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[Jeimuzu]

As far as delays this means that regular operations will be slowed and that there will be no major server updates for a minimum of 3 weeks.

Damn..

[ZERO]

Looks like my blocks also work on the 260 so I might just buy one of those and save $50-150. Also it turns out the 280 had a really high failure rate and thus a second one might not be the best solution...

[XxMastagunzxX]

Can't you get a 260 locally instead of ordering it online?

[ZERO]

In Kentucky, maybe I could fine a 9000 series for 500$... fuck that also it has to be a 260 and finding that here and the 55nm version can not happen.

[uuntiltheendd]

My grafix card has now broken and will require a $300+ replacement

In Kentucky, maybe I could fine a 9000 series for 500$... fuck that also it has to be a 260 and finding that here and the 55nm version can not happen.

Considering that I spent all of my money that I saved for over 5 years on this thing that is pretty fucking sad.

fuck why is computer equipment so damn expensive? and zero youre crazy (<3) for spending that much money on computer equipment. that goes for anybody else here that is spending that kind of money on a computer ..
anyways, good luck zero. hope you can get it all straightened out man.

[Kavinsky]

tis' the season of bills, breakages and delays so no surprises here.

[ZERO]

That is why I am going to replace it with a cheaper unit becuase the 300 series comes out in the spring and then I can just use the card as a ppu.

Also think of it this way if you got a ferrari and it was hit by a meteor was it a bad investment. No as there was nothing that could be done about the meteor. If you had bought something else it could also have been blown up and it could also have been ok. There is no way to predict unless you just accept that the thing will break at some point. The only question then is how much use can you squeeze out as quickly as possible. (btw that did actually happen to someones Ferrari)

[Superman]

You could always get things localy, but they are just more expensive, and as a person who builds custom computesr and re-sells them, I would suggest getting online, the extra time it may take will help keep money in your pocket.

[ZERO]

Oh I do get everything online (with overnight shipping) because they usually do not sell what I need in stores. Also yes the gpu was fine it was just the os that was FUBAR. So far I am really loving win 7, logically I needed to mod it a bit to get it to work the way I wanted but I compare this to XP and I really like what I see.

I also used xp when it first came out and it was no where as good as this is. For such a recently released os it is rock solid, the only crash I have had was also seen in win xp and was from me trying to set my multiplier too high.

Also this new ssd combined with my raid 0 makes shit so fucking fast now! My computer loads so quick it is amazing.

[DeadEyeDeNNi$]

Looks like my blocks also work on the 260 so I might just buy one of those and save $50-150. Also it turns out the 280 had a really high failure rate and thus a second one might not be the best solution...

If it is an EVGA card they will replace it for free IF you registered it when you bought it.