Finally buying a new card... EAH5750

MitchRapp · Nov 19, 2009, 09:12 PM

NCIX.com - Buy ASUS Radeon HD 5750 700MHZ 1GB 4.6GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI Display Port DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card - EAH5750/2DIS/1GD5/A In Canada.

What do u guys think
will my PSU be ok with this puppy? (check specs <---)

ET3D · Nov 19, 2009, 09:24 PM

I don't think you'd have a problem with the PSU.

procupine14 · Nov 19, 2009, 09:35 PM

Shouldn't be an issue at all. Those 5750's don't draw a ton of power.

comp_ali · Nov 19, 2009, 09:55 PM

Yes , I think it is sufficient unless you wanna do some overclocking and modding you can go the safe side for +600 watts but I think the 500 will do it just fine as well. 5850 draws about +/- 120 watts add to that the cpu / HDD/ ...etc your system load overall shouldn't exceed 400 watts in full load.

You can check this site to be sure , unfortunately it doesn't list 5750HD but you can list all your system specs without the GPU then add 150watts to the total calculated power.http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

btw , the card price is very reasonable and the cooling fan looks really nice

MitchRapp · Nov 19, 2009, 10:55 PM

it has been purchased! (waiting for price match cuz I saw it for 152 elsewhere)

MitchRapp · Nov 20, 2009, 04:13 AM

wadda ya know ... pricematched at 152.59 CDN ... amazing price !

caqde · Nov 20, 2009, 04:21 AM

Hope that works on your motherboard my XFX HD5770 refused to boot on my old MSI K9A Platinum (AMD 580x chipset) because the motherboard couldn't power the card. Motherboard reported overclocking when I put my old card back in that board. Although it is happy on my Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P with my 500W Fortron Source power supply so if you have issues it isn't likely to be your PSU.

MitchRapp · Nov 20, 2009, 04:48 PM

hmm crap that would suck. My current video card is powered by the PCIx port only, but I believe this new card has power inputs for the PSU
will have to check, I took the slow-snail delivery option to save the most $

caqde · Nov 21, 2009, 07:12 AM

yeah, the HD5770 has an external power connector, not sure about the HD5750 though, but I know on my particular card that connector wasn't enough I guess at least for the HD5770. I hope it works on your board. I don't know if what I experienced will be common or not, but I hope in your case it isn't.

MitchRapp · Nov 23, 2009, 05:36 PM

I'll find out tonight. I just got it at work. It has 1 power connector so we'll see

Demonhacker · Nov 23, 2009, 05:52 PM

Im completely sure that youll be fine power wise, but let us know how it goes.

MitchRapp · Nov 23, 2009, 08:13 PM

ahhh I was too tempted so I went home for lunch and installed it
It works but I did notice some odd things... very odd things

1) suddenly my computer detects a "Floppy Disk Drive". I don't have one installed... wtf? I removed it from "My computer" by disabling it in the Device Manager ... very very odd!
2) my PC would not post at first. No idea why. I reset my BIOS to default and still ... it said "go into the bios settings and reset to default, or press F1 to continue" so I pressed F1 and it booted fine ... no clue what it could be but I'll investigate more tonight
3) Tested borderlands, maxed everything out. Some wall decals just show up as dark grey ... tried disabling this and that in the graphics options and still....

my Windows 7 Experience meter went from 5.8 to 7.2 in both graphics settings.

I'll investigate the odd happenings later

MitchRapp · Nov 23, 2009, 09:02 PM

oh well looks like the Borderlands gray texture issue has something to do with 9.11 A.I. stuff from ATI (I had 9.10 on my old card --> I uninstalled the drivers, shutdown my PC, installed the new card, started my PC and installed 9.11)

Missing Textures/Gray Textures - Gearbox Software Community

I am GUESSING (this is just a wild one folks) that the "Floppy Disk Drive" that showed up in "My Computer" under the letter F: has something to do with the power connector I used for my new card. The PCI-X power connection is on the same set as the floppy connector .... it's a GUESS.... I could be totally retardedly wrong here.

Tyrsonswood · Nov 23, 2009, 09:59 PM

The floppy could be from resetting the bios.......

MitchRapp · Nov 23, 2009, 11:38 PM

idiot me ... of course! by resetting the bios, I re-enabled Floppy support ... I had previously disabled it. gah!
thanks !

Tyrsonswood · Nov 23, 2009, 11:51 PM

Glad it was that simple......

MitchRapp · Nov 24, 2009, 11:09 PM

well this is pretty sick
I'm maxing out in arkham asylum, borderlands, team fortress 2 etc...... and everything is smooth as hell.
I always thought maybe my CPU was going to hurt me (AMD X2 6000+ 3.0ghz stock speed) but it looks like it was mostly my video card!

woot woot

Nov 19, 2009, 09:12 PM	#1
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 NCIX.com - Buy ASUS Radeon HD 5750 700MHZ 1GB 4.6GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI Display Port DIRECTX11 PCI-E Video Card - EAH5750/2DIS/1GD5/A In Canada. What do u guys think will my PSU be ok with this puppy? (check specs <---)

Nov 19, 2009, 09:24 PM	#2
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,055 Rep Power: 103 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 I don't think you'd have a problem with the PSU.

