Recent content by overdoze

Its not a question of outright wattage of the PSU, which may well be an optimistic marketing blag, in any case. You need to know what the recommended power requirement of the card is. In this case 30A on the 12V rail. I'm sure something like a 20A 'ish on the 12V rail would do the job though...

The PSU gave more stability, but it was the VR cooling that really solved the problem. The Radeon card stock cooler does not fit correctly onto the VRs and as a consequence causes problems when the going gets tough, graphically speaking. My card had no VR cooling, as the person who fitted the...

I think I know what the issue is and how to solve it! Like a lot of other folks I have had issues with this card. The first problems showed when playing Bioshock. Regular crashes to desktop or total system shutdowns occured within a few minutes of gameplay. I went through a lot of testing and...