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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Nothing about these cards catching on fire is surprising.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Good thing I bought a 7900 XTX a few months ago

[–] [email protected] 25 points 20 hours ago

NVIDIA has done an amazing job at minimizing my FOMO for this generation of cards. Proper anti-consumerism stuff, you gotta respect it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 17 hours ago

Alas, the only thing I can think of at this point when someone mentions nVidia:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

The front fell off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Buildzoid reckons it’s a blown power stage rather than a capacitor as claimed in the article.

https://youtu.be/aHRlYQas4xw?si=8E-cuZtUk119sBKG

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Hot damn am I glad that I got a reliable 4080 Super last year. Looks like I'll be hanging onto it for quite some time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

You're not safe. Regularly inspect your gear.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

My 7800 XT is also a true hero, enabling 4k with raytracing in a lot of games and actually running with my old 500W PSU