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Hello TPU,
So my title says the majority of it. I recently acquired a Powercolor LCS 7970 (Great GPU). My PC is what I have in My specs to the left.
i5 2500k
kingston Hyperx blue 16Gb
samsung 850 evo 500gb OS
seagate 'cuda'1Tb storage
Asrock extreme 3 Gen 3 z68
Latest Bios (beta even) indeed a UEFI issue asrock refuses to take responsibility so far atleast, they say its CPU, or VGA, or other.
I installed the card in My primary PCIE slot, and couldn't get any video from it. It powered on, and spun up, but nothing but black. I installed it into another PC, and viola, it works fine. the "other PC" is a asrock H97M Pro 4 with an i3 4160 CPU. It functioned fine, so i tried it in my main rig again, still nothing. I have run a 6950 in the trouble slot in question Just fine, as well as a "newer" 7870Ghz edition, also, ran just fine. Only the 7970 wont run. Now, here is where it gets funny (atleast in my mind) I tried installing it into another PCIE slot (the bottom most since that is where i could fit it) and , it works just fine, although it maxes out @PCIE x8 v 2.0. I have contacted powercolor, and they are saying i should "try it with an ivy bridge or newer CPU", or try running a "7950, or 280, or newer" Sadly, I like many am NOT made of money, and am unable to do this (as i told them too). So im left with upgrading My motherboard, or finding a solution that has, as of yet eluded me. My questions are as follows...
1- does running in PCIEx8 V2.0 give me a large performance hit? or is it negligible?
2- if i am forced to upgrade motherboard, i feel like im gonna regret paying good money for a "sidegrade" since i cant afford to go FULL new as of now.
3- do You know a fix for this (worth a shot right? )
thanks for your time, and I apologize for the lengthy explanation. I wanted it to be thourough so the bases were covered.
regard's
j
heres a funny pic just because
So my title says the majority of it. I recently acquired a Powercolor LCS 7970 (Great GPU). My PC is what I have in My specs to the left.
i5 2500k
kingston Hyperx blue 16Gb
samsung 850 evo 500gb OS
seagate 'cuda'1Tb storage
Asrock extreme 3 Gen 3 z68
Latest Bios (beta even) indeed a UEFI issue asrock refuses to take responsibility so far atleast, they say its CPU, or VGA, or other.
I installed the card in My primary PCIE slot, and couldn't get any video from it. It powered on, and spun up, but nothing but black. I installed it into another PC, and viola, it works fine. the "other PC" is a asrock H97M Pro 4 with an i3 4160 CPU. It functioned fine, so i tried it in my main rig again, still nothing. I have run a 6950 in the trouble slot in question Just fine, as well as a "newer" 7870Ghz edition, also, ran just fine. Only the 7970 wont run. Now, here is where it gets funny (atleast in my mind) I tried installing it into another PCIE slot (the bottom most since that is where i could fit it) and , it works just fine, although it maxes out @PCIE x8 v 2.0. I have contacted powercolor, and they are saying i should "try it with an ivy bridge or newer CPU", or try running a "7950, or 280, or newer" Sadly, I like many am NOT made of money, and am unable to do this (as i told them too). So im left with upgrading My motherboard, or finding a solution that has, as of yet eluded me. My questions are as follows...
1- does running in PCIEx8 V2.0 give me a large performance hit? or is it negligible?
2- if i am forced to upgrade motherboard, i feel like im gonna regret paying good money for a "sidegrade" since i cant afford to go FULL new as of now.
3- do You know a fix for this (worth a shot right? )
thanks for your time, and I apologize for the lengthy explanation. I wanted it to be thourough so the bases were covered.
regard's
j
heres a funny pic just because
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