Question 1

Will an OCZ 700w psu be enough to run this card and an FX-8350 with out issue or should I upgrade my power supply?

Accepted Answer

HaHa what a coincidence that is the same setup i am using and its been working very well for me, thought if u plan on cross firing (using 2x of the exact same graphics cards to get more graphics power) then a higher wattage (at least 1000w) will be needed but for what u got you are good to go

Question 2

What is the overall length of the card? I need to know if it will fit in my tower.

Accepted Answer

Roughly 9.25" including part of the fan shroud. Measured while installed so may not be 100% accurate, but still shorter than a fair number of cards. Much shorter than my old 9650.

Question 3

I have a Seasonic SS-660XP2 ATX 12V/EPS 12V, 660W, 80 PLUS PLATINUM.  Will this power this video card?

Accepted Answer

It should be enough but it depends on what other hardware your Computer is using. Per a quick google search it uses 234 watts. So 660watt - however much power you are currently using and see if it's more or less than 234 watt.

Question 4

Where is the switch for the UEFI bios on this card?  I've looked and looked and looked for it, but couldn't find it.  Maybe it's behind a secret door.  Maybe I've gone blind.  Any help is appreciated.  Thanks.

Accepted Answer

I have this exact make and model.  There is a tiny micro switch on the top edge of the card toward the front.  It is so tiny you can easily not see it even if you are looking for it.  The switch is not a "push" button.  It slides forward a few mm.  It's only about 2mm at most in size. It's plain black and not marked in any way.

Question 5

How well will this run Fallout 4? My CPU is Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz . I have 16GB of RAM.

Thanks,
Al

Accepted Answer

I'm not enough of a tech analyst to give you a good answer on that. I will probably get Fallout 4 and I am anticipating I will be able to run in at pretty high settings on my almost 6 year old computer. Far Cry 4 looks a plays beautifully since I got the new card. Currently just started playing GTAV but having a lot of trouble with video clipping during driving sequences but not sure if it's the card (the game is optimized for Nvidia cards not Radeon) or just the chip and mobo being too old. My guess is if you have a decent system newer than mine you'll be good.

Question 6

Hey guys,
I recently purchased this card but for some reason I'm having serious driver issues. Whenever I play a game, not even necessarily putting it under a great deal of load, it lasts for a second and then crashes. I have all the required specs to make sure it runs properly and I've downloaded all the current drivers multiple times on clean downloads of Windows 10, but nothing seems to be fixing the issue. Is there something wrong with my card and what can I do?
Thanks so much,
Austin

Accepted Answer

I would run chkdsk on your drive then sfc /scannow fro file system integrity. then  install the stand alone direct x and install it.  after this ( and restarting pc) uninstall amd drivers  restart, then install newest drivers. ( also update audio drivers) this is what I would do first. if this doesn't work, I would rma the card.  also make sure you have a quality psu capable of powering th ecard.

Question 7

Will this card work with my ASUS motherboard, M4A89GTD PRO/USB 3?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it will. This motherboard is PCIE 2.0 so it's not quite as efficient for this video card's PCIE 3.0 potential but it will run just fine nonetheless.  It will show better performance in a PCIE 3.0 motherboard.

Question 8

Does the UEFI feature create a compatibility problem with legacy mother boards. My machine has a Biostar TA790GXBE AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX ATX AMD Motherboard?

Accepted Answer

I'm using a first gen gigabyte 990FX board. I haven't had any issues with the card in any features. But if you want my opinion it's more of a question to ask the folks over at Tom's Hardware. They're way smarter than I am.

Question 9

What do the ports do and what do you do with them?

Accepted Answer

It all just depends, it has 2 standard ports for monitors, the two larger ports are the Monitor Ports, depending on the connector, you might need the adapter that comes with the GPU.

One of the ports is an HDMI, the other port I've not seen before, so I'd do some research to find out what that port is. (Most likely a different type of HDMI Port.)

The standard monitor input port has standard quality, it's not low quality, but let's say you have an HD Monitor (Which now-a-days monitors don't have the Standard Port.) you'd use the HDMI port because you'd be able to get maximum quality out of it due to the data transfer process being smoother and faster due to higher quality metals/fibers in the HDMI Cable.

Question 10

Will a gold certified 500w psu handle this alright?

Accepted Answer

Depends, if it has two six pins then yes with power you should be good but you will have not much room for upgrading such as a second one of these. Happy building! ;)

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