bluesugar
01-03-10, 05:13 PM
Originally posted in the ATI forums, reposting here for possible help :)
So here is my problem. I recently bought the parts to build a new PC, assembled my PC, overclocked it, and ran Prime95 to check for stability. All was well after running it for 8 hours, no problems. My specs are:
Asus P6T Deluxe VT / Intel i7 920 @ 4.1 / 6 Gigs Corsair 1600 DDR3 Ram / 1000w Crossfire ready PSU / Corsair H50 Cooling / Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case / Creative XFi Fatal1ty soundcard / Asus 5870 x2 Crossfire cards / Win 7 Pro on a Corsair 128 SSD.
The problem begins when I play any game with my new PC. I get crashes where the screen goes black, but the sound is sometimes looping. I have all drivers updated, and when I am running very intensive games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat (man I hate typing that out lol) I have the fans set above 70% to ensure the cards don't go above 65 degrees celsius.
From what I can tell from reading these forums and others, it seems like there is an issue with the drivers downclocking volts / speed when switching from 3D/2D, but there isn't a way that fixes it for everyone, so I have not tried this.
But here is the deal - I just wiped all of my video drivers and used driver sweeper in safe mode, installed my old Nvidia 280GTX SLi cards, reinstalled most current drivers, and VOILA, no more crashes. Seriously, the system is stable and running well with any game I throw at it. The problem is that I bought the 5870's because I heard they rock, and they do, when they aren't (or the drivers aren't) hard locking my PC. Also, the 5870's run much cooler than my 280GTX's, and the new mobo I have (coming from the Nvidia 780i) makes the 1st card heat up like crazy since there isn't enough space between the two of them with the soundcard in between.
To make a long story short, when are we going to get a resolution for this problem with the 5870's? I have read that some people have RMA'd their cards, but that didn't necessarily fix the problem. All I want to do is use my new ATI cards. I switched from ATI to Nvidia after my X800XT, and decided to return to them just now and hope that I didn't make a huge mistake.
Thoughts?
So here is my problem. I recently bought the parts to build a new PC, assembled my PC, overclocked it, and ran Prime95 to check for stability. All was well after running it for 8 hours, no problems. My specs are:
Asus P6T Deluxe VT / Intel i7 920 @ 4.1 / 6 Gigs Corsair 1600 DDR3 Ram / 1000w Crossfire ready PSU / Corsair H50 Cooling / Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 case / Creative XFi Fatal1ty soundcard / Asus 5870 x2 Crossfire cards / Win 7 Pro on a Corsair 128 SSD.
The problem begins when I play any game with my new PC. I get crashes where the screen goes black, but the sound is sometimes looping. I have all drivers updated, and when I am running very intensive games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Pripyat (man I hate typing that out lol) I have the fans set above 70% to ensure the cards don't go above 65 degrees celsius.
From what I can tell from reading these forums and others, it seems like there is an issue with the drivers downclocking volts / speed when switching from 3D/2D, but there isn't a way that fixes it for everyone, so I have not tried this.
But here is the deal - I just wiped all of my video drivers and used driver sweeper in safe mode, installed my old Nvidia 280GTX SLi cards, reinstalled most current drivers, and VOILA, no more crashes. Seriously, the system is stable and running well with any game I throw at it. The problem is that I bought the 5870's because I heard they rock, and they do, when they aren't (or the drivers aren't) hard locking my PC. Also, the 5870's run much cooler than my 280GTX's, and the new mobo I have (coming from the Nvidia 780i) makes the 1st card heat up like crazy since there isn't enough space between the two of them with the soundcard in between.
To make a long story short, when are we going to get a resolution for this problem with the 5870's? I have read that some people have RMA'd their cards, but that didn't necessarily fix the problem. All I want to do is use my new ATI cards. I switched from ATI to Nvidia after my X800XT, and decided to return to them just now and hope that I didn't make a huge mistake.
Thoughts?