- Jan 19, 2013
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I got this Powercolor reference 7970 and recently it started to crash when under load. The card is not overclocked 925/1375.
#1 When running 3dmark11, usually halfway in the computer would get a black screen/pattern screen and hangs. Same with games like planetside 2 it will get a black screen or pattern screen after a few min.
#2 Also when booting up the computer, There's 70% chance it will not get to the POST. I have to keep restarting the computer and pray it will post.
#3 This maybe minor but the card only runs at PCIE 8x instead of 16x.
I have tried another HD7970 on my system and problem does not exist so I'm fairly sure its the video card causing this. PSU is 650W running single 7970 and 4670k with no OC
Is there anyway to fix this or is this card paper weight? I don't have the receipt anymore so they will probably reject my RMA.
#1 When running 3dmark11, usually halfway in the computer would get a black screen/pattern screen and hangs. Same with games like planetside 2 it will get a black screen or pattern screen after a few min.
#2 Also when booting up the computer, There's 70% chance it will not get to the POST. I have to keep restarting the computer and pray it will post.
#3 This maybe minor but the card only runs at PCIE 8x instead of 16x.
I have tried another HD7970 on my system and problem does not exist so I'm fairly sure its the video card causing this. PSU is 650W running single 7970 and 4670k with no OC
Is there anyway to fix this or is this card paper weight? I don't have the receipt anymore so they will probably reject my RMA.
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