Lots of older cards from 7-10 years ago stil get driver updates. The GTX 700, 900 and 1000 series are still great budget finds for 1080p-Minimum or 720p-Medium on games that released in the last 2-5 years. And HEDT parts definitely warrant lasting longer because of the sheer amounts of VRAM and compute driver features.
The Titan X is pretty nice. It has 12GiB of VRAM and is a really good in terms of overclocking as the whole Maxwell lineup. In one of my systems i use a GT 780 Ti and in the other a GTX 980. Those are still great for older games and for 1080p gaming. I'm glad, that we can still use cards from 10 years ago. There was no way to use a 10 years old card, 10 years ago like a Gforce 6800 GT or Radeon X800 XT. Every card you can repair is a card, someone can use for gaming and is less waste.
For me, these video cards must be repaired, I currently have a GTX Titan X and it works very well, I use it to make renders in Blender, obviously it is a card that is already old but in my country it is very complicated and expensive to migrate to another more modern card and at the moment I am happy with my Gtx Titan X.
Thank you for a good question! As a consumer and gamer, up-to-date hardware is a necessity, but for everyday use (rendering/encoding), a powerful, yet energy effecient card is preferred. I prefer to fix it if it's within my ability, give it to someone who want to attempt a fix, or have it properly recycled so it doesn't end up in a landfill. Precious metals like gold and copper that end up in landfills stay entombed there, and the supply of these materials isn't infinite! I grew up working on through-hole tech, so I don't have a lot of the bench tools like you've got, but I still dabble in some projects on my home bench. I would love to know what kind of microscope you use, and do you have any other tool recommendations?
Thank you @taurolyon for sharing your view. Much appreciated!! Below is the link to the microscope i use and also one that i recently purchased and yet to receive. Microscope currently using: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004816559817.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.745.50de1802uROYQB New Microscope i have ordered (4k Pro) would test it soon: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006234342034.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.50de1802uROYQB Soldering station: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003194122643.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.704.50de1802uROYQB www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004028392148.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.448.50de1802uROYQB Hot Air Station: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001900973775.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.942.50de1802uROYQB Hot Air Station Nozzles: www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001407090451.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.921.50de1802uROYQB
You can see upper right of ram chip as well as middle to outside discolored darker shades showing you most used parts burnt into the plastic under the cap
I wonder if it might be better to start by replacing the rear rather than front as the rear chips have no cooling and might be subjected to more thermal stress.
YES. There was some solder on the pads. As it was on the back I was struggling to clean it as one had I had the hot air and other the iron. 😂. But it has blended well to avoid any shorts.
Lots of older cards from 7-10 years ago stil get driver updates.
The GTX 700, 900 and 1000 series are still great budget finds for 1080p-Minimum or 720p-Medium on games that released in the last 2-5 years.
And HEDT parts definitely warrant lasting longer because of the sheer amounts of VRAM and compute driver features.
The Titan X is pretty nice. It has 12GiB of VRAM and is a really good in terms of overclocking as the whole Maxwell lineup. In one of my systems i use a GT 780 Ti and in the other a GTX 980. Those are still great for older games and for 1080p gaming. I'm glad, that we can still use cards from 10 years ago. There was no way to use a 10 years old card, 10 years ago like a Gforce 6800 GT or Radeon X800 XT.
Every card you can repair is a card, someone can use for gaming and is less waste.
For me, these video cards must be repaired, I currently have a GTX Titan X and it works very well, I use it to make renders in Blender, obviously it is a card that is already old but in my country it is very complicated and expensive to migrate to another more modern card and at the moment I am happy with my Gtx Titan X.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 😁 It's nice to see many still have love for these cards.
I still use the Titan X (Maxwell) in my Windows XP gaming PC. Modified drivers allow this to be the fastest supported card in that OS.
Thank you for a good question! As a consumer and gamer, up-to-date hardware is a necessity, but for everyday use (rendering/encoding), a powerful, yet energy effecient card is preferred. I prefer to fix it if it's within my ability, give it to someone who want to attempt a fix, or have it properly recycled so it doesn't end up in a landfill. Precious metals like gold and copper that end up in landfills stay entombed there, and the supply of these materials isn't infinite!
I grew up working on through-hole tech, so I don't have a lot of the bench tools like you've got, but I still dabble in some projects on my home bench. I would love to know what kind of microscope you use, and do you have any other tool recommendations?
Thank you @taurolyon for sharing your view. Much appreciated!!
Below is the link to the microscope i use and also one that i recently purchased and yet to receive.
Microscope currently using:
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004816559817.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.745.50de1802uROYQB
New Microscope i have ordered (4k Pro) would test it soon:
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006234342034.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.50de1802uROYQB
Soldering station:
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003194122643.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.704.50de1802uROYQB
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004028392148.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.448.50de1802uROYQB
Hot Air Station:
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001900973775.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.942.50de1802uROYQB
Hot Air Station Nozzles:
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001407090451.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.921.50de1802uROYQB
@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql Thank's for the info!!
You can see upper right of ram chip as well as middle to outside discolored darker shades showing you most used parts burnt into the plastic under the cap
This card is quite old now. Discoloration is eminent.
Repair or not depends on what repair cost you charge?
Very reasonable for this card. I hope the user watches this video and comments and may be responds too
I wonder if it might be better to start by replacing the rear rather than front as the rear chips have no cooling and might be subjected to more thermal stress.
It's a good suggestion.
Holy cow, the first 2-3-4 pin for that memory has really bad condition, not shining like the others.
YES. There was some solder on the pads. As it was on the back I was struggling to clean it as one had I had the hot air and other the iron. 😂. But it has blended well to avoid any shorts.
Something like a GTX Titan and other Titan cards may have some collectors value.
True. Very true
Can you show us your lab once if possible😅
Sure I will make a video.
@@GraphicsCardRepairs-tk7ql thanks in advance😃
ohh, it's a TITAN X (Maxwell architecture) not a simple TITAN (Kepler 2.0)
For someone who uses older windows, older cards are the way only. I have a HD7950 and a R9-290X sitting on me waiting for to be repaired.
Thank you for sharing. Good to see love for old cards.
Fix older cards give them a new lease on life, no to landfills … That’s the only place they end up. If the owner is willing to pay, why not ey ?
Thank you for sharing. I agree with you.