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Might be a really dumb question
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bklyn1028
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29. December 2010 @ 11:11 |
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Ok, this is from my wife, (her mother thinks the weather is bad because of NASA's rockets) go figure. I play cracked games, as a lot of ppl do. I also buy them. But to charge $60 for a game is ludicrious when your making hundres of millions. I mean how much do they need to make. Anyway, I am on my 4th RMA 8800gtx from EVGA (lifetime support), soooooo, is it possible that a cracked game can crash a video card? There I said it. I personally don't think so, but I thought I'd ask.
Please, no laughing.
garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
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fanwars
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29. December 2010 @ 11:20 |
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Unless no shaders or graphics API calls badly modified, no gpu crashes.
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bklyn1028
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29. December 2010 @ 11:23 |
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Ok, can you use layman's terms pls.
garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
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fanwars
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29. December 2010 @ 11:29 |
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Well, if only game protection is cracked away, and nothing more, there shouldn't be any crashes :)
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bklyn1028
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29. December 2010 @ 11:51 |
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But if there were, would it destroy a video card, meaning, the drivers are gone and nothing but artifacts? That is what I mean, actually killing the card so it has to be replaced.
garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
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fanwars
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29. December 2010 @ 12:09 |
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It's very hard to say... Usually viruses do not destroy parts. If one didn't have any heat issues, there's also a little chance that the card just met its end under stress.
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bklyn1028
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29. December 2010 @ 12:23 |
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Originally posted by fanwars:
It's very hard to say... Usually viruses do not destroy parts. If one didn't have any heat issues, there's also a little chance that the card just met its end under stress.
Thanks, I appreciate your help. I figured the card just dies, coincidentally playing the game.
garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
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ddp
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29. December 2010 @ 17:07 |
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viruses won't destroy a videocard unless it can rewrite the card's bios.
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bklyn1028
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30. December 2010 @ 09:13 |
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And I would presume the chances of that happening is slim to none.
garlic and olive oil.....makes a person sound...maybe a little mayo too...forget the mayo...had a stint put in.....
EVGA 680i....Intel E6600......2 hitachi 120GB sata...striped nvidia raid 0..2 GB Corsair DDR2 1066...NZXT Lexa case....EVGA 8800GTX ...NEC 3550 dvdrw, Toshiba dvd rombof DEll 2405fpw
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ddp
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30. December 2010 @ 13:52 |
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i think some are rewriteable as some can change from 1 version to another or activate a disabled core.
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31. December 2010 @ 01:09 |
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i'd say the crack used might contain a virus.apparently star craft 2 is known for causing graphic card crashes or over heating (read an article about it a few weeks back).viruses dont usually destroy hardware but they cant cause problems with software.
btw my mum blames the weather on the hole that man made in the moon.
custom built gaming pc from early 2010,ps2 with 15 games all original,ps3 500gbs with 5 games all original,yamaha amp and 5.1channel surround sound speakers,46inch sony lcd smart tv.
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