What is your Back Up Card?

Kasc · 26 Jun 2011 at 05:32

What a false economy this is.

BRB buying back up toaster.

cmndr_andi · 26 Jun 2011 at 06:10

Kasc said:
What a false economy this is.

BRB buying back up toaster.

I don't think many people specifically go out and buy a backup graphics card, they just keep an older (but still working) graphics card they have previously upgraded from and don't feel it's worth the hassle of selling/binning.

As for the need of having a backup graphics card - as I mentioned before the graphics card is one of the most likely parts in your PC to fail and an RMA turnaround time is usually 1-2 weeks. If you have a backup GPU then you can use your desktop in that time. Similar idea to keeping a spare tyre in your car.

HeX · 26 Jun 2011 at 07:58

Onboard HD4250

233 · 26 Jun 2011 at 08:05

8800gts 512 alphadog edition and a 1950xtx skulking about in my desk drawer

gronf · 26 Jun 2011 at 08:14

GTX 260, 8800GT before that.

BISH422 · 26 Jun 2011 at 09:54

280 GTX, never got round to selling it.

paradigm · 26 Jun 2011 at 09:56

Lying round I've got:

2x 5770's
2x 3870's
1x 9800GT
1x 8600GTS
1x 7900GT

And a whole myriad of older cards.

mraerosmith1981 · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:06

My backup is a GTX260

paradigm · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:08

Kasc said:
What a false economy this is.

BRB buying back up toaster.

I've got a backup toaster actually!

Operation · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:35

I have a 4350 in the cupboard for emergencies.

rolypolyman · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:37

Asus 4350.

jrodga2k5 · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:49

HouR said:
Hopefully both of my 5770s wont fail at the same time if they do!

Just hope crossFIRE isn't taken literally

artus · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:52

rounddodger · 26 Jun 2011 at 10:58

8400GS 512MB DDR2, does the job.

MeatLoaf · 26 Jun 2011 at 11:58

6800GT

EGuitarStar · 26 Jun 2011 at 12:01

8600GT

Jayman69 · 26 Jun 2011 at 12:26

ATI X1950XT turbo version or my netbook for emails and so on.

man_from_uncle · 26 Jun 2011 at 12:30

8600gt and 7900gt. Good for World of Warcraft, but not a lot more.

setter · 26 Jun 2011 at 15:04

If one of my 470's fail ill have the other to use. In the hopefully very unlikely event of both failing, i have an 8800gt as a backup card.

Ch3m1c4L · 26 Jun 2011 at 19:26

Id be pretty ****ed if all three of my 480's died at the same time. At the moment I have 2 gtx 295's waiting for someone to buy them so could use them, but id probably not bother and just use my spare PC which has a 465 modded to a 475 in it, 4gb and a quad core, so is fine for 1080p gaming on the tele

If it all got robbed, id go to either my work laptop Nvidia 310m I3 jobby, or my personal one which is dual core intel and 8600gt m