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HIS 7950 - Fubarred/Incompatible?

Enfield

Enfield

Enfield

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Hi all,

I recently purchased the HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB graphics card which replaced the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC.

I couldn't get my system to boot at first with the 7950 in it, but resetting the CMOS fixed that. Then only to find that loading a game (Arma 2) or 3dMark, my PC crashes.

I thought just to be sure to eliminate software faults, I will wipe my hard drive and start over (which I've just done this morning) and it still occurs.

I don't know what to do to be honest... please help!! :(

Specs:

Asrock Z68 Extreme4
Intel i7 2600k
Kingston HyperX Genesis 1600Mhz (16GB)
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze'
 
Hi, my system is overclocked from 3.4GHz to 4.6GHz. I have tried it at stock, BIOS was already up-to-date and I have also tried a beta bios.

I have also tried the beta catalyst drivers...

It's all fitted in snuggly. I shall try the afterburner thing - see if that works. Can I stop it from boosting the clock speed? And how much should I change the voltage by?
 
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No, no spare - it's not even two years old...

I was lead to believe at the original time of purchase that the PSU could easily handle x2 graphics cards...

I'm going to ask them to refund me, I've had enough..
 
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Thanks very much for your help. Didn't bother with faffing with the voltages and that in all honesty; it should just work.

Fingers crossed that it is actually faulty and not something faulty with my system, i.e. my PSU as you suggested.
 
Got it working!! :D

After installing Windows 8 I noticed that there was a 'windows.old' folder saved, which obviously meant that I had formatted the wrong hard drive. So, I formatted (low-level) the correct one and loaded Windows 7 and the graphics card is now working.

Though I had removed my wireless PCI card, which could be that which was causing a problem, but I doubt it.
 
I think it was just Windows messing about. It's all working good now after a low level format.

Just been playing Bioshock Infinite on all the highest settings and it's working work. Arma 2 lags a little in places, but only a little.
 
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