Is something wrong with my card?

[ny_driver]

I have not overclocked or made any adjustments. I was racing with all video settings maxed on my new 512 mb HISx1950pro Ice-Q-3-Turbo, everything was great and then the screen got corrupted slightly(a bit of snow I guess). I was able to shut the game down and restart windows, and the snow is gone. It's my 1st time using the card. Just wondering what that could be? I'm going to go try to race again. Back in a few.

 

[ny_driver]

Well..the corruption originally appeared near the end of a 5 lap race at Monza. I just ran through two 5 lap races there with no problems. Seems ok now.

 

[Athlon2K15]

i would check your power supply..looks like u have enough power,but i would check it

 

[xvi]

It could be a bad video card. I had an old Radeon 9800 pro that would go insane with artifacts on 3DMark 03 and any game I tried it on. It's temperatures were fine, but the only solution I could think of was that I simply had a half-defective card. I sent it back (RMA) to Newegg and received a new one in a few days.

 

[ny_driver]

I only have 18A on each 12v....I think I may have read that 30A was recommended. I'm not sure and I have to go to bed now. I'll pop in before work in the morning. Thanks for the ideas Good night

EDIT: so should I plug two separate 12v plugs into the dual 4-pin adapter they gave me?

 

[Namslas90]

Could be bad card, could be running out of power when game hits high detail areas. That card needs a lot of amps, you should realy have no less than 24 amps on the 12v rail.

 

[ny_driver]

That's kinda what I was expecting...seemed like a good solid PSU.

 

[ny_driver]

Well I got the snow again, but was able to reboot and is ok now.... I'm just worried.
I realize that they recommend 30A on the 12v and I only have 18A, but according to this equation here I should be ok....if I have 420 watts on my 12 v rail, subtract 10% = 378 watts, then divide by 12 volts, and you get 31.8 AMPS. Am I really starving this card with it hooked to 1 pci-e 6-pin power cable? Would it be somehow getting more juice using the dual 4-pin adapter? Thanks for the help.

 

[DrunkenMafia]

can you borrow another psu man, or even better have you got a spare one you can hook up to just the vcard??? and power both up..

If you can't do that have you tried unplugging everything except the essentials and rebooting, no floppy 1 hdd, no neons n fans etc...

it could be a load problem

 

[ny_driver]

I do have another PSU..I certainly never considered that idea...would it really work?EDIT: the other one only has 10A on the 12v.

 

[ny_driver]

I have 1 cd drive, 1 dvd drive, 1 floppy, 1 HD, and 2 fans hooked to 1 12v rail, and I have the video card hooked to a pci-e 6-pin cable. I have all the fan jacks on the MOBO filled.

 

[Thermopylae_480]

If you have dual 18amp 12v rails you should be fine.

 

[ny_driver]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189007
that is what I have. 4 18A 12v rails.

 

[ghost101]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189007
that is what I have. 4 18A 12v rails.

Is that 4 rails of 18Amps? That seems like a very bizarre design. Why not just have 2 rails with higher amperage?

 

[ny_driver]

I think that's what it says, although I am no expert.

 

[ghost101]

I think that's what it says, although I am no expert.

Well, at least your PSU is adequate.

 

[ny_driver]

Well, at least your PSU is adequate.

That is what I am trying to determine here. So far it looks like I'll be buying a new one. I guess I have to buy a new one to find out for sure if the card is ok.

 

[ny_driver]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

I ordered this to solve the problem and it should be here Friday. if it doesn't work I'll RMA the card I guess and keep the PSU All in all a good day Good night all...This is getting to be a pretty expensive computer

 

[Namslas90]

Well I got the snow again, but was able to reboot and is ok now.... I'm just worried.
I realize that they recommend 30A on the 12v and I only have 18A, but according to this equation here I should be ok....if I have 420 watts on my 12 v rail, subtract 10% = 378 watts, then divide by 12 volts, and you get 31.8 AMPS. Am I really starving this card with it hooked to 1 pci-e 6-pin power cable? Would it be somehow getting more juice using the dual 4-pin adapter? Thanks for the help.

Wish it was that easy, Don't forget the primary 12v rail shares power with the entire motherboard, the bestter/faster the CPU the more power it needs; therefore, less power supplied to the GPU through PCI-E bus. Add the power from the 2nd 12v rails and you still may not have enough with that GPU CARD/PSU combination. The secondary power is not a constant draw on PSU it turns on and off as needed depending on the power available through Mainboard bus and the needs of the card during harder work. The less power available on mainboard buss makes the card switch on the power from 2nd connector more often; if there is not enough power overall the, well you know what happens.

 

[Namslas90]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

I ordered this to solve the problem and it should be here Friday. if it doesn't work I'll RMA the card I guess and keep the PSU All in all a good day Good night all...This is getting to be a pretty expensive computer

49 amps on single 12v rail psu is cutting it close. I would say for that type of PSU look for something with around 55 amps on single 12v rail.

 

[ghost101]

Whats Namslas on?

49A isnt enough? That PSU is one of the best out there.

 

[DrunkenMafia]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005

I ordered this to solve the problem and it should be here Friday. if it doesn't work I'll RMA the card I guess and keep the PSU All in all a good day Good night all...This is getting to be a pretty expensive computer

Jeez you should be fine with that one, they are a very good brand psu.. Time will tell I suppose.

I read the reviews about the first one you bought from newegg and there are a couple of interesting ones in there so maybe it is a good idea to get another one anyways.. just put the other one on ebay...

 

[Namslas90]

Whats Namslas on?

49A isnt enough? That PSU is one of the best out there.

Yes PC P&C is a good PSU Manufacturer, however; That psu is a single 12v rail, meaning its sharing the power with the motherboard, cpu, ram, chipset, and might have enough to supple that card on the PCI-e bus; except the pci-e bus will only handle about 10 amps, so whats left will hopefully power the card thru PCI-e connector. I'm just saying that it's close, and as I always say " 20 amps to much only cost a few bucks, but 1 amp not enough and your rig don't run right". I've seen many people here and other forums buy a PSU that should work(but doesn't) and they end up getting upset with the card and getting something else, most of the time the PSU choice was the problem.

 

[ny_driver]

I guess I should have spent the extra 40 dollars for the 750w with 60A in the 12v, but all reviews I have read say that the 610 with 49A @ 12v will easily run my system...let us pray

The card is AGP and I don't plan to hook the card up to the 6-pin pci-e connector. I will use the dual 4-pin Y-adapter that came with card this time. Thanks for all the input m8s off to work now, be back in about 10 hours