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Replace graphics card

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  • 07-10-2016 11:16am
    #1
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭


    Morning all,

    Current card appears to have given up the ghost (Ati Radeon HD 5850 1gb. PC boots but after a minute or two card fan goes into overdrive & black screen)

    System:

    Asus P7P550-ELX
    Intel i7
    12gb RAM
    700w PSU
    Win 10 Pro 64bit

    No gaming but use a 3 monitor setup.

    Advice on a suitable replacement that doesn't cost half the national debt would be greatly appreciated!


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    #2
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Whats your budget for a new GPU?

    Can you borrow a GPU off anyone to test the issue is in fact GPU related?


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    If you're not actually using any GPU accelerated programs a basic €30-40 new card like the R5 230 or GT720 will be fine and drive 3 monitors.

    Would also be totally silent, a quarter of the size and consume a fraction of the power the HD5850 uses.


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    #4
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    Venom wrote: »
    Whats your budget for a new GPU?

    Can you borrow a GPU off anyone to test the issue is in fact GPU related?


    Yeah, it boots with a different card installed.
    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    If you're not actually using any GPU accelerated programs a basic €30-40 new card like the R5 230 or GT720 will be fine and drive 3 monitors.

    Would also be totally silent, a quarter of the size and consume a fraction of the power the HD5850 uses.

    Had budgeted around €150 - €200, I suppose a degree of future proofing would be no harm?

    Thanks


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Future-proofing doesn't really apply to non-gaming or GPU accelerated uses - it would just be a waste of money to be honest. That HD5850 would have been expensive back in the day and if it was only ever used to drive multi-displays then it offered zero benefits over it's €30 variant at the time (HD5450), back then or now.


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    #6
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    Hmmm,

    On impulse I put the 5850 back in with just one monitor connected on DVI. No problems.

    Connecting all three - crash, either of the others separately with the DVI (playport & HDMI) crashes.

    Overheating?


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    #7
    Bosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Bosh


    All becomes clear after much fiddling & swapping..

    It was the PSU.

    Replacement PSU in and all is well in the land of Bosh!

    Thanks all


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