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A Sig 550 actually. Similar to the FAL.

That's a stupid amount of tris on the alien mesh with tessellation enabled, like wow. Now if only they actually added more visible detail, rather than just creating a smoother mesh...

Well after stressing for 2 hours (all the time I had right now, will do more later), everything seems just fine. All the temps were within their acceptable range and nothing failed so I'm thinking the fan thing might just be related to my BIOS, because I'm sure if I was over drawing the PSU it...

Well I've decided to give troubleshooting the issue another go, which led to my discovery that clearing the CMOS solved the problem until the BIOS reloaded itself, which leads me now to believe that it may just be my BIOS not liking the the card or something. I'm going to do a system torture...

Well if that's the case, then what else could be the cause of my problems?

I believe you have summed it up well, I've already made my decision anyways, lol. Going to get a Corsair TX750 in the near future :D .

Just a quick question, do either of you know what the amperage requirements of a 5870 are? I'm not doubting the wattage of my power supply because my system should not exceed a draw of more than 450w, I'm just doubting the amperage because I've read that a 5870 requires something along the lines...

Even with only 2 +12v rails at 17 amps a piece? My reasoning for believing my power supply is not cutting it is that my DVD drive would cease to work when I had the 5870 installed but it works fine now that I've switched back to my 8600GTS, also the fan on the 5870 would pulsate and my computer...

At the moment I have an Earthwatts 500w, and my system specs are as follows; Core2Duo E6750 (2.66 ghz), Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4L, 4gb OCZ DDR2 800, 200gb WD HDD, 250gb WD external HDD. As for something 750w or up, I'm thinking it might just be better to bite the bullet and get a Corsair TX750.

Antec EarthWatts 500w

It's not the grey screen issue. It was the fan on the 5870 pulsating before post (rather than just spinning at max), which would stop sometimes when everything except the 5870 and CPU/Mobo/RAM was unplugged. Also the card could barely handle STALKER: SoC at 1680 x 1050 with all settings on high...

So now that I've deduced that my power supply is to blame for my 5870 problems, I'm curious to know if there is any chance that I could have caused long term serious damage to my 5870 by it not having enough amperage. I only ran it for about 10 hours, only 6 of that was in games. Thanks again. :)

I recently got a 5870 which was having some issues for which I've deduced it was not receiving enough amperage, so I'm wondering if an upgrade to an Antec True Power New 650W power supply would provide enough amperage for my 5870. Thanks in advance! :D Edit: Was going to go with the...

Thanks for that little tidbit of info, I'll make sure to get a PS that has an amperage of at least 40 if not more. I figured it was probably the amperage, 34 total amps seemed a little low to me to be able to power such a beefy card.

It's an Antec Earthwatts 500w and the amps on the 12v rails are 17 a piece, though I've just put in my old card for now until I get a new PSU (an nVidia 8600 GTS, quite a downgrade, lol). The reason I think my power supply is the issue is because I was having an issue with the blower fan on...

Ah, ok. I'm only running one HD, 5 fans, the videocard, and the cpu & mobo. Unplugging the optical drive didn't make much difference though. It's a 500w PS which I figured would be enough, but apparently it's not. I'll just put the old vid card back in until I get a new PS then, thanks for...

I was having a problem with my 5870, which I diagnosed to be my power supply not able to provide enough power to my 5870. I cannot get a new power supply at the moment, so I was wondering if underclocking my 5870 would possibly solve my problem and also if I run the risk of damaging my card via...

The strange thing is that it runs at max fan speed before it starts pulsating and then again at max fan speed afterwards, both with or without the DVD drive receiving power. I was thinking it might be an issue with power, but the card seems to be running fine, however I will try unplugging my...

My DVD drive appears to be toast, either that or my IDE cable bit the dust. Don't have a spare to be able to check. I unplugged it though and the fan still pulsates, almost like the card is pumping itself up before the computer actually turns on. The weird thing is that my CPU fan doesn't come...

No, I mean like when I push the power button it pulses the fan and DVD drive in tandem for like 6 seconds then beeps and posts.

@450 The card appears to work normally otherwise, my monitor only supports 1680 x 1050 so I can't really stress it out but I am able to max all the games I own. @Crispy002 I'll try the old card in my computer and see what happens, but I know that with no card it just gives me a series of beeps...

So I just installed an ASUS 5870 in my computer but on startup the blower fan pulsates ( as in goes slow, then faster, then slow, then faster) with my DVD drive seeking along with the pulsating for about 4 seconds before my computer posts, which I find quite bizarre and I'm wondering if anyone...

I figured it wasn't much to worry about since I didn't actually sever the wire or cut through the sleeve, but I just didn't want to run the risk of frying my new 5870, lol. :D But thanks for the help! I'm looking forwards to installing my new 5870, whenever it gets here, lol.

While stowing my extra peripheral cables from my power supply using zip ties I accidentally zipped one too tight and had to cut it using a pair of scissors, the problem is that the back edge of the scissors left an indentation in sleeve of one of the wires on one of the PCI-E cables. So I'm...

Well thanks for the info :) , I've already stressed my CPU out for a good 24 hours and the gap was never more than 4 degrees so I guess I'm good then :D . I feel rather silly now actually for being so paranoid when every ounce of intelligence was screaming at me that it was probably within the...

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 on which one core reads 4 degrees Celsius higher on one core than the other, so I'm wondering if that is normal or if it could be caused by my H/S not being seated properly. I'm also wondering if a load temp of 40 on one core and 44 on the other is acceptable...

Victory or Death!!!!!! Kidding, don't think I want to die for a video card :D .

Yarr!!

Pick me! Pick me! :p

Look up the definition of accommodation on Merriam-Webster, I don't think MMO's really fall into that category. However, the US justice system is pretty ridiculous so it wouldn't be far fetched to believe a judge could consider an MMO public accommodation. In the interest of fairness however...

I hate to be the one to do this, but; This paragraph in no way signifies that Sony is doing anything wrong by not making their games accessible to those with disabilities. So I find the mention of it rather peculiar. An MMO is not a place of public accommodation, it is a privately owned and...

Ahh.. Now it's just a matter of time before we're all required to wear these and work in forced labour camps. :D

I'll put my name in the hat. :)

They were some shots in that video that looked almost lifelike. Crytek does some amazing things.

To attempt quell any arguments about the lack of race and class diversity I'm going to offer my point of view, because it looks like some of you are starting to get your panties in a knot. Think of it this way; if there were 16 different class choices in this game think of how much longer you...

Happy birthday mate! :)

I'm plenty aware that L4D is a social game, problem being I only have one other friend who owns it, and he works all the damn time because he made the mistake of having a credit card and a girlfriend who begs to be spoiled. It'd just be nice if people could mature a little so that random people...

Two words; BAD, ASS. Fitting that this is posted on the [H]ard Forum :p .

Definitely gonna' check out Killing Floor now :) .

Yeah, however there doesn't really seem to be anyone like that playing L4D during the hours I play. But I'll keep at it, hopefully people will get their heads out of their asses in the future.