Is it time to retire my GTX 750 Ti?

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For those who aren't in the loop, I've been having a massive headache with my EVGA GTX 750 Ti and these Intel drivers. I actually sent the card in for repair at Best Buy because of the black screen issues (check out the pics: http://oi66.tinypic.com/jshgk8.jpg , http://oi63.tinypic.com/rscydy.jpg ). Long story short: the guys at the shop just installed whatever the latest drivers were that they could find—here's the proof: http://oi65.tinypic.com/jshjbd.jpg . Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed with the service. Plus, the thought of having to haul this thing back in for another warranty claim is just ridiculous. Anyway, the GPU runs okay enough on these ancient drivers, though I'm getting some stuttering here and there, which is starting to get on my nerves. -.- Another reason I’m looking to sell is that I really want to try out OBS Studio. But man, what a mess: I can't find any decent GTX 750s on the market right now, and most of them are the DDR3 versions... while the actual 750s are insanely overpriced. -.- I'm honestly stuck and have no clue what to do. -.-

So, what kind of budget are we looking at for the new GPU?

wiredotter14 said:So, what kind of budget are we looking at for a new GPU?

I haven't really decided yet. Honestly, I wouldn't go higher than a GeForce GTX 750. My CPU is just an Intel Pentium G1840, so I'm pretty much capped there. Do you think it's alright if I list this one on eBay for $167?

I doubt you'll end up with $167, at that price point you can grab something way better

wiredotter14 said:I doubt you'll land a $167, honestly, you can find way better cards at that price point

It's hilarious watching people on Craigslist try to flip a $167 for an EVGA GTX 650 without even trying. I'm just gonna list mine for 500 bucks and see what happens.

If the GPU isn't actually broken, I guess there’s no point in swapping it out or selling it. Might be better to just figure out how to get it running properly, otherwise you might run into the same headache with whatever replacement you pick...

fadedorca66 said:If the card isn't actually broken, there’s really no point in swapping it out or selling it. You're better off just figuring out how to make it work so you don't run into the exact same headache with the next card...

You'd probably need genuine Windows for that to even work. A buddy let me borrow his 650TI for a few days and it runs perfectly fine. It's honestly ridiculous how much AMD constantly complains about everything. -.-

Look, neither you nor I are experts here, so saying AMD isn't any good just doesn't fly. A similar percentage of NVIDIA cards run into issues too. You just happened to pick up a dud, and that's that. AMD is a solid company.

Alexander Moore67 said:Look, neither of us is some kind of hardware guru here, so saying AMD is bad just isn't fair. A huge chunk of NVIDIA cards have issues too. You just happened to pick up a dud, period. AMD is actually a great company.

https://community.amd.com/thread/204651

I don't think 530 people would agree with you on that one! ^^

Getting Windows is pretty easy—you can just grab a trial version online to test it out first

goldenotter9 said:https://community.amd.com/thread/204651

I don't think about 530 people would agree with you on that one. ^^

Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
You haven't run into those issues with NVIDIA drivers or bad hardware before 😵

Alexander Moore67 said:Display driver stopped responding and has recovered
you haven't run into bad products with NVIDIA drivers yet? 😵

I had an EVGA GTX 650 for a year and a half, and not once did a driver crash on me. Even though that card is total junk, I never had any issues with it.

Look, I’m stuck running my 7870 on ancient drivers because every time I try to install an update, I just get hit with a black screen. It’s pathetic. Honestly, I’m just counting down the days until this thing dies so I can finally jump ship to NVIDIA.

Christian Mendoza60 said:Look, I'm running a 7870 on ancient drivers because every time I try to install anything new, I just get a black screen. It's pathetic. Honestly, I'm just waiting for this thing to finally die so I can jump over to NVIDIA.

Mine don't happen during installation—it's just random crashes. I'm stuck on old drivers too. The unknown part right now is that there isn't a single decent NVIDIA card on the market. 750s are priced at $317, and you can't find any 750s on eBay. -.- Looks like I'm stuck with this piece of junk for a little while longer.