Dear Tom's Hardware.
I've followed this site inactively for quite some time, but if I'm right on this I think my knowledge is good enough to help other people.
Now to the problem:
I recently changed PC's and I'm having troubles while using my ATI 4850. When I've been in graphic mode for about ten minutes, my monitor turns black and my speakers say "FLAKFLAKFLAFK" like a machine gun. I then have to reboot my PC by holding the power button.
At first I thought it was the drivers, so I've tried about ten different drivers with the same result. And now I read that the recommended power supply for my card is a minimum of 450 watt. My current one is on 350.
My system runs COMPLETLY fine with my old card, the 8600 GT.
Could this be the reason?
My system specs are:
System tab
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Proffessional (5.1, build 2600)
Processor: Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50 GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3070 MB RAM
DirectX Version: Direct X 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Display tab
Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6936 (Engelsk)
Driver Date: 16-03-2009 22:26:14
Driver DDI Version: ati2mtag.sys
DirectDraw Acceleration: Activated
Direct3D Acceleration: Activated
AGP Texture Acceleration: Activated
Thanks ALOT in advance.
I've followed this site inactively for quite some time, but if I'm right on this I think my knowledge is good enough to help other people.
Now to the problem:
I recently changed PC's and I'm having troubles while using my ATI 4850. When I've been in graphic mode for about ten minutes, my monitor turns black and my speakers say "FLAKFLAKFLAFK" like a machine gun. I then have to reboot my PC by holding the power button.
At first I thought it was the drivers, so I've tried about ten different drivers with the same result. And now I read that the recommended power supply for my card is a minimum of 450 watt. My current one is on 350.
My system runs COMPLETLY fine with my old card, the 8600 GT.
Could this be the reason?
My system specs are:
System tab
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Proffessional (5.1, build 2600)
Processor: Intel (R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50 GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3070 MB RAM
DirectX Version: Direct X 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Display tab
Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6936 (Engelsk)
Driver Date: 16-03-2009 22:26:14
Driver DDI Version: ati2mtag.sys
DirectDraw Acceleration: Activated
Direct3D Acceleration: Activated
AGP Texture Acceleration: Activated
Thanks ALOT in advance.