r/radeon • u/ingenious_sometimes_ • 2h ago
Discussion Dead 7800xt to a 9070xt
A few months ago, I bought a used 7800xt from ebay (first gpu ever on a new build). Was working fine till 2 months ago it started to have vga led errors. It would just keep cycling to the white vga led and would sometimes post in safe.
I tried all the troubleshooting possible until the only other option was to switch the gpu. Tried a spare 1030 and it instantly booted up. Sigh
Well, the gpu is dead. Sold it on ebay, as apparently even dead gpus sell for a lot in this shit market situation. And pulled the trigger on the Asus prime 9070xt OC from overclockers (they had a brief sale along with onimusha).
I need to do more testing, but from first impressions the card feels great.
Fuck the AI revolution, I just wanted to buy a card in a normal price bracket but it's getting increasingly hard.
I'm pretty happy I got the new shiny card, but very torn on the value proposition. (Considering Nvidia cards right now, it does still seem like a steal but still. XD)
Share your sad stories or happy ones.




