Ati 850xt Help

pham · Jan 10, 2006, 03:40 PM

hi guys ive just ordered a new motherboard( Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi Socket 939) and graphic card(PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 ).The only thing im worryed about is that the graphic cards syas "ATX v2.0 compliant PSU Required for PCI-E Graphics/Motherboard." what doest that mean???
do need a new power supplie and connectors????? plz shine some light on this

Timechange01 · Jan 10, 2006, 05:04 PM

Means you need a PCI-Express slot and you need a 350-watt power supply

j3d-dogg · Jan 10, 2006, 05:07 PM

Hi,
I purchased a radeon x850xt sometime in August.
I have a gaming rig at home , here are the specs.
mainboard abit fatality, 1gig of ram, 160 gig hard drive, x850xt,so its not a weakling. However im experiencing serious graphics corruption even with games that are not that demanding.The corruption happens on 3d objects and presents itself like a line, or a strectched texture( resembling a stick) coming out of an objects extremities ( usually the head or hand) and this line strectches usually from the object to the top left corner of the screen.Its difficult to describe.
tried installing the latest drivers from the ati webiste. I downloaded the latest direct x , but this has not resolved the issue.The games that are affeted:Prince of persia: the one that came originally with the radeon, prince of persia - warrior within, vampire bloodlines, far Cry , Black and White 2 , Battle for middle earth,Sid Meirs Pirates .
I honestly dont know what to do as I have checked all possibilities from my end.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 10, 2006, 09:44 PM

@J3d-dogg: Power supply. Try buying a new one at least 500W or so.

@Pham: It means you need the 6 pin +12v power supply lead from your PSU to your video card. If you don't have one and you don't have a name brand 450 - 500W power supply already, you may want a new one. However if you have a good PSU but no PCI-E pin, you can always get adapters. Molex to 6 pin PCI-E

Jan 10, 2006, 03:40 PM	#1
pham DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 43 Rep Power: 0	Ati 850xt Help hi guys ive just ordered a new motherboard( Asus A8N-SLi SE nForce4 SLi Socket 939) and graphic card(PowerColor ATI Radeon X850 XT 256MB GDDR3 ).The only thing im worryed about is that the graphic cards syas "ATX v2.0 compliant PSU Required for PCI-E Graphics/Motherboard." what doest that mean??? do need a new power supplie and connectors????? plz shine some light on this

Jan 10, 2006, 05:04 PM	#2
Timechange01 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57 Rep Power: 0	Means you need a PCI-Express slot and you need a 350-watt power supply

Jan 10, 2006, 05:07 PM	#3
j3d-dogg DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I purchased a radeon x850xt sometime in August. I have a gaming rig at home , here are the specs. mainboard abit fatality, 1gig of ram, 160 gig hard drive, x850xt,so its not a weakling. However im experiencing serious graphics corruption even with games that are not that demanding.The corruption happens on 3d objects and presents itself like a line, or a strectched texture( resembling a stick) coming out of an objects extremities ( usually the head or hand) and this line strectches usually from the object to the top left corner of the screen.Its difficult to describe. tried installing the latest drivers from the ati webiste. I downloaded the latest direct x , but this has not resolved the issue.The games that are affeted:Prince of persia: the one that came originally with the radeon, prince of persia - warrior within, vampire bloodlines, far Cry , Black and White 2 , Battle for middle earth,Sid Meirs Pirates . I honestly dont know what to do as I have checked all possibilities from my end.

Jan 10, 2006, 09:44 PM	#4
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	@J3d-dogg: Power supply. Try buying a new one at least 500W or so. @Pham: It means you need the 6 pin +12v power supply lead from your PSU to your video card. If you don't have one and you don't have a name brand 450 - 500W power supply already, you may want a new one. However if you have a good PSU but no PCI-E pin, you can always get adapters. Molex to 6 pin PCI-E