REVHEAD
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| Processor | Intel i7 920 d0 stepping @ 200x19 qpi |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Gigabyte EX58-UD3R |
| Cooling | Noctua |
| Memory | Patriot 1333 MHZ ram 6gb Triple Channel @ 1600 MHZ |
| Video Card(s) | ATI 5870 x2 in Crossfire |
| Storage | 4X WD 80gb Veloci Raptors in Raid 0 & Seagate 500gb 7200.11 x 2 in raid 0 |
| Display(s) | Dell 3007 WFP |
| Case | Lian Li A-10b |
| Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar STX |
| Power Supply | CoolerMaster realpower pro 1000w |
| Software | Windows 7 X64 ultimate RC |
I have 2x 5870s both Sapphire Game edition cards, I brought them off a friend when they were 2 weeks old as he purchased 2x 5970s.
I have had the card's for about 4 weeks, and flashed them to the latest Game edition bios hosted on this site. The cards ran perfectly apart from the BFBC2 crossfire horizontal lines, I would swap one card in and out everytime a driver release or Crossfire profile would be released to try and see if the vertical lines were fixed, I couldnt play with Crossfire in BFBC2 as it was really annoying. The Cat 10.5 betas came out the otherday so I installed my second card again , installed the drivers and crossfire profile and played BFBC2 for around 3 hours (horizontal lines were still there but not as bad), then shut the pc down and went to bed. The next day I started my pc andthe monitor wasnt getting a signal, but with card 2 it was.
I uninstalled drivers and reinstalled them but each install the operating system would blue screen, and then when I eventually installed the drivers one card would be left with a yellow ! in device manager, this led me to believe one card was defective.
I then proceeded to test each card on its own, and found that one of the cards had infact dead. I thought maybe it could have been the newer bios I installed a week ago, but doubted it as the cards were running fine, so I was going to flash the cards back and see what happened, well the dead card wouldnt flash , it would fail and error came up- can not erase rom fail, so this is in fact a dead card.
I want to ask some of you about RMA, are Sapphire anygood? I fired them off a support ticket lastnight, can I expect a RMA? if so do they take forever? will they make me return the card to the reseller? I hope not this just adds another hoop to jump through, how long do these things normally take?
I have had the card's for about 4 weeks, and flashed them to the latest Game edition bios hosted on this site. The cards ran perfectly apart from the BFBC2 crossfire horizontal lines, I would swap one card in and out everytime a driver release or Crossfire profile would be released to try and see if the vertical lines were fixed, I couldnt play with Crossfire in BFBC2 as it was really annoying. The Cat 10.5 betas came out the otherday so I installed my second card again , installed the drivers and crossfire profile and played BFBC2 for around 3 hours (horizontal lines were still there but not as bad), then shut the pc down and went to bed. The next day I started my pc andthe monitor wasnt getting a signal, but with card 2 it was.
I uninstalled drivers and reinstalled them but each install the operating system would blue screen, and then when I eventually installed the drivers one card would be left with a yellow ! in device manager, this led me to believe one card was defective.
I then proceeded to test each card on its own, and found that one of the cards had infact dead. I thought maybe it could have been the newer bios I installed a week ago, but doubted it as the cards were running fine, so I was going to flash the cards back and see what happened, well the dead card wouldnt flash , it would fail and error came up- can not erase rom fail, so this is in fact a dead card.
I want to ask some of you about RMA, are Sapphire anygood? I fired them off a support ticket lastnight, can I expect a RMA? if so do they take forever? will they make me return the card to the reseller? I hope not this just adds another hoop to jump through, how long do these things normally take?
