4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought!

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 3, 2009, 04:02 PM

I just installed my HD4850 X2 and ran 3DMark Vantage after enabling CrossfireX. It crashed and locked up during the second GPU test, New Calico. Oh NOOOO! I stuffed my brand new card!! I reran the test trying different settings a few more times updated my drivers, but nothing, still crashing... I then realized that it always crashed whenever the fans started up on the card (and they're loud ones too). So I thought, "If it's crashing whenever the card uses more power that it has to be my Superflower powersupply!" At last, I turned off CrossfireX and it's running fine. Come Monday I'm heading down to my local PC Hardware outlet. Hey Jimmy gimme one of those 1500W thingmajigs...

OldBuzzard · Jun 3, 2009, 04:59 PM

I doubt that you would need a 1500 W one

A Corsair PSU in the 650-850W range would do just fine. Possible even the HX620.

This one would be perfect, and give you room for expansion:
Getright Computers - Australia Buy Computer, Buy Computer Parts, Laptop Computers, Monitors, Computer Casing Online at Getright Computers have the Corsair TX-750 at AUD$249.00 inc. GST

If you wanted a little more power, just to be safe:
850W "Corsair" TX-850 ATX Power Supply

Although, if all you are running is just the 4850 X2, then the 620HX would be more than adaquate:
http://www.allneeds.com.au/prod470.htm

Judas · Jun 3, 2009, 05:17 PM

how do you enable crossfirex with a single hd4850x2?

crossfire shouldn't even be showing up in the ccc...

and i'm running a HD4870x2 2gb with triple fans on a single OCZ GamerXStream 600watt... so you can be guaranteed that this psu would likely more then suite your needs considering my system specs and yours....

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 3, 2009, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldBuzzard

I doubt that you would need a 1500 W one

A Corsair PSU in the 650-850W range would do just fine. Possible even the HX620.

This one would be perfect, and give you room for expansion:
Getright Computers - Australia Buy Computer, Buy Computer Parts, Laptop Computers, Monitors, Computer Casing Online at Getright Computers have the Corsair TX-750 at AUD$249.00 inc. GST

If you wanted a little more power, just to be safe:
850W "Corsair" TX-850 ATX Power Supply

Although, if all you are running is just the 4850 X2, then the 620HX would be more than adaquate:
620W "Corsair" HX-620

I have about 300AU to spend so I'll probably get what I can for that.

Chaos · Jun 3, 2009, 05:26 PM

Judas Crossfire shows in CCC with 4850X2

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 3, 2009, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

how do you enable crossfirex with a single hd4850x2?

crossfire shouldn't even be showing up in the ccc...

and i'm running a HD4870x2 2gb with triple fans on a single OCZ GamerXStream 600watt... so you can be guaranteed that this psu would likely more then suite your needs considering my system specs and yours....

I've had this PSU for so long that it's about time I replaced it. I'll want something that can go for another while yet I guess. The box says it's got CrossfireX can work on "any" MB.

Judas · Jun 3, 2009, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

Judas Crossfire shows in CCC with 4850X2

is that only for the 4850x2 cause the 3 HD4870x2's i've played with no don't...

Judas · Jun 3, 2009, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RE III - Frankie

I've had this PSU for so long that it's about time I replaced it. I'll want something that can go for another while yet I guess. The box says it's got CrossfireX can work on "any" MB.

i would suggest PC Power & Cooler 750watt... those suckers work great and are powerful buggers

OldBuzzard · Jun 4, 2009, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

is that only for the 4850x2 cause the 3 HD4870x2's i've played with no don't...

CrossfireX works with onboard video as well as discrete cards.

You probably don't have on-board video on your MBs.

Meaker · Jun 4, 2009, 02:58 AM

Crossfire option appears on the 4850X2 and not on 4870X2.

Judas · Jun 4, 2009, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldBuzzard

CrossfireX works with onboard video as well as discrete cards.

You probably don't have on-board video on your MBs.

i'll go with meaker on that...

considering he doesn't have onboard video either

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 4, 2009, 11:38 AM

I picked up a OCZ Silencer Blue Quad 750W. 4850X2 now great!!

kn00tcn · Jun 4, 2009, 11:40 PM

i'm on a corsair tx750 for my 4870x2

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 5, 2009, 07:10 AM

Yeah, it's running perrrfect now. No crashes in 3DMark Vantage or Race Driver GRID. Smooth as.... I'm loving it.

Chaos · Jun 5, 2009, 07:30 AM

thats good to hear, i like mine I know that much

Cow_160483 · Jun 5, 2009, 08:03 AM

cool on the card frankie

and the power supply also, enjoy that baby to the fullest .

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 5, 2009, 08:16 AM

Thank you guys! I will, I promise!!

Mac Daddy · Jun 5, 2009, 01:45 PM

Good stuff Frankie on the new PSU and glad you can finally enjoy that 4850x2 to it's fullest

Meaker · Jun 7, 2009, 10:03 PM

BTW the crossfire option is there since the HD4850X2 has 4 DVI ports, but they are only all usable when crossfire is disabled (first two only otherwise).

Judas · Jun 8, 2009, 09:02 AM

oh ok.... that makes sense.. as it's 2 video cards... and not just 2 gpu's only.... from a technical standpoint

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 8, 2009, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Good stuff Frankie on the new PSU and glad you can finally enjoy that 4850x2 to it's fullest

Thanks. I've been playing DiRT and Crysis. Excellent graphics!!

bstef9950 · Jun 22, 2009, 03:38 AM

did you get this problum worked out?I just bought a 4870X2 ATI card and all im hearing is heating problums.I,ve been running 2 evga8800GTX Nvidia in SLI mode and they run pretty hot but not crashing.Im starting to wonder what did i get into

Judas · Jun 22, 2009, 08:23 PM

my HD4870x2 i've got idles at 38-42*C and peaks at 83-87*C......

