Frist Build, Cant get XFX radeon 6970 working

Bishtaw

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Not sure if this is where it goes but,
This is my frist computer build ever i plugged everything in and when i start it up all the fans work however their is no picture on the monitor and the graphics card sounds like its on max speed the graphics card has a red light on it and im not sure if its good or bad...

My build is:
FX 6100
Radeon 6970
Gigabyte 990fa-ud3
8GB Corsair vengeance
corsair silent pro 850W
Lg optical drive
SSD 64 GB corsair