Nov 19, 2009, 09:35 PM	#3
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 Shouldn't be an issue at all. Those 5750's don't draw a ton of power. __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Nov 19, 2009, 09:55 PM	#4
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,441 Rep Power: 331 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 Yes , I think it is sufficient unless you wanna do some overclocking and modding you can go the safe side for +600 watts but I think the 500 will do it just fine as well. 5850 draws about +/- 120 watts add to that the cpu / HDD/ ...etc your system load overall shouldn't exceed 400 watts in full load. You can check this site to be sure , unfortunately it doesn't list 5750HD but you can list all your system specs without the GPU then add 150watts to the total calculated power.http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp btw , the card price is very reasonable and the cooling fan looks really nice __________________

Nov 19, 2009, 10:55 PM	Thread Starter #5
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 it has been purchased! (waiting for price match cuz I saw it for 152 elsewhere)

Nov 20, 2009, 04:13 AM	Thread Starter #6
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 wadda ya know ... pricematched at 152.59 CDN ... amazing price !

Nov 20, 2009, 04:21 AM	#7
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 502 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 Hope that works on your motherboard my XFX HD5770 refused to boot on my old MSI K9A Platinum (AMD 580x chipset) because the motherboard couldn't power the card. Motherboard reported overclocking when I put my old card back in that board. Although it is happy on my Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P with my 500W Fortron Source power supply so if you have issues it isn't likely to be your PSU. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x2GB of GSKILL DDR3 10666 8-8-8-23 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary)/Western Digital 3200KS 16MB 7200rpm SATAII HD(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Nov 20, 2009, 04:48 PM	Thread Starter #8
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 hmm crap that would suck. My current video card is powered by the PCIx port only, but I believe this new card has power inputs for the PSU will have to check, I took the slow-snail delivery option to save the most $

Nov 21, 2009, 07:12 AM	#9
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 502 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 yeah, the HD5770 has an external power connector, not sure about the HD5750 though, but I know on my particular card that connector wasn't enough I guess at least for the HD5770. I hope it works on your board. I don't know if what I experienced will be common or not, but I hope in your case it isn't. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x2GB of GSKILL DDR3 10666 8-8-8-23 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary)/Western Digital 3200KS 16MB 7200rpm SATAII HD(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Nov 23, 2009, 05:36 PM	Thread Starter #10
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 I'll find out tonight. I just got it at work. It has 1 power connector so we'll see

Nov 23, 2009, 05:52 PM	#11
Demonhacker DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 Im completely sure that youll be fine power wise, but let us know how it goes.

Nov 23, 2009, 08:13 PM	Thread Starter #12
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 ahhh I was too tempted so I went home for lunch and installed it It works but I did notice some odd things... very odd things 1) suddenly my computer detects a "Floppy Disk Drive". I don't have one installed... wtf? I removed it from "My computer" by disabling it in the Device Manager ... very very odd! 2) my PC would not post at first. No idea why. I reset my BIOS to default and still ... it said "go into the bios settings and reset to default, or press F1 to continue" so I pressed F1 and it booted fine ... no clue what it could be but I'll investigate more tonight 3) Tested borderlands, maxed everything out. Some wall decals just show up as dark grey ... tried disabling this and that in the graphics options and still.... my Windows 7 Experience meter went from 5.8 to 7.2 in both graphics settings. I'll investigate the odd happenings later

Nov 23, 2009, 09:02 PM	Thread Starter #13
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 oh well looks like the Borderlands gray texture issue has something to do with 9.11 A.I. stuff from ATI (I had 9.10 on my old card --> I uninstalled the drivers, shutdown my PC, installed the new card, started my PC and installed 9.11) Missing Textures/Gray Textures - Gearbox Software Community I am GUESSING (this is just a wild one folks) that the "Floppy Disk Drive" that showed up in "My Computer" under the letter F: has something to do with the power connector I used for my new card. The PCI-X power connection is on the same set as the floppy connector .... it's a GUESS.... I could be totally retardedly wrong here.

Nov 23, 2009, 11:38 PM	Thread Starter #15
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 idiot me ... of course! by resetting the bios, I re-enabled Floppy support ... I had previously disabled it. gah! thanks !

Nov 24, 2009, 11:09 PM	Thread Starter #17
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Re: Finally buying a new card... EAH5750 well this is pretty sick I'm maxing out in arkham asylum, borderlands, team fortress 2 etc...... and everything is smooth as hell. I always thought maybe my CPU was going to hurt me (AMD X2 6000+ 3.0ghz stock speed) but it looks like it was mostly my video card! woot woot