5670 And Power Requirments

[Bz786]

Hey

Anyone mind helping me out here?

I wanna buy a ATI 5670, Ive got a Generic 400W PSU with 20A on the 12V Rail.

Should be compatible right?

Thanks

 

[frankmcg]

Hmm. Not clear, couple of people including myself are having problems with these but haven't been able to isolate it yet to whether it's a PSU problem:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18120018

 

[MonkeykingZX]

i've got a friend who's running one off of a generic 450w psu, so i imagine you'd be fine

 

[K@rl]

Just borrowed a 530W power supply to try tonight, fingers crossed.

@frankmcg - What PSU are you running?

 

[frankmcg]

See my thread here for details, but I've tried it on 2 different PSUs, a 650W Tagan (which is in my main gaming machine and powering a 4870 at present) and the machine the 5670 was supposed to be going in, my HTPC, which has a 380W PSU

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18119074&highlight=5670

 

[K@rl]

yeah - that's same issue as I am having with my ASUS board. The machine attempts 3 boots before post and then works.

Another problem I was having last night was my printer kept cancelling its jobs - it seems that there want enough power being put to the USB port through the front panel connector headers. Once I disconnected my ext portable drive and plugged the printer into the back of the PC it worked again.

It suggests to me a power issue but down to the MB and not the PSU. What a load of messing about over such a cheap card.

 

[Bz786]

yeah - that's same issue as I am having with my ASUS board. The machine attempts 3 boots before post and then works.

Another problem I was having last night was my printer kept cancelling its jobs - it seems that there want enough power being put to the USB port through the front panel connector headers. Once I disconnected my ext portable drive and plugged the printer into the back of the PC it worked again.

It suggests to me a power issue but down to the MB and not the PSU. What a load of messing about over such a cheap card.

My first time buying a graphics card and im not 100 percent sure on what to get after seeing all these problems with the 5670 im not sure i want to go through the hassle of seeing it failing on me with my crappy 400W PSU. :/

9600gt Maybe? -> or a ATI 4650?

 

[frankmcg]

4650 would be fine as I'm running one of those off a 300W PSU at the moment (the 5670 was supposed to replace it). Or you can just try the 5670 and return it under the distance selling act within 7 days if it doesn't work.

 

[frankmcg]

yeah - that's same issue as I am having with my ASUS board. The machine attempts 3 boots before post and then works.

Another problem I was having last night was my printer kept cancelling its jobs - it seems that there want enough power being put to the USB port through the front panel connector headers. Once I disconnected my ext portable drive and plugged the printer into the back of the PC it worked again.

It suggests to me a power issue but down to the MB and not the PSU. What a load of messing about over such a cheap card.

I agree. Now I'm having to upgrade my entire system just to use it, sucks.

 

[Bz786]

4650 would be fine as I'm running one of those off a 300W PSU at the moment (the 5670 was supposed to replace it). Or you can just try the 5670 and return it under the distance selling act within 7 days if it doesn't work.

This was great advice is there a +rep system on this forum?

 

[frankmcg]

Posted this in the other thread on a similar subject, but thought I'd put it here too:

Just to update everyone on this, I installed a new 785G motherboard this weekend (plus new cpu and ram) but using the same PSU I had before. And the 5670 card worked first time.

So for anyone else searching this thread in the future, I can as good as confirm this is a motherboard incompatibility issue that is stopping these cards from POST ing, not the PSU, not the card itself.

 

[AS_Platinum]

I can confirm the 5670 works on the following motherboard;
Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2

In an Antec Fusion case with the bundled PSU.

 

[K@rl]

Posted this in the other thread on a similar subject, but thought I'd put it here too:

Just to update everyone on this, I installed a new 785G motherboard this weekend (plus new cpu and ram) but using the same PSU I had before. And the 5670 card worked first time.

So for anyone else searching this thread in the future, I can as good as confirm this is a motherboard incompatibility issue that is stopping these cards from POST ing, not the PSU, not the card itself.

Thats going to make it interesting when it goes back to OC. Unsure what to do now as there is nothing wrong with my MB

 

[K@rl]

Think I am going to keep hold of the card for the moment - do you think this new MB will be ok?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-GI&tool=3

 

[malcolm]

I would go for one of the 'newer' P43/45 cards personally, though I know there is a significant price difference.

 

[K@rl]

yeah - its down to price really. The board is just a stop gap really until I completely overhaul the system.