Need a Graphics Card - Seems My PC Isn't THAT Powerful


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perhaps the mobo slot isn't supplying enough power to it. I'm not familiar with pre-built systems, you should definitely check if the mobo is supplying enough juice.

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Yeah, that was my thinking, although the fan span around fine :/

New one comes with power adaptor so should be okay.

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So new card arrived today but the same thing has happened, which is annoying!
 
Tuns out it seems both cards aren't compatible: http://uk.shuttle.com/products/productsSupportList?productId=1572
 

Interface Chipset vendor Model number
PCI-E AMD AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
PCI-E AMD ASUS EAH6970/2DI2S/SGD5
PCI-E AMD ASUS HD7970-3GD5
PCI-E AMD Asus EAH6870/2DI2S/1GD5
PCI-E AMD GIGABYTE GV-R7240C-2GI
PCI-E AMD MSI R6790 2PM2D1GD5
PCI-E AMD MSI R7-260X 2GD5
PCI-E AMD MSI R7770 2PMD1GD5/OC
PCI-E AMD MSI R7870 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC
PCI-E AMD PowerColor HD7750 1GBD5-DH
PCI-E AMD SAPPHIRE R9-280X 3G
PCI-E ATI ASUS EAH3850 512MB (Singel slot)
PCI-E ATI ASUS EAH3870 512MB
PCI-E ATI ASUS EAH5870/G/2DIS/1GD5/A
PCI-E ATI Asus EAH4670/DI/512M/A
PCI-E ATI GIGABYTE GV-R4670D3-512 512MB
PCI-E ATI MSI R4850-T2D512 512M (Dual slot)
PCI-E nVIDIA ASUS EN9800GT TOP HTDP 512M  A
PCI-E nVIDIA ASUS ENGTX280 HYDP 1G A
PCI-E nVIDIA ASUS ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5
PCI-E nVIDIA ASUS GTX680-2GD5
PCI-E nVIDIA EVGA GTX770 2GB 02G-P4-2774-KR
PCI-E nVIDIA GIGABYTE GTX260 GDDR3 896MB
PCI-E nVIDIA GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
PCI-E nVIDIA Leadtek WinFast PX9500 GT 512MB
PCI-E nVIDIA MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC
PCI-E nVIDIA MSI N9400GT-MD512
PCI-E nVIDIA NVIDIA GTX 580 GDDR5 1.5G
PCI-E nVIDIA NVIDIA GTX780 2GB
 

 

Although the R280X is, the R270X isn't... but I have a feeling there is something else going on here.  I bet if I bought the "Sapphire PCI Express R7 260X" instead of the "MSI R7 260X" it wouldn't work.

 

Could anything be blocking it being recognised?

 

I am plugging in and letting Windows discover the new hardware, but Windows doesn't see anything :/

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Yeah, new card is R9 270X

 

However i have just found in the BIOS that it may have been restricting it:

 

bios8.jpg

 

This is similar to my BIOS.

 

I have told it to look at the PCI slot for graphics, which is where it decided not to bother finding it.  That was until I changed the "IDG Graphics Memory Size" from 64Mb to 1024Mb.

 

Now graphics are being pushed through the card, which is great but I don't really know what that means and if it's safe (IE, my system isn't going to melt down :p)

 

I've reduced it to 64Mb and I am still getting a feed through the graphics card, although the first time I changed it, the PC turned off but now it seems happy.  Will go ahead and install the drivers for the new graphics card.

 

I wonder what it was :S

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