- May 14, 2013
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Hi,
I just bought a new eVGA GTX 660 SC 2Gb graphics card to go into my new build. My CPU hasn't arrived yet so I decided to put it into my existing PC just to test its graphics power in a like for like against my old Radeon X1950 Pro.
Unfortunately, when I put my new card into the PC it doesn't work. The first few times the PC boots up (Windows 8), but the graphics were messed up, lines going down the screen, misaligned lines, random pixel artifacts and whenever I moved the mouse there was a horrible trail of noise being left behind. After the first few times when my PC loads up it never finishes loading, turns my monitor on to standby, and when I reset my PC I get sent to recovery mode.
My first thoughts were some remnants of the old Radeon drivers installed that are conflicting, but I decided to boot directly into my Windows 8 installation DVD and the same graphical issues persisted. I have cleaned the connectors on the new card without any change. I have also changed the PSU to my new Seasonic 550W PSU and still no change.
The motherboard in the old machine is PCI-e v1, whereas this card is PCI-e v3, but I thought all PCI-e cards support older standards so that shouldn't be the issue.
My question is, does this sound like the Graphics Card is dead on arrival, or could it equally likely be just incompatible with my old motherboard? Even though I changed the PSU, can motherboards affect the power going to the card? When I put the old Radeon card back in it immediately worked again. Is it possible for a port to accept some cards but not others, or if the port is on its way out, for one card to handle it but another not to?
I can wait and try it in my new build, but my CPU could be another few days, and if it is defo the card that is screwed I'd rather get it sent back whilst I have time for a quick replacement rather than waiting for disappointment.
Cheers for any advice.
I just bought a new eVGA GTX 660 SC 2Gb graphics card to go into my new build. My CPU hasn't arrived yet so I decided to put it into my existing PC just to test its graphics power in a like for like against my old Radeon X1950 Pro.
Unfortunately, when I put my new card into the PC it doesn't work. The first few times the PC boots up (Windows 8), but the graphics were messed up, lines going down the screen, misaligned lines, random pixel artifacts and whenever I moved the mouse there was a horrible trail of noise being left behind. After the first few times when my PC loads up it never finishes loading, turns my monitor on to standby, and when I reset my PC I get sent to recovery mode.
My first thoughts were some remnants of the old Radeon drivers installed that are conflicting, but I decided to boot directly into my Windows 8 installation DVD and the same graphical issues persisted. I have cleaned the connectors on the new card without any change. I have also changed the PSU to my new Seasonic 550W PSU and still no change.
The motherboard in the old machine is PCI-e v1, whereas this card is PCI-e v3, but I thought all PCI-e cards support older standards so that shouldn't be the issue.
My question is, does this sound like the Graphics Card is dead on arrival, or could it equally likely be just incompatible with my old motherboard? Even though I changed the PSU, can motherboards affect the power going to the card? When I put the old Radeon card back in it immediately worked again. Is it possible for a port to accept some cards but not others, or if the port is on its way out, for one card to handle it but another not to?
I can wait and try it in my new build, but my CPU could be another few days, and if it is defo the card that is screwed I'd rather get it sent back whilst I have time for a quick replacement rather than waiting for disappointment.
Cheers for any advice.
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