my GPU died :(

[MissAmy]

after 5 years of service, my R9 290 fried a circuit and left my pc crippled.. i guess it's time to play doom, dark forces, and jedi outcast again on that piece of shit intel HD chip. it's a good thing that some of the best games can run on potato grade hardware

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

I feel your pain: I'm currently typing on a very old, WinXP computer which started blue-screening me no matter what, so I'm running in Safe Mode with networking. Time for a new tower...

 

[PCBaby]

One of the good things about building your own system is that if something goes bang, you can normally replace it yourself

 

[ElPulpo]

One of the good things of keeping old hardware around is that you can always resort to Minesweeper.
More seriously, I've recently replayed good old Starcraft (you want a piece of me, boy?). It was a bit like Grandpa narrating about the war, but still fun and a lot better than some of the ad-contaminated "free" smartphone games.

 

[Piefox]

One of the good things about building your own system is that if something goes bang, you can normally replace it yourself

Right on! I have had a GPU fail on my PC and I tossed one of my older GPU's back in till I could get a replacement. On a side note I prefer desktops to laptops on a count of ease of fixing and upgrading.

I do love me some retro gaming though!

 

[PCBaby]

Whilst I have access to laptop, I prefer my desktop and whilst my latest self build was an expensive one as I bough the new Ryzen chip, upgraded mb,etc, it cost me about £4500 (about $6000) and thats only because i have a friend who can get me trade prices. If I bought a laptop with the same specs (assuming they make one that powerful, I'd probably have to pay well over £10k ($13k) for it.

 

[MrGnome]

Wow thats weird I had the same exact video card but it was the R90x with 8gbs! It also fried out of nowhere last year! And of course it was 3 months over the warranty so I was screwed. I got a new video card geforce GTX 1060 SC on black friday. Is your card under warranty still?

 

[MissAmy]

it had five years of warranty and i got it in 2014. i was thinking about a gtx 1060 as well. it's not that expensive anymore

 

[MrGnome]

it had five years of warranty and i got it in 2014. i was thinking about a gtx 1060 as well. it's not that expensive anymore

I think you will be happy with it, but make sure to get the 6gb edition or higher!

 

[PCBaby]

If you are upgrading your Graphics cards, make sure your motherboard has the appropriate slot and that you can physically fit it in your case. some newer cards are longer/higher and may not fit in a small or standard case.

 

[RearzLover97]

I’m just a casual console peasant.

 

[PCBaby]

Consoles, yuck spit. spit