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 24, 2009, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bstef9950

did you get this problum worked out?I just bought a 4870X2 ATI card and all im hearing is heating problums.I,ve been running 2 evga8800GTX Nvidia in SLI mode and they run pretty hot but not crashing.Im starting to wonder what did i get into

I don't know why, but when I disabled CrossFireX the problems went away. I'm seriously planning on getting a replacement card next pay.
I checked the CrossfireX forums at AMD-ATI and they said in a post that if you're sure that you have the right PSU for your card then it would most likely come down to RAM or other hardware issues.
I'm only running cheap Kingston entry level RAM and I once overclocked it and caused my PC to lock up so i'll be looking at that next now.

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jun 24, 2009, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

my HD4870x2 i've got idles at 38-42*C and peaks at 83-87*C......

mine gets to 82*c under stress and idles at 41*c.

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jul 1, 2009, 05:47 PM

Ok. I have my problem pinned down to the adaptive antialiasing setting in Catalyst 9.6. Does this sound like a hardware or software problem? Furmark ran successfully for, approx 1000 secs at 1024x768 stability test burning mode msaa 4x with this setting turned off.

~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Jul 6, 2009, 12:54 AM

Problem solved! I ditched the old card and am picking a new one up today. I am using my mom's computer at the moment.

Jun 3, 2009, 04:02 PM	#1
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! I just installed my HD4850 X2 and ran 3DMark Vantage after enabling CrossfireX. It crashed and locked up during the second GPU test, New Calico. Oh NOOOO! I stuffed my brand new card!! I reran the test trying different settings a few more times updated my drivers, but nothing, still crashing... I then realized that it always crashed whenever the fans started up on the card (and they're loud ones too). So I thought, "If it's crashing whenever the card uses more power that it has to be my Superflower powersupply!" At last, I turned off CrossfireX and it's running fine. Come Monday I'm heading down to my local PC Hardware outlet. Hey Jimmy gimme one of those 1500W thingmajigs...

Jun 3, 2009, 04:59 PM	#2
OldBuzzard DH's oldest Geek Join Date: May 2003 Location: Oberlin, OH Posts: 2,781 Rep Power: 141 System Specs	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! I doubt that you would need a 1500 W one A Corsair PSU in the 650-850W range would do just fine. Possible even the HX620. This one would be perfect, and give you room for expansion: Getright Computers - Australia Buy Computer, Buy Computer Parts, Laptop Computers, Monitors, Computer Casing Online at Getright Computers have the Corsair TX-750 at AUD$249.00 inc. GST If you wanted a little more power, just to be safe: 850W "Corsair" TX-850 ATX Power Supply Although, if all you are running is just the 4850 X2, then the 620HX would be more than adaquate: http://www.allneeds.com.au/prod470.htm __________________ When looking for a reason as to why things go wrong, never rule out sheer STUPIDITY Last edited by OldBuzzard; Jun 3, 2009 at 05:06 PM.

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Jun 4, 2009, 11:38 AM	Thread Starter #12
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! I picked up a OCZ Silencer Blue Quad 750W. 4850X2 now great!!

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~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! Yeah, it's running perrrfect now. No crashes in 3DMark Vantage or Race Driver GRID. Smooth as.... I'm loving it.

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Jun 5, 2009, 08:16 AM	Thread Starter #17
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! Thank you guys! I will, I promise!!

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Meaker #1 INTEL MAINSTREAM Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! BTW the crossfire option is there since the HD4850X2 has 4 DVI ports, but they are only all usable when crossfire is disabled (first two only otherwise). __________________ Home: Core 2 DUO @ 2.4ghz \| 2048mb GSKILL 5400 @ 450mhz 5-5-5-12 \| ASROCK P945 A2 based mobo \| ATI Radeon x1650pro \| 17" LCD widescreen \| Hiper Type R 480W PSU \| 250gb seagate HDD \| Uni: Core i7 920 C0 @ 3.8ghz HT on (1.325v) \| 6 Gigs Corsair XMS 3 1333DDR @ 1600DDR 8-8-8-20 1.5v \| Asus P6T-SE @ 200mhz BCLK \|2x Gigabyte HD 4770 Crossfire + Accelero S1s \| 21.6" widescreen LCD \| Sharkoon Rebel 7 + 600W Coolermaster silent PRO \| 2x320GB WD raid edition III Raid 0 \| Razor diamondback G3

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bstef9950 -=[DHzer0point Team]=- Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! did you get this problum worked out?I just bought a 4870X2 ATI card and all im hearing is heating problums.I,ve been running 2 evga8800GTX Nvidia in SLI mode and they run pretty hot but not crashing.Im starting to wonder what did i get into __________________

Jul 1, 2009, 05:47 PM	Thread Starter #26
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! Ok. I have my problem pinned down to the adaptive antialiasing setting in Catalyst 9.6. Does this sound like a hardware or software problem? Furmark ran successfully for, approx 1000 secs at 1024x768 stability test burning mode msaa 4x with this setting turned off.

Jul 6, 2009, 12:54 AM	Thread Starter #27
~~RE III - Frankie~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754 Rep Power: 0	Re: 4850X2 Issues ... or so I thought! Problem solved! I ditched the old card and am picking a new one up today. I am using my mom's computer at the moment.