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by Brian Leahy, Dec 31, 2010 5:00pm PST

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fuck ATI , I will never ever ever buy one.. nothing like grey fucking bars during an sc2 game. Never had any problems with nvidia and I've owned shitloads of them but the minute I go with an ATi I get FUCKED over.. never again.

Jan 01, 2011 3:50am PST

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fuck ATI , I will never ever ever buy one.. nothing like grey fucking bars during an sc2 game. Never had ... : spaceyme
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  hmmm... I just installed a new ATI card I got for xmas to replace my boned one and it runs like a dream. : stygian_whisper
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    its all anecdotal but mine was fine for 6 months, now fucks itself when under load : spaceyme
    - it sounds like a heat-stress issue... my old one was having weird anomalies before it died... what is the... : stygian_whisper
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      I have a 8800GTX right here that burned itself out. The only VC I've ever had go bad were nvidia cards. I... : Slowtreme
      
      The number of 8800s that have burned out via Shacknews users is up there with XBox 360s. : lcizzle
- As an NVIDIA shareholder I fully support this but as a rational human being I have to say that your exper... : kill9
- lol : roggor
- i'm hesitant to play the vendor blame game because you can find bad experiences with any vendor, but i to... : electroly
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  lol
  
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  lol : TrptJim
- As a counter point - I've used ATI exclusively since the 9800pro and the only graphics card issue ive eve... : marmite
- lol : Dontdrop
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  Honestly, it's great others have no trouble with ATI, but every one I've owned has given me some issue or... : node
  - As a counter point, the only card I've had trouble with in the past was an Nvidia one. : Dontdrop
- lol : Slowtreme
- lol : Milleh
- same here... all my ati cards were crap. maybe it was just bad luck because many ati users are happy with... : matthaeus
- I'll add another data point to this anecdotal thread: I've also had bad luck with ATI and been 100% OK w... : PenicillinX57
- damn bro totally fucked over during your 12+ warranty. fuuuuck. : moe6
- lol : jimvolk
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  such rage. what are you gonna do when life throws your adult-sized problems? : liqker
  - post on the shack : skryte
  - turn to the dark side : Hemtroll
  - fap : FlameNut
- All nvidia cards I've had have gone bad. I have only had 2 nvidias but they both went bad. One, the coole... : Tchest
- Meh. I had 2 nvidia cards crap on me and no Radeon yet. I'll stick with the best bang for the buck an... : razlebol
- Ive had better luck with nvidia. Except for the 8800. : Pneum0
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  The same thing happened with my NVIDIA card. So no ATI and no NVIDIA. What should I do spaceyme? : TwiLyght
  - Bitboys' Glaze3D : vx2o
  - matrix : handofthrawn
  - RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE : MercFox1
  - get a Matrox Parthelia. : shirif
  - Orchid : Sailor of Fortune
- This just in: sometimes complex electronics break! Oh no! Panic! For crying out loud, this is why pret... : dpgagnon
- I've never had to replace a dead ATI card, but every Nvidia card I've had has eventually died and forced ... : Beady
- I'll trade you my 8800 for your Radeon. : JarEme
- u mad bro? : phate81
- Ha ha ha ha you got fucked! : jahulio2
- For me it's mostly Nvidia products that take a shit and ATI runs without flaw. : Total Exodus
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  paging flatlikedixay : Sapiens
  - ahem flatlinedixay : Sapiens
- Its might not be the video card, it could be the rest of the system. Years ago, when I was working on ... : mountdreamer
- lol : thetangent
- Can you post screenshots of the grey bars? : daVinci1980