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    10.4 ATi drivers

    yea, go nvidia, where the "problems" mean you have to buy a whole new card
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    Strange issue with new XFX 5850

    i wouldn't EVER use anything you don't get right from AMD/ATI's site. that being said, 10.3 is the CURRENT REAL driver. ;)
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    Problems since installing 5870

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    Best deal on a 5850?

    XFX, DOUBLE LIFETIME warranty. lifetime for YOU and the next person you chose to sell it to. go with the XFX, for whatever the price. I paid $309 i think for mine. So what, i "may" have paid $20-40 more, but i have a sickass video card. 39C idle, 57C load MAX. games are insanely rich:D
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    4-way SLI tested on GTX 480

    mature as in, the drivers will shut off your fan, and destroy your graphics card, like some of nvidia's recent "drivers" http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/nvidia-pulls-196-75-driver-amid-reports-its-frying-graphics-car/
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    Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 Yields Are at 20% - 30%, Further Delays Possible

    i know 40nm 5850 series SO fast 37C idle 58C MAX LOAD come on. nvidia never comes close to that on any of their cards. (temps)
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    AMD's Next Gen Around the Corner?

    everyday my 5850 blows my f***ing mind. in no hurry at all:)
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    Words cannot describe

    http://2118ad.xfxforce.com/index.html xfxforce.com/2118ad :eek:
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    i KNOW man, this card is just NASTY my fan, is it even on??? talk about running COOL:D
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    Any way to verify that this card is DEAD?

    then you permanently fcked it flashing it with things you shouldn't have.
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    there was a bad batch of nvidia drivers prior to the ones out. a buddy told me APPARENTLY the drivers would shut off the GPU fan, and kill it. MAYBE, you had those, and ure fan shut off and overheated??? or maybe because those drivers were bad, they just don't work for you?
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    i did almost the same thing you are doing today. went from a machine that had a 8800gts and installed a XFX5850 I think there is POSSIBLY something to be said about whether XP will just use some "default" drivers and WORK, or if it is trying to still use the nvidia drivers for your ATI card...
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    What OS are you using?
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    so the 5850 still giving a BSOD?
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    the drivers shouldn't affect ANYTHING. ok, i had the EXACT same issue as you. my solution. I have Vista x64. When i got to the "Windows Error Recovery" screen i chose "use the last settings that worked" BAM! My machine is running fine. I uninstalled nvidia drivers, and then downloaded...
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    sapphire 5850 installed, error

    i JUST installed a 5850 today. i did NOT need to remove nvidia 8800 drivers. On that front, you should be fine. if you had bad ram, the machine wouldn't get to a BSOD at all. it wouldn't POST without some kind of error.
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    Shutting down computer, or leave it on? Which is better for GPU

    i guess i am wondering if it would have been possible to run all the 8800's that have been dying differently, to avoid it. i ran a 8800GTS watercooled RIGHT out of the box, and mine died just like everyone elses.
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    GTX480 now shipping to customers (including Newegg)

    Priceless. FYI if anyone noticed the GIGABYTE GTX470 on newegg listed an ETA of today... very telling...;)
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    ok i am reading now, but to SAVE me, and PREVENT RUINING GOOD hardware, can you just simply explain what MIGHT happen if it wasn't enough power??? Basically, say "its going to fry ure video card" and that will make me NOT chance it.. hey, i have a XFX 5850 too. We have the same vid...
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    OK thanks for everyone's help. IT TURNS OUT A STICK OF RAM IS BAD!!!!!! its crucial ballistix tracer IMHO the best DDR2 ever made. the LED's light up, but using ONLY that stick of ram the system throws an error. so, arcanetripwire, do you think 550watt isn't enough? AND do i RISK...
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    WOW, ok, this is fcked up man. It works with 3 sticks of ram, NOT 4. BUT, will work with 3 sticks of ram + HD and + cdrom???? one stick of ram cant take more than a HD and a cdrom. is that ram stick fcked?
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    LONG story short, i have been running the RMA guantlet. first, the original 550watt died, one of the 4pin mobo lines went dead. SO, this is a BRAND NEW never EVER been used PSU, fresh RMA'ed, and they sent me the RETAIL pack. Strangely, i dunno how the 8800 died. but i DO know, the...
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    please read this, it did NOT work until i unplugged the fans, HD and cdrom AND FINALLY 2gb of ram. is the above not indicative of not enough power, based on it working after removing things???
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    it boots, not posts. Get long series of short beeps (mobo manual says its POWER ERROR) system not oc'ed already reseated the card and power connex 8800 had died, it is dead. I do have a friend whos got a pc power and cooling 600 or 650 i think, but not really trying to bother him...
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    just got a 5850, now motherboard says "power error"???

