Thanks for the help guys. Is there a specific option when buying online I can use in the future so that it won't save my info again?

Hey there,

I went to buy Scott Pilgrim today on the Playstation Online store, and when I tried to enter my credit card info, instead the transaction simply went through with no fuss. I was kind of confused about this until I realized that the only reason this could've happened is if I had entered my credit card info before on a previous purchase, which I had done. :oops:

Anyway, I'm wondering if there's anyway to unlink your credit card info from your Playstation account. Aside from wanting to enter different card info at some point, this raises security concerns for me.

Thanks much.

Right. So I set my ATi Overdrive settings to keep the fan at a constant 35%. Restarting the PC multiple times after this produced no wretched fan noise. After this, I turned off the Overdrive just to see what would happen, and the fan no longer made the noise after restarting this config about 3 times.

I'm convinced it will come back if I leave it off, so if I get the noise again, I'll just reenable it. At least the card's still playable. I think instead of RMA'ing back to Newegg and going for a GTX 260, I'll just look into a new mobo this summer that's more compatible with my gear and upgrade to Win7 while I'm at it.

Hey, does anyone else have thoughts on this matter? I'm all for replacing this thing with a GTX 260, but the RMAing process will take awhile, and if at all possible, I'd rather fix my current card than have to wait a week or two for a new one.

Do Nvidia mobos really conflict with ATi cards that much? Or is my case one of the few rare exceptions?

Hey there guys,

I got an XFX HD 5770 about two weeks ago and have been having some random problems with it that have been aggravating me. First off, right from the get-go, whenever I got to POST, I would get a message stating "System Boot Fail." Looking this up, it looked to be a conflict between the card and my motherboard (ASUS M2N-SLi Deluxe), as other people were having the same problem. Nothing else went wrong; when I skipped it and went into Windows, everything performed fine. So, I just went into the BIOS and changed a setting to Halt On: No Errors, so it would continue to boot into Windows. Updating the BIOS, and trying a different HD 5770 (my roommate also has one) didn't fix the problem.

Yesterday morning, I turn on the PC only to hear a vicious fan whirring noise. I feared the worst, but once I got into Windows, the noise went away. I opened the case, and saw that one of the wires was very close to the CPU fan, and thought it was making contact. I moved it aside, and thought that was the end of it. I get the same noise this morning, and it's longer-lasting this time. I open the fan and lightly place my finger on each fan--turns out the HD 5770's fan was the culprit. My roommate ran Gpu-Z and found that the fan speeds were going from 100% to 90% and back and forth sporadically until a couple of minutes later, when it went back to its usual 35% on idling. I booted up again later today only to find the problem again, and clicking the Start menu produced a frozen screen which I had to hard reset from.

Needless to say, I'm very aggravated with all of these random problems this card has been giving me, and am very likely to just return it to Newegg for a GTX 260, which is very disappointing since ATi usually hasn't ever been a problem for me. I'm just wondering if anyone has their own input or help that they can add.

My setup is:
OS: Windows XP 32 bit
GPU: XFX HD5770 1 Gig
RAM: 2 Gigs
PSU: Rosewill 550W with 35A on 12V combined rail
CPU: AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 6400+

Should I be looking into adjusting the fan speeds lower? I don't try to overclock or fiddle with those settings whatsoever. Should I be looking into a more powerful PSU?

Thanks.

[QUOTE="aaron123"]

It says clearly on the side of the PSU that the combined A for the combined 12 V rails is 35 A. I also think they're the individual values added together.

MaoTheChimp

You can't add the individual values together, or you'd get a grossly inaccurate estimate as to what your PSU can handle. What you should be looking for is the "combined 12V amperage" or "combined 12v wattage" for a proper estimate.

It says clearly on the side of the PSU that the combined A for the combined 12 V rails is 35 A. I also think they're the individual values added together.

Hey guys.

I'm getting a new video card, and some of my friends are suggesting for me a GTX 260. I also had an HD 5770 more in mind, but just to humor them, I looked into it, and am curious about this: my PSU is a 550 W with 35 A on the combined 12 V rail. The GTX 260 requires 500 W and at least 36 A (38 A on most other models of the GTX 260). I'm somewhat straying away from this card for this reason; I don't want to buy a new PSU at the moment, but taking a hypothetical situation into account: If I DID get the card, would it even run? I'm unsure if it would draw 36 or 38 A of power constantly? Just curious.

[QUOTE="aaron123"]

Hah. Thanks for the suggestion, but I really am content with 1280 x 1024, and aren't quite ready to go for a bigger monitor just yet. Just looking for a new card. Anyway, I found out that my power supply is 550 W. I think I'm going for the HD 5770 or the GTX 260; somewhat leaning towards the 260.

kaitanuvax

Get the 5770 - DX11 and modestly powerful. Will probably last you up to 3 years. (On 1680x1050 resolution)