4870 Overclocking Thread

[dnottis]

Sounds to me like a power issue. Electronics that arent getting enough juice voltage/amperage wise tend to die when you shut them off and try to power them on again. Just to be on the safe side I would take your power supply and put it on a voltage tester or test with multimeter make sure you are within spec. Failing electronics are like light bulbs they never die when they are on they die when you hit that power button and give it that last little surge. It coulda been the cards but after 2 dying on you the same exact way I would check your power make sure its clean to be safe man.

power supply is fine. everything is in spec. checked with mm already, its a 1000 watt TT. Stuck in another GPU no problems. Its a problem with the GPUs.

I don't know why people are so afraid to call a spade a spade. There are alot of reports of HD4870s that just up and die. When yours finally does, then it will be a GPU issue. When it's someone elses, it must be something else. The HD4870 series while being a huge jump in engineering have its weakness.. sudden death.

I should mention for like the 5th time. The first card had issues from the start, that one dying was a blessing. The second one was a great overclocker, ran cool and really sucks to lose.