Hi,
I've recently swapped out an 4850 for the mentioned HD6950 1 GB.
The 6950 card however seems to cut out (signal to monitor lost) & the monitor goes black after a few minutes playing a game. The previous card wasn't (& still doesn't) do this!
I'm a CompTIA student & have been building computers for years, so I'm no newbie when it comes to this kind of thing. I wonder if anyone else has any ideas however?
In Afterburner the GPU temp is reading about 77*c with the fan on full. Left at normal can rise to about 88*c at last glances before cutting out. I'm not sure It's an overheat problem with the GPU as the side of the case has been taken off & still the problem persists?
The CPU temp is fine & is not throttling. All overclocks have also been brought back down to stock speeds. CPU & GPU @ stock.
My 1st thought was it must be the PSU, so I swapped it out for an Powercool 80+ 750W PSU, it still happened. Ok, I thought maybe the Powercool is also a duff? So I then swapped it for an Corsair TX850M, still the same issue.
So PSU is 'not' the problem!!
I now suspect it is now a problem with the BIOSes with the card & the motherboard. Since my P55 Deluxe doesn't seem to be supported (strangely) any longer by ASRock. That means it's flashed with the most up to date BIOS already. The card is not unlocked to 6970 spec!! & the bios is checked as the original XFX BIOS here on the database.
There is no artifacting or screen tearing taking place just sudden hang, bump fan restarts on GFX card (change in fan speed / tone). There is sometimes a hang in audio also, then I have to reset the PC myself.
There are 2 monitors connected, the 24" 1080p monitor & a TV. I've disconnected the TV & still it happens.
The problem seems to be similar to the trouble the guy with another 6950 card is experiencing here, & albiet:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183235&page=3
I've recently swapped out an 4850 for the mentioned HD6950 1 GB.
The 6950 card however seems to cut out (signal to monitor lost) & the monitor goes black after a few minutes playing a game. The previous card wasn't (& still doesn't) do this!
I'm a CompTIA student & have been building computers for years, so I'm no newbie when it comes to this kind of thing. I wonder if anyone else has any ideas however?
In Afterburner the GPU temp is reading about 77*c with the fan on full. Left at normal can rise to about 88*c at last glances before cutting out. I'm not sure It's an overheat problem with the GPU as the side of the case has been taken off & still the problem persists?
The CPU temp is fine & is not throttling. All overclocks have also been brought back down to stock speeds. CPU & GPU @ stock.
My 1st thought was it must be the PSU, so I swapped it out for an Powercool 80+ 750W PSU, it still happened. Ok, I thought maybe the Powercool is also a duff? So I then swapped it for an Corsair TX850M, still the same issue.
So PSU is 'not' the problem!!
I now suspect it is now a problem with the BIOSes with the card & the motherboard. Since my P55 Deluxe doesn't seem to be supported (strangely) any longer by ASRock. That means it's flashed with the most up to date BIOS already. The card is not unlocked to 6970 spec!! & the bios is checked as the original XFX BIOS here on the database.
There is no artifacting or screen tearing taking place just sudden hang, bump fan restarts on GFX card (change in fan speed / tone). There is sometimes a hang in audio also, then I have to reset the PC myself.
There are 2 monitors connected, the 24" 1080p monitor & a TV. I've disconnected the TV & still it happens.
The problem seems to be similar to the trouble the guy with another 6950 card is experiencing here, & albiet:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183235&page=3