Do ATI 5K Series cards require a HD capable monitor?

[WatakiWatako]

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-5770/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5770-overview.aspx Have a look there it states "HD capable monitor required" however we are talking about a Sapphire HD 5750.
Infact heres the 5750: http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-5750/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5750-overview.aspx
Says the same... HD capable monitor Required.... Are you sure I don't need one.. lol

 

[Fourstaff]

Your best bet it to test the 5770 with some other rig, and check that its working perfectly fine. If that's the case, then I think the fault lies on the motherboard. If not, then the fault lies on the graphics card, assuming that you use the same cable connecting your monitor to your onboard VGA.

 

[Frick]

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-5770/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5770-overview.aspx Have a look there it states "HD capable monitor required" however we are talking about a Sapphire HD 5750.
Infact heres the 5750: http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-5750/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5750-overview.aspx
Says the same... HD capable monitor Required.... Are you sure I don't need one.. lol

That's for gaming in HD.

 

[WatakiWatako]

As long as you are sure that it will work with this monitor with a capable Motherboard, anyone have any suggestions as to a diecent and compatible motherboard that wouldn't break the bank? Im skinned justnow anyway. WIll be a long time before I can afford anything else...

 

[Delta6326]

they work on any monitor as long as you got a cable to plug into it like hdmi, dvi, vga, display-port

 

[Mussels]

'HD' is 1280x720. its hardly a high resolution, absolute antique screens use 1280x1024 which is higher.

I can assure you that all HD 5K cards support as low as 640x480 and 800x600, because they have to to let you see an image in motherboard BIOS/DOS etc.


Since other cards work in the slot and you said its a corsair PSU, my guess is just a bad card. That or the cable/adaptor you're using to the monitor is bad - is it the same cable/adaptors you used on the other cards?

 

[WatakiWatako]

That's what I thought initially when I seen that page.. Motherboard then?

 

[Mussels]

its very unlikely to be the motherboard, if other video cards work in that slot.

 

[WatakiWatako]

its very unlikely to be the motherboard, if other video cards work in that slot.

Could the PCI-E interface be out of date? It should be PCI-E 2.0 but on some sites my Motherboard is listed as PCI-E 1.1 It's a ASRock 945GCM-S

 

[Fourstaff]

Motherboard is as good a guess as any. Here's one for cheaps: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=124341

PCIe are backwards compatible, meaning that a card with PCIe 2.0 can run on PCIe 1.1 as far as my understand goes.

 

[Mussels]

Could the PCI-E interface be out of date? It should be PCI-E 2.0 but on some sites my Motherboard is listed as PCI-E 1.1 It's a ASRock 945GCM-S

PCI-E is all compatible with one another.

its possible the motherboard may have issues with the card and need a BIOS update to work, but i've only seen a handlful of cases like that (usually on motherboards where the PCI-E slot was only 4x, not full 16x bandwidth)

 

[NdMk2o1o]

The monitor works fine and it is the seccond 5000 series card that I have tried in this rig with this monitor. I am currently using the Onboard GPU

There is something not right if you have tried 2 different cards and none are posting, what psu do you have? the chances of having 2 cards doa is very very small

 

[Mussels]

if other cards work and he's tried two 5K cards, then i'd say its a compatibility issue between mobo and video card then.

So that means nothing is 'faulty', to be literal.

try a BIOS update on the motherboard, if one is available.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

if other cards work and he's tried two 5K cards, then i'd say its a compatibility issue between mobo and video card then.

So that means nothing is 'faulty', to be literal.

try a BIOS update on the motherboard, if one is available.

Also what I am leaning towards though not heard of an issue where you have to update a bios to support a certain pcie card.

For the OP, you can get the latest bios here:

http://www.asrock.com/MB/download.asp?Model=945GCM-S&o=BIOS

 

[Fourstaff]

Also what I am leaning towards though not heard of an issue where you have to update a bios to support a certain pcie card.

For the OP, you can get the latest bios here:

http://www.asrock.com/MB/download.asp?Model=945GCM-S&o=BIOS

He also updated his BIOS to the latest version. 3rd post

 

[WatakiWatako]

I updated the BIOS a few days ago to v1.20 however it was only to patch an issue with a Labtec keyboard.. Soz about the system specs I will get around to updating them soon here they are again:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @1.86Ghz
4GB of Ram
ASRock 945GCM-S
550w Corsair VX PSU

 

[Durban Poison]

You're quite sure you disabled onboard vga correctly?

Any chance that you can try some one elses mobo in your system? - Could work out alot cheaper if a 'borrowed' mobo still doesnt work and the problem lies elsewhere...

 

[NdMk2o1o]

He also updated his BIOS to the latest version. 3rd post

I cant see that

well I am stumped, there should be no reason whatsoever it wont post with 2 5 series cards though there are similar issues with 5 series cards and asrock 945* based motherboards

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/269578-12-asrock-conroe1333-d667-radeon-5770

 

[WatakiWatako]

Thats my system specs updated..... Should be. I can't really borrow a Motherboard, everyone I know arent really PC Literate and have VERY low range PC's.. =[

 

[WatakiWatako]

And we cant see it! Did you check the box to allow everyone to see it?

I will check 2 secs...
There we go...

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Thats my system specs updated..... Should be. I can't really borrow a Motherboard, everyone I know arent really PC Literate and have VERY low range PC's.. =[

I am now thinking its defo a motherboard issue, and if you are sure you are running the latest bios 1.20 you can check in the bios itself then time for a new board, you should be able to pick up one really cheaply

 

[Durban Poison]

Does your screen use a standard VGA connector or DVI?

If its VGA and you're using DVI connector, you tried another connector? Normally one comes with the card...

I'm with everyone else when they say an HD screen is not required, but I suppose it could be possible that the screen must at least be HD compatible..

Never really seen anyone run a new gpu on an older LCD which is not HD compatible, so I guess its plausible that it could potentially be the issue.

Most likely though, its misconfiguration somewhere, whether that be BIOS related or the mobo, you're gonna have to do more testing...

 

[WatakiWatako]

My screen uses standard VGA, I am using a DVI to VGA connector included with the card.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

Does your screen use a standard VGA connector or DVI?

If its VGA and you're using DVI connector, you tried another connector? Normally one comes with the card...

I'm with everyone else when they say an HD screen is not required, but I suppose it could be possible that the screen must at least be HD compatible..

Never really seen anyone run a new gpu on an older LCD which is not HD compatible, so I guess its plausible that it could potentially be the issue.

Most likely though, its misconfiguration somewhere, whether that be BIOS related or the mobo, you're gonna have to do more testing...

Looks like a 22" lcd from his sys specs. Any old monitor should work anyway.

My screen uses standard VGA, I am using a DVI to VGA connector included with the card.

Have you tried another? if yes, then again only thing it could be is the mobo.

 

[WatakiWatako]

I havn't had a chance to try another monitor, tried to get a loan of an HD one off of a friend however he doesn't have on..