Originally posted by agd5f
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@darkbasic: Well, sometimes the time your electronics survive also depends from the "luck" you've with the components you bought. I also have a P4 for about 10y (OC from 2.8GHz to 3.2Ghz) and it's still working (using that PC right now btw ). Simultaneosly, I had a Radeon 9600 that only worked for 3y (also overclocked it with ATI Tool in the past )... But it's a fact that having your electronic components always working at maximum specs decreases their lifetime... And that's not a stupid thing as you're stating, is "common sense" in electronics...
@energyman: I know about some people that suffered with the "connectorgate" scandal... I even advised them to buy ATI next time (most of that people were using Windows instead of Linux...). But I also have some friends that use nVidia for a long time and never had problems... Now, I'm trying it for the first time (look at the "Goodbye ATI thread")... The "bumpgate scandal", if you're telling about the rebadging of nVidia cards, can also be applied to recent ATI card releases (except for the >77xx (aka GCN) series).
Cheers
p.s.: Still using a rv730 (4650AGP) card...
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