ASK A GURU : Technical trouble with your PC ? ASK HERE

[iNF3RN0]

As the title says, if you have any problem with your PC/System or need to ask any question relating to common troubleshooting, GPU, CPU temps problems, SATA HD problem etc then please post them here and our hardware guru members will provide their advice and solution for your problem.

[Baber Kamal]

I've got MSI NX7900gs pci-e card. now days it is idling at 49c and goes to 73c while gaming when i opened riva tuner it showed the fan speed at auto and when i click the detect fan speed button it shows it to 25%. Now my questions:
1. if it stays at auto then will the speed be increased automatically while gaming??
2. If i increase fan speed to 100% then will it shorten the life of fan or damage it??
3. What are the safe temps of this card? specially during summer.

Thanx

[xxSC4Rxx]

hi i just got a new diamond 4870x2 oc edition
this is my current rig
q6600 2.4ghz with cm sphere
4gb ddr2 ram
dvd drive
1.32tb hd(2 500gb and 1 320gb wd)
creative titaiam pro fatality sound card
asus p5q mobo
650watt corsair psu


the problem im getting is i get exatcly 90 fps on cod4 when all settings r high 1440x900 and it remains the same if the settings are low

further more the catalyst softwars says my one gpu is disabaled ...
i need help as how to turn the other one on

p.s im getting a new psu ocz 1000watt but will arrive in 7 days times

posting pics of the game n the software

plus if i open a few things at once my pc restarts

and oh im running the catalyst veriosn 8.11

and driver version 8.11
the latest ones


vsync is off in the game aswell as the catalyst software

[A.Rafay]

1. if it stays at auto then will the speed be increased automatically while gaming??

yes the fan speed will automatically increase

2. If i increase fan speed to 100% then will it shorten the life of fan or damage it??

i don't think so, but i am not sure

3. What are the safe temps of this card? specially during summer.

u are already under safe zone, temps should not go above 80C
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further more the catalyst software says my one gpu is disabled ...

could u plz explain it... does this problem occur only with COD or all games

[xxSC4Rxx]

in all games tried cod4 n far cry 2.......if i try to minimise the game the pc restarts so like is it a driver problem or that my psu isnt strong enough to support the card x2....sorry this is my first time using a ati card

[JAYZZY]

the problem im getting is i get exatcly 90 fps on cod4 when all settings r high 1440x900 and it remains the same if the settings are low

Thats coz you arent gaming at the resolution at which you should be with this monster GPU which you got.anything less then 1600x1200 in this game i.e COD4 is waste of GPU power..When you lower down your IQ settings you actually pushing up you CPU alot than you GPU, so that means your CPU and GPU both are scaling well

plus if i open a few things at once my pc restarts

This might be the prob of your PSU as 4870x2 requires about 500W itself as what i think.Further more, try to update any of your drivers..surely it will help you

[ragingflares198]

@ sikisher, i used to get those many frames with one 4870, maybe they are frame limiters on that game. also with so many hdd, and a single 4870's power requirement is 500W min, so its definitely a psu problem. hope its fixed when ur new 1000W psu arrives. also try playing some gpu intensive games, such as crysis at full, or search google for a game which fully utilizes a cross fire setup (4870x2), bcz i've seen games which have better performance with single 4870 than an x2 (due to non optimization of cross fire setup), also two 4870's doesn't mean double the performance of one 4870, but means that when a game utilizes whole of one 4870 capacity, then the other one comes into action. and my friend, at the resolution and games u r stating, a single 4870 will give same performance as 4870x2, cause cod4 and also far cry 2 with dx10 with all max can easily give 35+ fps with a single 4870. so don't worry, run some benchmarks such as 3dmark vantage to check if both of ur cards are being utilized or not. best of luck

edit, apologies to the mods, in the condition that if only the official hardware guru's here are allowed to respond on this particular thread, if that's the case please delete my post , apologies again.

[JAYZZY]

I think thats a nice idea to start a thread like this instead of making multiple SPAMING thread of one line..

Well to all the GURUS i wanted to ask

Is there any device available by which i can play/stream my media (Videos and songs) Wirelessly from my PC on the my Television.
If its available then let me know along with its price

Thanks

[xxSC4Rxx]

thanx raging flares ill try that thourgh....

p.s buy 4870x2 i dont mean two 4870....i meant i got the 4870x2 thats has two gpus in one card and am worried cause the the software says second gpu is disabled...am just waiting for the psu to arrive
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@jayzzy thans i guess ur right i better wait for my osu to arrive am gonna try it on a friends lcd cause mine doesnt go above 1440x900.....and yes there is such device saw it a while back on clickonline bbc...im sure the moderators wud know something more about it


@moderator thanks for the help man awsome thread n forum

@ragingflares am not running crossfire its the 4870 2gb version with 2 gpus.....i guess i better wait for my psu to arrive.....thanx man

[ragingflares198]

^ yaar i know the difference between two 4870s and one 4870x2, the single 4870x2 is basically two 4870s with 1GB memory each giving a total of 2Gb video memory on a single external cover, but it still works and gives performance almost same as two individual 4870s connected in cross fire.
about one card being disabled, i surely think its bcz of not enough power being supplied to it, maybe some sort of safety precaution in the software, cause not enough power damages any device, do give ur findings after u get the 1000W psu, i hope INSHALLAH ur problem will be solved, best of luck