ATI 5700 / 5800 problems thread

[Raiderman]

I heard the 5770 is PCIe 2,1, could that be the problem?

Should be backward compatible with 2.0

[Laxxen]

Should be backward compatible with 2.0

Yes thats what i thought to, but cant really think of anything else.

[gOtVoltage]

Vista32...Cat 9.12 and Hotfix both Showed Sqaures and Green screen then would recover. all stock settings. Seems the Driver is fubared.



Installing 9.11Beta has seemed to stop the squares and Cat recovery

. The problem was so bad my PC/Catalyst would recover every 30 seconds to a minutes using any other driver.

I have a %100 fress install of Vista and Knew by reading all the 5770 threads i may have this problem...

Im replacing my 3870x2 with this XFX 5770 until i can grab a 59xx.....

Man its a noticeable differance and uses half the 1/3 the power lol.



Stoner Tech", Oh lets makes a B_I_T_C_H_E_n card n handY Cap It .

.If we only had what there smoking, !

[Milky Way]

This maybe helps,

Asus m2v-mx
Amd 5600+ x2
2gb random cheap kingston ram


I heard the 5770 is PCIe 2,1, could that be the problem?

I think it's you're motherboard. It's got a "VIA K8M890" which is problematic with newer graphics cards. Se here for example: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=248415

I'd try the card in a modern motherboard to be sure. Maybe you know somebody who has a newer PC?

[gOtVoltage]

UPDATE Cat911 beta dose it too

[Laxxen]

I think it's you're motherboard. It's got a "VIA K8M890" which is problematic with newer graphics cards. Se here for example: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=248415

I'd try the card in a modern motherboard to be sure. Maybe you know somebody who has a newer PC?

unfortunately i dont know anyone with a better motherboard, thanks for the help. It´s probably time up upgrade anyway

[joshd]

Does anyone else find that when their card is at stock, with dual monitors, the clocks change between low and high power 3d (400/1000 to 765/1125) all the time, and every time this happens, there is a single flash on one of the screens?

It's nowhere near as bad as when you OC slightly and the clocks drop to really low speeds I know, but it is still a pain!

EDIT: 5850 btw