    Ok, this is weird. I just got a 5850. I hook everything up, and when i boot it turns on but motherboard beeps "power error" and the screen won't turn on. I have a mushkin 550watt. Spare me the "mushkin isn't top quality" i know. The point is, each 12v rail has 20amps. i have a gigabyte...
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    Shutting down computer, or leave it on? Which is better for GPU

    Ok, i was one of the people who bought an original 8800 and like magic, it died exactly when nvidia knew it would so hopefully i'd be conned into buying the new overhyped 400 series. I had the 8800 watercooled 100% of its life, YET, nvidia's plan could not be changed and my card died right...
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    Best 1 slot PCIe x1 card for physx?

    i would have to ASSUME that since evga makes the gtx275 with a built in GTS250 core that JUST f**king maybe, the GTS 250 is a GREAT PhysX card...
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    Do you think The ATI 5800 cards are held back from only having 1gb of Vram?

    adding more ram will only increase the performance aspects that ram effects. ...duh.
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    Pick My Next Video Card

    dude, come on. PhysX is a NVIDIA technology... OBVIOUSLY not meant to work well with ATI You ever run some FORD parts in a TOYOTA??? man oh man:rolleyes:
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    GTX 460 Arriving June 1st?

    doesn't it go without saying that all good components eventually get HACKED DOWN for the poor people to afford?
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    5770 crossfire or single 5850 @2560X1440???

    makes me feel good that i have a 5850 on OVERNIGHT from newegg :D
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    BC2 and slow loads with ATI cards

    your comments would make sense if i had quoted you, but i didn't... sorry bro
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    Going to pick up a gtx 480

    so let me get this straight. you sold a GREAT card with a minor issue, that, in all likelyhood could be fixed by new drivers any day now, OR you had a bad card and should have rma'ed AND you bought (or are going to) buy a card that hasn't been released to the public yet (that could...
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    Can't justify upgrading 8 series card

    i was under the same theory "can't justify upgrading from a 8800" until mine DIED. LMAO
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    BC2 and slow loads with ATI cards

    fyi just for reality sake, those specs, as they stand do not necessarilly mean that you don't have OTHER slower components.... and/or that its not your VIDEO card slowing your loads. you wouldn't necessarilly know unless you tried different ram, mobo, maybe a higher watt psu. some...
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    My 5770 is faster then my 275 GTX

    ddr5 is better than ddr3 40nm compared to 55nm, enough said there. nVidia 200/400 series double as heat generation plants. i ordered a 5850 today, nVidia fell off the wagon in my opinion.:(
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    BFG RMA questions/stories?

    i have a gigabyte motherboard. i have RMA'ed it TWICE. both times there was nothing wrong and they tested it, flashed the bios, and stress tested it. never charged me anything, when they should of. in the end, they helped me figure out it was my evga8800 that went bad. I rma'ed a...
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    EVGA Classified Super Record 2 (SR-2) Motherboard

    evga is just nasty, they take extreme to the extreme. theres things on there i didn't know were out yet!!! yikes
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