time / whatever to build their own pc's. Personally the only time i would buy a prebuilt system is for work. I know, you know and probably everyone on here knows that for the same money you could spec and build something better for the same price.

[Mighty_Jah]

Right...said dude has graphics once more....for some unknown reason..???

Booted from the card...when he got home last night, reinstalled the Dell/Nvid driver, all is good and is now bricking it..to play BF2, which is where the trouble started, I think it may have been a driver revision, within a BF2 patch...BF Patch 1.3 prolly has some shader...gubins added that may have consequently, freaked the card out...


So thanks for the rapid replies as usual guys...you rock. :wink: ..and thanks to EA Games...for yet another off kilter..rubbish..Uber.patch...although it works fine on my G foz... and yes...self build is deffo the way...imop!

Greetz Mighty... :wink: