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Rookerman

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Hello, I have a problem. Last week my power supply blew up. went POP, not smoke. I bought a new one, a Cool Max 1000watt power supply.
I have that hooked to me SLI GTX 580's.

Well what keeps happening is the screens will go black and PC stays on, (3 monitors) , and computer freezes as the numlock doesn't respond.

But sometimes just the center screen goes black, but the pc still freezes.

It does this at random times. I had windows 8.1 installed, lots of forums said that was it. Installed windows 7, and still does it.

Here's my build.
GTX580 SLI
AMD 8core 4.oghz
26GB Ram
2 internal Harddrives.
2 external harddrives.

My question is this.
If I replace my graphics card, will it fix it? or is it a faulty power supply?
If it's the card, What single AMD card is close to SLI GTX580s for around $250?

Please help me as I work from home and need my beast, using my wifes laptop is a pain.

Hows this? Radeon HD 7950 3GB (not too expensive, so I could crossfire with another card later perhaps)
 
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I didn't say sli 580 and gtx 760 are the same. I just said a single gtx 760 might be better option. Sli 580 would have better performance at the cost of heat, power consumption, and compatibility (usual cons of SLI). And no, gtx 760 and 580 aren't same card is any stat. Gtx 760 is closely compatible to gtx 670, and both of those cards are superior to gtx 580 performance wise and waste less power.
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buy a good psu from seasonic or xfx 80+ gold ....your wattage is enough for sli 580 but the psu quality i dont think so .....& i think your card is still good ...cheap psu are not meant for gaming they give up quickly when it comes to load....
 
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Yeah, I agree with prit87, your power supply probably can't handle the load and cause abnormalities within the image. Quality power supply units can provide that much power (Corsair, EVGA, Seasonic, XFX to name a few) are the only ones that can be trusted with that load. No single AMD @ 250 will beat SLI $580, Both crossfire 270x will (at $170 per card). A single gtx 760 maybe a better card anyways unless you are pushing 1080p resolution.
 
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I didn't say sli 580 and gtx 760 are the same. I just said a single gtx 760 might be better option. Sli 580 would have better performance at the cost of heat, power consumption, and compatibility (usual cons of SLI). And no, gtx 760 and 580 aren't same card is any stat. Gtx 760 is closely compatible to gtx 670, and both of those cards are superior to gtx 580 performance wise and waste less power.
 
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I will state that is no difference between 7950 and 280.
 
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Rookerman

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WOW thank you everyone for the help. I'll buy a better PSU first and see how that fairs.

Now a new question.
I have two 1920x1080p monitors and in center I have a 2560x1080, I know Surround can't properly display with the 2560 monitor, but can infinityeye properly get my my prop resolution without stretching the center ultra widescreen monitor?

ALSO. Can anyone be so kind to link me a good PSU for the SLI GTX580 that's around $100 to $150?
 
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ak47jar3d

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No, Eyefinity just removes some pixels from top/bottom of the screen to create surround experience in different resolutions.
Great Article:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-eyefinity-3-panel-mixed-resolution-review.html
 
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