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Replacing the GPU in the field...

So the video glitches which I mentioned in my last thread have one upped, and started throwing up an ATI Graphics Driver error message then black screening, which is making me think that there is a much deeper problem than outdated software (I am suspecting GPU, as evidenced in the title, although I am going to upgrade first just to make sure).

So my question is - I know there are a limited number of supported graphics chipsets for the axon - the ATI HD2900 etc... Should I be in the pickle that I think I am in (finding myself with a dead GPU in the near future, or at least finding myself with a GPU that is not stable enough to count on in a show), in the middle of the ocean and needing to pick up a new one up PDQ will any manufacturers board do provided it is of the correct chipset? Is there a specific brand of boards that HES use for the axons? I would like to stay as close to genuin as possible, but would also like to know that if I jumped off the ship and went to the local computer shop and bought a card with the correct chipset that it would work...

Anyway, any assistance would be appreciated

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    Clyde,

    As I explained back in Post #9 in this thread, the video card market is tumultuous to say the least. Any given model is only available in quantity for a very short period at the beginning of the cards introduction to the market. That means we have to buy all that we are going to buy of that model card when it is first released....unfortunately at full price. This includes Service Replacements.

    I know the street prices of the few of these cards you can find have of course dropped, but our cost on them sure hasn't as we had to buy them early on at full price.

    Also understand that there isn't just one HD2900. There are many many flavors of it produced by all of ATI's partners. They all present themselves to the driver as a different model internally. Thus it is critical to have the specific flavor of card that we shipped with as a replacement, or alternatively, the specific model that we are currently using.
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    Clyde,

    As I explained back in Post #9 in this thread, the video card market is tumultuous to say the least. Any given model is only available in quantity for a very short period at the beginning of the cards introduction to the market. That means we have to buy all that we are going to buy of that model card when it is first released....unfortunately at full price. This includes Service Replacements.

    I know the street prices of the few of these cards you can find have of course dropped, but our cost on them sure hasn't as we had to buy them early on at full price.

    Also understand that there isn't just one HD2900. There are many many flavors of it produced by all of ATI's partners. They all present themselves to the driver as a different model internally. Thus it is critical to have the specific flavor of card that we shipped with as a replacement, or alternatively, the specific model that we are currently using.
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