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MMObroMMObro Member UncommonPosts: 97
in Hardware

Quizz, 

ok this is the system I got, and I already know, I should have got  an intel system, but I want to keep the mobo/case & stick w/ AMD, but I wanted to know what you would upgrade right now if you had to play with this system. I have been having probs with the radeon card( lines/artifacts playing wow and swtor) when I max out the oc on the card, when i go back to defaults it doesnt happen and I still get the same 60 fps on wow on ultra settings, but have to play swtor on lowest settings of I get these blue artifacts. I have update all drivers btw also.

 

That said here is my system:

 

 


Mega Special I (NO MONITOR)
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_Special_I/

*BASE_PRICE: [+745]
BLUETOOTH: None
CAS: * Apevia X-Dreamer 3 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window & 
Temperature Display [-24] (Black Color with Blue Ring & Blue LED Fan [+0])
CASUPGRADE: None
CD: 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive (BLACK COLOR)
CD2: None
COOLANT: Standard Coolant
CPU: AMD FX-4100 3.60 GHz Quad-Core AM3+ CPU 4MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core 
Technology
CS_FAN: Default case fans
ENGRAVING: NONE
FA_HDD: None
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling 
Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
FREEBIE_CU1: FREE! Battlefield 3 Game (AMD) [+0]
FREEBIE_CU2: FREE! DiRT 3 Game [+0]
FREEBIE_CU3: FREE! Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 [+0]
FREEBIE_HD: None
FREEGAME_VC02: None
GLASSES: None
HDD: 500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD [-13] (Single Hard Drive)
HDD2: None
IEEE_CARD: None
IUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
KEYBOARD: None [-4]
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MONITOR: None
MONITOR2: None
MONITOR3: None
MOTHERBOARD: * [CrossFireX] GigaByte GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX 
Mainboard w/ On/Off Charge, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe 
X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI
MOUSE: None [-3]
NCSW: None
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: Microsoft(R) Windows 7 Home Premium [+104] (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL 
SUPPORT
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: Connectland Ultra-Compact Black Egg Rechargeable 2.0 Speakers [+0]
TEMP: None
TVRC: None
USB: None
USBFLASH: None
USBHD: None
USBX: None
VIDEO: AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card (Major Brand Powered by 
AMD)
VIDEO2: None
VIDEO3: None
WNC: None

 


 


I was thinking  to yank the radeon 6850 by Powercolor and get a MISI  GTX 570 for now. When windows 8 comes out next year, upgrade to that and at the same time add a SSD HD and wait it out to see if AMD comes with a better AM3+ chipset. My budget for now is no more than 500 on an immediate upgrade.


 


 


 


Thanks.

Comments

  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,483

    "POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply"

    There's a pretty good chance that that's the real underlying problem.  One of the major reasons to always get a good power supply is that a bad one can damage hardware.  And the one you've got is awful.

    After that, I don't like overclocking video cards, as unlike processors, they tend to already be clocked fairly close to their limits.  A Radeon HD 6850 is the low clocked bin of Barts, so it probably has some overclocking headroom, but pushing it to its limits is still a serious risk.  A bad power supply makes the risk much worse than it would otherwise have been.  It sounds like you've probably damaged the video card.

    Whether the video card is under warranty or not, you're really going to need to replace the power supply.  Here are a couple to consider:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182071

    For what it's worth, if you fried a card by heavily overclocking it with a bad power supply, that's the fault of neither AMD nor PowerColor.  Any modern gaming video card would be at a serious risk of dying if you do that.  You can switch to Nvidia and MSI if you like, but that won't protect you against that sort of user error.

  • MMObroMMObro Member UncommonPosts: 97

    Thanks quizz, I'll change the ps immediately as well as the card.

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