27 Feb 2013 at 16:07 #1 Quango-uk Quango-uk Associate Joined 26 Nov 2002 Posts 443 Location Oxford anyone able to tell me if this case will run a 7870 ?
27 Feb 2013 at 18:20 #3 Quango-uk Quango-uk Associate OP Joined 26 Nov 2002 Posts 443 Location Oxford Yes the sg07 I can get the card in but it and the fan spins up but the monitor does not display anything Wondered if it was down to the power supply being 600 watt not man enough I noticed it has an 8 pin and 6 pin where my 6870 had 6 and 6 not sure where the little 2 pin one goes to be honest I got the card on clearance from ouck, hoping it not a duff card *B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card for £265 inc vat and free delivery
Yes the sg07 I can get the card in but it and the fan spins up but the monitor does not display anything Wondered if it was down to the power supply being 600 watt not man enough I noticed it has an 8 pin and 6 pin where my 6870 had 6 and 6 not sure where the little 2 pin one goes to be honest I got the card on clearance from ouck, hoping it not a duff card *B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card for £265 inc vat and free delivery
27 Feb 2013 at 20:24 #5 Quango-uk Quango-uk Associate OP Joined 26 Nov 2002 Posts 443 Location Oxford sorry, yes im a fool it is a 7970 my psu does have 2 connectors which have 6+2 twice. on the 6870 I only used the 6 pin parts of the plugs I did try it with the 8 and 6 connected but the card would not display
sorry, yes im a fool it is a 7970 my psu does have 2 connectors which have 6+2 twice. on the 6870 I only used the 6 pin parts of the plugs I did try it with the 8 and 6 connected but the card would not display
27 Feb 2013 at 20:59 #8 Quango-uk Quango-uk Associate OP Joined 26 Nov 2002 Posts 443 Location Oxford yeah using the 6870 again at the moment theres only one dvi output and 2 hdmi and 2 mini hdmi will try the hdmi on my tv when i get chance thanks
yeah using the 6870 again at the moment theres only one dvi output and 2 hdmi and 2 mini hdmi will try the hdmi on my tv when i get chance thanks
28 Feb 2013 at 16:53 #10 Quango-uk Quango-uk Associate OP Joined 26 Nov 2002 Posts 443 Location Oxford yes but cant see how that would help me see it display on my monitor durning boot up
28 Feb 2013 at 19:01 #12 Quango-uk Quango-uk Associate OP Joined 26 Nov 2002 Posts 443 Location Oxford cheers thanks for trying