Anyone having problems with Abit Siluro Cards???

[WATYF]

Is anyone oat there having problems with getting defective Abit Siluro Cards. I recently purchased a GF4 Ti 4200 Siluro and it was defective. Every game/benchmark app that I ran it with hard-locked. And I tried every driver there is for it, and tested it with numerous BIOS configurations, so I know the card was the problem. The only reason I ask is because I bought it from this place called SR-Systems, and it ends up that they've had some complaints on resellerratings.com aboot them sending out defective Abit Siluro cards... is this a problem Abit has been having lately, or is this company giving me the shaft???

or am I just paranoid...?

If anyone else is having this problem, I'd like to know. Thanks.

WATYF

[gateways_rule]

Try and take back the card and get a refund. It sounds like the companies sending out faulty cards. Then, buy it from www.newegg.com

[pauliex]

Believe it or not it may be your 350w psu causing the locks. If I had an Athlon XP and GF4 I wouldn't feel safe with anything under a quality 400w psu.

[AverageJoe]

Originally posted by pauliex
Believe it or not it may be your 350w psu causing the locks. If I had an Athlon XP and GF4 I wouldn't feel safe with anything under a quality 400w psu.

That's BS... I'm running mine on 330 watts with no problem.

So far I've run into one problem with my abit ti4200. I can't seem to get the tv out to work right. Other than that the card has performed perfectly (just ran 3dmarks last night and got a 8990).

[sapasion]

Originally posted by WATYF
Is anyone oat there having problems with getting defective Abit Siluro Cards. I recently purchased a GF4 Ti 4200 Siluro and it was defective. Every game/benchmark app that I ran it with hard-locked. And I tried every driver there is for it, and tested it with numerous BIOS configurations, so I know the card was the problem. The only reason I ask is because I bought it from this place called SR-Systems, and it ends up that they've had some complaints on resellerratings.com aboot them sending out defective Abit Siluro cards... is this a problem Abit has been having lately, or is this company giving me the shaft???

or am I just paranoid...?

If anyone else is having this problem, I'd like to know. Thanks.

WATYF

The Abit Siluro is arugably the best of the 4200 bunch. It certainly hits 600Mhz on the memory OC more than any other 4200. As with any card from any manufacturer there will be cards that are poor. How much this has to do with where you bought it from is debateable.

[Un4given]

It's not the PSU. The rig in my signature is running on an Antec 300W PSU.

[destinier99]

Originally posted by Un4given
It's not the PSU. The rig in my signature is running on an Antec 300W PSU.

Abit's TV-out is any good Unforgiven?

[WATYF]

Thanks for the advice... I ended up returning it.. minus a bench fee... and shippings fees... and a "restocking fee"... (bunch of theives.. )

I re-ordered from a much more reputable dealer... I woulda bought from newegg, but their site was down this afternoon when I was itchin to order my replacement.

WATYF

[amd_is_better]

I just ordered a abit surlo 4200 from sr-systems. I just got yesterday. I was worried after seeing your review. However the box was sealed. I uninstalled the drivers from my old card. Set the video to a std vga card, shut down, pulled the old one out, put the new one in, and presto it worked.

The image quality is fantasic. I played Quake III, MOH, Unreal Tournament all night. I set the card to Quncux and 4x Antilasting. The visual quality is great. I was a little disapointed with DVD playback compared to a ATI Radeon, but I have DVD player hooked up to my TV so that's not a big deal for me.

You must have gotten a bad card, or just not de-installed the old drivers. I had to use the det-destoryer to get the old drivers out. Once I did that everthing went smooth!

Good luck with your new card!

[Un4given]

Originally posted by destinier99


Abit's TV-out is any good Unforgiven?

Don't know, I haven't tried it.