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kaneda goda

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Hi, I just got hold of a EVGA 780ti to replace my old EVGA 670 and the 780ti works fine on not so demanding games but as soon as I load The Evil Within or Metro 2033 it switches the PC off with a reboot message ""Power Supply Surges detected during the previous power on" I then reconnected the cable again to make sure everything is as it should be, same thing happens... then I took out the 780ti and put the 670 back in and everything is fine... is it a faulty gpu? or is it not getting enough power from the PSU?

My specs are:
AMD fx 8350
Patriot 16gb RAM
Asus m5a78l usb3
2x 1TB HDD
G7 Extreme Power 880w PSU
EVGA GTX 780ti (previously 670)
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

I have looked at other forum posts but nothing from the others explain why my old card works but a new one doesn't. Any suggestions would be helpful.
 
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peterp01

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Looks like your PSU is more than adequate to run this card... Try updating your MB BIOS to the latest version and see if that helps. Also ensure that the video card drivers are current.... Beyond that then your into testing individual components and you can't do that if you don't have a second "gamming" computer or spare parts. If you do have a second computer try installing the 780 there and see if it works with Metro 2033... If it still fails in a similar fashion and the PSU is up to snuff on that computer too then you might have a bad card.
 
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kaneda goda

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Hi Pete, i did update the bios and install the latest driver for the card... my feeling is the PSU might be on its way out since i went cheap on it, Can a EVGA 650 G2 run a 780ti?
 
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Sorry for the late reply, I just noticed this message. Provided your not overclocking anything or doing SLI a 650-750W power supply should suffice for your setup. I've bought EVGA power supplies in the past and have had no issue with them.
 
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kaneda goda

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Hi Pete, buying a new PSU solved all the issues, I went for Silverstone 650 gold (modular) in the end, very silent and has the 80 old certificate, all games run fine without rebooting. It was the cheap GPU that was causing issues. Lesson learned: dont go cheap on PSUs.
 
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