New highend GPU wanted. Now. Any suggestions?
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RMA it..
The 5670 should just run on the 75watts the PCI express port is required to be able to spew out. I'm not sure where the whole "needs 400 watts" comes from. It should run in a $350 desktop with a cheap OEM powersupply, like the 4650/4670.
"a significant amount of ATI users have taken to the AMD user to user forums to complain ... crashes and colored-striped hangups.”
"UPDATE: ATI contacted us today with the following message regarding a fix: “In some instances, systems with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 and 5700 series graphics may intermittently display a grey screen or vertical banding. We are aware of the issue and have documented it in the ATI Catalyst™ 10.1 release notes. Initial tests indicate that a driver hotfix resolves the issue. We expect to make the hotfix available shortly.”
I'm not sure if this has anything with the green stuff you are dealing with.
"UPDATE: ATI contacted us today with the following message regarding a fix: “In some instances, systems with ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 and 5700 series graphics may intermittently display a grey screen or vertical banding. We are aware of the issue and have documented it in the ATI Catalyst™ 10.1 release notes. Initial tests indicate that a driver hotfix resolves the issue. We expect to make the hotfix available shortly.”
I'm not sure if this has anything with the green stuff you are dealing with.
garbled screen is usually a problem with vram. but together with the DVI issue it sounds like the board is defective.
QUINTIX: drivers have no influence at bios-setup time.
ryg: If with "board" you mean the GPU, then I agree. Gonna reclaim my 14-day return right and request a new card.
ryg: If with "board" you mean the GPU, then I agree. Gonna reclaim my 14-day return right and request a new card.
Psycho: What does RMA mean?
Great, i wanted to buy 5850 myself (deserting nvidia for first time in 8 years) so now i guess i have better statistical probability of picking a functioning one!
... I am not helping, am I ?
... I am not helping, am I ?
RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization, I suppose
Here, a 3DFX Voodoo 5 http://cgi.ebay.com/3Dfx-Voodoo-5-6000-AGP-128MB-Video-Graphics-Card-RARE_W0QQitemZ300391008180QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Video_TV_Cards?hash=item45f0b307b4
only US $1,725.00 \o/
only US $1,725.00 \o/
Sorry to have recommended a faulty GPU ;-)
Glad you could make use of my "reassurance/advice/silly comment"
Ich hoffe, die nächste Karte tut es. Aber Alternate haben nicht umsonst einen so guten Ruf. Viel Spass mit dem neuen System!
Glad you could make use of my "reassurance/advice/silly comment"
Ich hoffe, die nächste Karte tut es. Aber Alternate haben nicht umsonst einen so guten Ruf. Viel Spass mit dem neuen System!
you make Temis cry
Not the highest end GPU, but I bought few months ago a 250GTS by 100€ from Asus (ENGTS250 DK). With 512 mb I think.
It took me a lot of hours to decide, taking a look for different prices, people here helped me so much by running a shader program I did and telling me their speed results - but I can't find the thread now.
My conclusion was: it is better to spend today 100-150 euros per a GPU not in the highest end but with good enough computing power, and next year buy another 100-150 euros card instead of buying a 300-400 euros GPU card for 2 or 3 years.
So well, I advice you to do like me, and also it might be a good idea to spend money in a good power supply that would be valid for this year card and next year card.
Oh, and... if you do any shader program you want to test, I would be glad to test it in my machine to tell you the results
It took me a lot of hours to decide, taking a look for different prices, people here helped me so much by running a shader program I did and telling me their speed results - but I can't find the thread now.
My conclusion was: it is better to spend today 100-150 euros per a GPU not in the highest end but with good enough computing power, and next year buy another 100-150 euros card instead of buying a 300-400 euros GPU card for 2 or 3 years.
So well, I advice you to do like me, and also it might be a good idea to spend money in a good power supply that would be valid for this year card and next year card.
Oh, and... if you do any shader program you want to test, I would be glad to test it in my machine to tell you the results
Wait for Fermi aka. GTX480 or 470, supposedly out next month.
Nah, I've just been using my replaced HD 5850, playing Dirt2. That card rocks! <3 Gonna learn DirectX 11 soon