[Solved] XFX Radeon HD 5670 will not even boot!

Hi. I read the Tom's Best GFX Card for the money, and decided on the Radeon HD 5670 to upgrade my aging computer. I was going to use the template, but I think it will be easier for me to just wing it.

Firstly, this is an old computer. Compaq SR1830NX:

MOBO: Asus A8AE-LE

I have added two 1G sticks of G.skill RAM, for a total of 3Gs including the two 512 factory sticks. The ram is compatible, and recognized by my operating system.

No longer running the Factory installed WinXP MCE, instead reformatted with Win XP SP2, but have since done all windows updates and am running SP3. Reinstalled all drivers.

I installed the Radeon HD 5670 and the computer would not start. It would power on, but no booting happened at all, not even a splash screen. It was suggested that I replace the PSU, so I did. I upgraded to an Antec 620W, more than double the Wattage of the factory PSU (300W), and I was very excited to start using my new card.. Hoping to run games like Civilization 5, Starcraft 2 (currently not runnable with my system), and Counterstrike: Source (which my onboard GFX processor runs adequately)

Had the same exact problems as with the old PSU when I tried to boot.

Felt like a moron when I realized I should probably change the Primary Display Adapter setting in the BIOS to PCI-E. Unfortunately, this also did not fix the issue.

Is this card not compatible with my system? I still have a week or so to RMA. Is the card faulty? If not, which card would you suggest I go for instead?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention, the current GFX Processor is the factory, ATI Radeon Xpress 200. It has outperformed my original expectations, but unfortunately it is simply too old to keep up with today's games.

Best answer selected by ElijahRockers.

Newegg customer service is well known to be great
as long as you have all original packaging and receipt
they should take care of you especially since you only want
to exchange

will have to pay return shipping costs though

What about this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133378

Would a card like this be a significant improvement over the 512mb GT 240?

Keep in mind, high resolution is not that important to me. I would like to have high detail, even in a lower resolution, but actually being able to play the game without video lag or chop is the most important to me. I am not really that competitive.

I learned with my HD 5670 which is a DX 11 card to not
expect much from low to midrange cards in reference to DX11 performance
For example I have Metro 2033 which has options for DX9 DX10 and DX11
with DX11 the best I can do at DX11 is 1280x1024 very high settings
link to Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B13Sk0VjJk

that is my C2D 3ghz with OCd HD 5670 doing DX11
to be honest it isnt the greatest even at that lowered resolution
I usually play DX10 at 1920x1080 high setting
which is best balance between eyecandy and performance

If you want to do DX11
a HD 6770 or GTX 560 is minimal
and your system cannot support a card like that

To play DX11 decently a system upgrade is called
new CPU/Mobo/ram/psu etc

playing high level graphics gaming on a computer is a very expensive and demanding
on the system

I consider my rig a light duty gaming rig
really minimal specs
it is meant as an office and multimedia system

gaming systems for modern games are on another tech level

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