HD6870 running at 2.0 X 1x

Daddyjaxx · May 31, 2014

That's what the BIOS and GPUz shows no matter what slot I have it installed in on a Maximus V. The benchmarks don't seem to support this. Even Windows 7 gives it a 7.7 and running at 1x, this could never happen.

Silver_Pharaoh · May 31, 2014

My 6850 did this...

Right before I burnt my mobo.. (Drew too many amps through mobo 12v wires)

[W2k]Shadow · Jun 1, 2014

what is gpu-z saying?

my old system says, @idle something different than @load.

if it is the same to you, it is a part of the energy saving system of the video card.

EarthDog · Jun 1, 2014

Exactly... put a load on it while watching GPUz and see if it ramps up.

Daddyjaxx · Jun 1, 2014

It doesn't ramp up under load. It may be what Silver_Pharaoh is saying. I think I'll switch PSU's I'm using an old OCZ 500w to test the board to sell. I definitely don't want to burn it up.

Silver_Pharaoh · Jun 1, 2014

Daddyjaxx said:
It doesn't ramp up under load. It may be what Silver_Pharaoh is saying. I think I'll switch PSU's I'm using an old OCZ 500w to test the board to sell. I definitely don't want to burn it up.

Check for any signs of melting as well as burn marks

But I doubt it would be the mobo in your case, my mobo was a cheapy cheap pre-built board

Daddyjaxx · Jun 1, 2014

No burn marks or anything. It's a Maximus V Extreme.

Silver_Pharaoh · Jun 1, 2014

Does the card do this in another system?

[W2k]Shadow · Jun 1, 2014

test it with unigine valley.

if the results are near to other similar cards everything works fine.

Daddyjaxx · Jun 1, 2014

I don't know. It's just a spare card and PSU I have laying around that I use for testing. I'm going to test it with a Corsair AX750 and see if it's better. I'm also using a molex to PCIE adapter. That could be bad too.

Silver_Pharaoh · Jun 1, 2014

Daddyjaxx said:
I don't know. It's just a spare card and PSU I have laying around that I use for testing. I'm going to test it with a Corsair AX750 and see if it's better. I'm also using a molex to PCIE adapter. That could be bad too.

Not likely, unless the connections are loose.

I'm using the same Molex -> Pcie adapter for my 7850, no issues in terms of bandwidth speeds.

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