- Apr 24, 2012
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Hello ladies, hi gents,
bought an XFX GTR 480 8GB to replace my ancient 6950. Appears to work well until I launch a game. Within seconds my screen enters powers save and I need to hard reset.
i5 2500k
Asus P8Z77M (BIOS current) - (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77M/)
Seasonic M12II-620W
4x4GB
3x SSD
Windows 10 (current)
Crimson 16.11.4 (current)
My PSU delivers 576W on two 12V rails with 24A each.
V3.3 and V5 are also at 24A for 130W total. Plenty of power, I'd say!
As troubleshooting I have
- reset the BIOS,
- removed my 4.4 OC,
- removed my sound card,
- removed 2 of the 4 RAM modules,
- de- and re-installed the AMD driver,
- checked all power connections are firm,
- and tried both the 6+2 power connector from the PSU as well as the included 2x6->8 cable.
To no avail. I had one crash as I was writing this post.
I do not have a more powerful PSU I can try, only an OCZ 500W in an other PC.
There are BIOS updates on the XFX website, but they appear to be for fan control only. I have not tried those (http://xfxforce.com/en-us/support/bios-files).
Is my card a dud or is my PSU really too weak?
bought an XFX GTR 480 8GB to replace my ancient 6950. Appears to work well until I launch a game. Within seconds my screen enters powers save and I need to hard reset.
i5 2500k
Asus P8Z77M (BIOS current) - (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77M/)
Seasonic M12II-620W
4x4GB
3x SSD
Windows 10 (current)
Crimson 16.11.4 (current)
My PSU delivers 576W on two 12V rails with 24A each.
V3.3 and V5 are also at 24A for 130W total. Plenty of power, I'd say!
As troubleshooting I have
- reset the BIOS,
- removed my 4.4 OC,
- removed my sound card,
- removed 2 of the 4 RAM modules,
- de- and re-installed the AMD driver,
- checked all power connections are firm,
- and tried both the 6+2 power connector from the PSU as well as the included 2x6->8 cable.
To no avail. I had one crash as I was writing this post.
I do not have a more powerful PSU I can try, only an OCZ 500W in an other PC.
There are BIOS updates on the XFX website, but they appear to be for fan control only. I have not tried those (http://xfxforce.com/en-us/support/bios-files).
Is my card a dud or is my PSU really too weak?