I currently run a single 470 Super clocked from EVGA in my PC. I am more than happy with what my computer can do and a friend today didn't feel like going through the hassle of fixing a broken 8800 ultra card that he had. He let me have the card and I was wondering how I should go about fixing it, or if I should even attempt to fix it. Will EVGA let me send it in if I pay them to fix it? I don't have a warrantee on it, as I was not the original owner and I'm not sure they will even attempt to fix it. What do you guys think? Should I scrap my dreams of fixing it and using it for PhysX? Or should I try and fix it to amp up my my current rig?

I also do have a set of Thermal paste and still haven't tested it to see what was wrong with the card. I think it may have just been overheating. Maybe I could open it up clean dust out and re-paste it myself?

I was looking around after testing the video card I was given and it seems like an awful lot of videos on youtube are actually "Baking" their card in an oven at a certain temp to fix it. Is this a good idea or is it just a Sham? I will post the video for people to see. 
 

Ok I guess I cant link a video because of admin restrictions haha. But here is the video if your willing to copy and paste it.
 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmzGnjJNZrM&feature=related

The card does actually Artifact just like in the video and I already have it apart. I was thinking I may try and give it a go.

Install it and stress test it first to find out exactly what's wrong with it (overheating, artifacting, whatever)..Use EVGA OC Scanner or Unigine Heaven and see what happens..The maximum GPU temp is 105C..They are easy to disassemble, clean and re-TIM, pretty much identicle to this ..EVGA won't try to fix it or do anything for you since you don't have warranty.

I was a little slow on my reply, but yeah, go ahead and bake it..Alot of ppl have resurrected their card(s) by baking, including me.

Im pretty sure its an overheating issue. Even without having my precision running because it wouldn't detect the card I could easily tell it was too hot for its own good. I touched the heatsink with my finger after a minute of the video card running and it was too hot to touch. To me I feel like the artifacts are due to the overheating. Im gonna try and reapply thermal compound and see if that fixes it first before I go into the Oven trick.

Ya man that sounds like a great idea. I just wanted a reliable response from someone on here to make sure it works. Cant always trust the youtube community so thats why I came here.

But thanks for the info haha!

Great news to everyone who has been viewing this thread! I resurrected the 8800 Ultra my friend gave to me with the Oven trick : )
 
No artifacts so far on start up and I am gonna go test this card in some games of mine to see what its able to do.

Awesome! Glad it came back to life.