At some point, I started noticing strange behaviour from my ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 4090 OG OC Edition (24 GB). Under certain extreme workloads, mostly involving ray tracing, the display would go black. Audio would continue for about 10 seconds, then the system would reboot. Windows logged LiveKernelEvent 141.

The odd thing was that this only happened in a handful of specific scenarios. In most situations, the card worked fine, which is probably why it took me a while to notice the problem.

While troubleshooting, I recorded a GPU hotspot of around 112°C with a core temperature of only around 68°C — roughly a 44°C difference.

I checked the warranty and realised it was about to expire. I had bought the card from Galaxus for CHF 1,569 in September 2023, with a three-year warranty ending on September 5, 2026. I registered the claim on August 27, and Galaxus confirmed receiving the card on August 31.

Their service process gave me a choice between repair/replacement and reimbursement. I explicitly selected repair/replacement. I was perfectly happy with the card before this fault appeared and wanted to keep using it.

Today, September 8, I received a credit note for the original purchase price, and the case was closed — without anyone agreeing this change with me beforehand. The credit can be transferred to my bank account, so it is a full refund, not locked store credit. But that amount doesn’t buy me an equivalent replacement now.

Based on my troubleshooting and subsequent research, I suspect deterioration in the cooling system or thermal contact. The service centre, however, apparently declared the entire card beyond repair.

So I asked Galaxus to return the unrepaired card. Their response:

“The defect was so severe that the product could no longer be repaired. In such cases, our policy requires that the device be properly disposed of as electronic waste—which, unfortunately, has already been done in this instance.”

Apparently, my RTX 4090 had already been scrapped.

That’s the part I find absurd. I specifically selected repair or replacement, yet I ended up with a refund I hadn’t chosen and was told that getting my own card back was no longer possible.

I’ve always been happy with Galaxus. For me, it’s been the main comprehensive online retailer serving Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and I’ve shopped there for years. That makes this experience particularly disappointing.

performance still very low for now, you can find a full video here for Demons Souls, Silent Hill the short message & Astro bot.

So , well, I done it. I sold my 5090 that I bought 10 months ago for £1700 for £4100 on eBay and grabbed myself the following..... Sapphire 9070XT.... Mac Studio M5 Max .... Elgato Wave XLR Pro Audio Interface.... Stream Deck Plus. I got a good return on what was initially an impulse buy. I played games on the 5090 less than 4 hours a week. My home office was like a sauna even after an undervolt, I simply wasn't utilizing the amazing power of the 5090 even at 4K. I have absolutely no regrets selling it, zero, nada ... None . The 2 games I really play are poe2 and overwatch and the gaming experience has not changed 1 bit. Overwatch stills gets me 240 FPS at 4K and poe2 sits nicely at 140+ FPS. Just wanted to share my experience not what I would describe as downgrading but rather relocating resources In a way that fits my work / game lifestyle.

you can watch this video, the fps is still very low and crashes occur, the shaders have been fixed today in a new pr

in croatia, people sell gt 1030 (even the 2gb ones) for over 50 euros
and these things just suck ass
the owners of these gpus arent even aware whether theyre ddr4 or gddr5 variants either

rtx 2070s go for 250 or so euros
non super variants btw

hows the used market where you live?

its been bugging me since I started building my first PC, I got my first built with a Cheap Corsair PSU and decided to buy a relatively "expensive" MSI MAG A750GL thinking they have better looking cables but that doesn't seem to be the case and I've gone on researching images of an A TIER List and expensive PSU only to find them the same why not even? I have seen Cable Sleeves Manufacturers can do it tho...

My mom’s boss was going to throw this out, and my mom asked if I wanted this stuff. I said yes and she had me pick it up. I don’t know what I got, I just put it together.

Almost didn’t get 32gb as I thought it was overkill