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YouTuber Revives Decade-Old GPU from Smoky Home

11/10/2025

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YouTuber Madness727 restored a heavily smoke-damaged ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce 9800 GT that spent over a decade in a smoker's home, coated with tar and nicotine.
He disassembled the card and cleaned the heatsink, fan, and PCB with a degreaser and isopropyl alcohol.
The refurbished card ran 16 frames per second in Crysis, illustrating its restored performance.

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YouTuber Madness727 restored a heavily smoke-damaged ASUS ROG Matrix GeForce 9800 GT that spent over a decade in a smoker's home, coated with tar and nicotine.
He disassembled the card and cleaned the heatsink, fan, and PCB with a degreaser and isopropyl alcohol.
The refurbished card ran 16 frames per second in Crysis, illustrating its restored performance.