Good day, i just bought new HD4870 and i have problems with game crysis. Eveything runs good at full details but after 10-25 minutes PC reboots always.
I want ask if the reboots can be caused by not enought power in peaks from PSU. My PSU have 400W (standart "no name"). MB MSI Neo-F, E8400 3GHz noctua cooling, SB live, 2x sata HDD western, 2 GB ram kingstone kit. On the other side i play Lineage2 which is old Unreal engine and the game can run >15 hours without any reboot.
And one question more. Can low power from PSU bottleneck the performance of highend graphic card?
thx for any help
HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
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Re: HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
Svano,
Sorry to hear your PC is having issues... When it 'reboots' while gaming does it just shut off real quick like someone pulled the plug? When I've overloaded the power supply in the past that is what it seemed like.
Does your PSU have more than one +12V rails? If you could add up all the Amps from each +12V rail.
Sorry to hear your PC is having issues... When it 'reboots' while gaming does it just shut off real quick like someone pulled the plug? When I've overloaded the power supply in the past that is what it seemed like.
Does your PSU have more than one +12V rails? If you could add up all the Amps from each +12V rail.
Re: HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
hmmm, yeah it reboots realy fast, one time freezes with blank screen and sound was still playing. after this i start thinking something is wrong with GPU and afterwards that the PSU its not enought for. My PSU is standart, not even sata power cables, only 2-3 +12V rails i think. I use now cable "reductions" to connect all devices :D
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Re: HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
can you take a picture of the side label on the power supply or find a model? I think you are right on the PSU not keep up with the Radeon HD 4870...
Re: HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
i dont have screenshot but i remember something 2x12V rail one 17A second 12A
iam thinkink now to order this one Fortron 650W/ LN/ 12fan/ PFC/ P4/ 20+4PIN FSP650-80GLN, should be enought and for good price.
edit. ordered fortron Epsilon 80 plus 600W certified by ati
iam thinkink now to order this one Fortron 650W/ LN/ 12fan/ PFC/ P4/ 20+4PIN FSP650-80GLN, should be enought and for good price.
edit. ordered fortron Epsilon 80 plus 600W certified by ati
Re: HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
problem solved. It was the PSU. No more crashes anymore and it looks like the performance go little up with the new PSU.
PS. DONT BUY S***Y PSU. NEVER... :D
PS. DONT BUY S***Y PSU. NEVER... :D
Re: HD 4870 problems (PSU?)
We keep telling people that, but unless they've had some bad experience with a cheap one, they still want to skimp and get rubbish ones.Svano wrote:problem solved. It was the PSU. No more crashes anymore and it looks like the performance go little up with the new PSU.
PS. DONT BUY S***Y PSU. NEVER... :D
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