Radeon HD6850 VS. Nvidia GTX460 - Page 4

Rbstr · 2011-10-16, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Zulthus

I was told on purchase at Best Buy it is an ATX Foxconn 2A92.

The I/O switch is on the left when looking at it from the back, so I'm pretty sure it's ATX.

Ok...so if you're looking at the computer from the front, where a CD drive would stick out.
Is the MB mounted on the left or right side panel?

Most computers would have it on the right. Yours looks like it's on the left....I think BTX does that...or I guess the motherboard could be upside down (which is why I asked...BTX never caught on so you'd be an oddity either way

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Zulthus · 2011-10-16, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Rbstr

Ok...so if you're looking at the computer from the front, where a CD drive would stick out.
Is the MB mounted on the left or right side panel?

Most computers would have it on the right. Yours looks like it's on the left....I think BTX does that...or I guess the motherboard could be upside down (which is why I asked...BTX never caught on so you'd be an oddity either way

).

Yeah, it's on the left. I got the PC prebuilt 3 years ago and have just been adding parts to it as I go. I haven't really even heard of BTX, so I don't know if it's just upside down or whatever.

Zulthus · 2011-10-20, 01:16 AM

Finally got that 460 and it's in my case. Damn, it was a close fit. The thing eats any game I throw at it and spits it out great. It does tend to get a bit on the louder side, though. Nothing my headphones don't fix.

Bags · 2011-10-20, 01:24 AM

What's the rest of your specs?

Zulthus · 2011-10-20, 09:19 AM

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/W...ROzq8cPrAgjwC1

Zulthus · 2011-10-23, 03:53 PM

Wow, this card is trash. Worked great for the first week, though. It lags all of my games and they crash within the first ten minutes. I have all of the latest drivers, good cooling, and a good power supply. Waste of money.

Goku · 2011-10-23, 03:57 PM

The card is likely defective. Setup a RMA with whoever you order the card from to receive a new one.

Is the card fine in general desktop usage?

Zulthus · 2011-10-23, 04:19 PM

Oh yeah, works like a charm on the desktop.

Bags · 2011-10-23, 04:33 PM

Yeah, my 460GTX is fine.

Zulthus · 2011-10-23, 04:43 PM

Good for you, Bags.

Bags · 2011-10-23, 06:22 PM

I'm just saying that you got a dud man.

Zulthus · 2011-10-23, 06:34 PM

I just don't want to RMA it until I know for sure that it's the GPU. I'm using the GeForce 280.26 driver. Every game I play crashes within about 5 minutes, excluding planetside. It only crashes after going through three warpgates. Wouldn't the desktop have problems/artifacts too if it was defective?

/I'll add that Crysis, for whatever reason, doesn't crash. I've played GTA IV, Freelancer, FEAR, Gothic 3, Just Cause 2, and they have. Not Crysis though.

Vancha · 2011-10-24, 01:33 PM

Just a thought...how well did you clear your old 5670 drivers from your system?

Edit: Never mind, it wouldn't have worked well the first week if that were an issue.

Have you checked the fans are all working while the system's on?

Goku · 2011-10-24, 01:41 PM

The reason desktop usage is not a issue is due to the graphics card not being stressed and down clocked for lower power draw. What card did you specifically get (manufacture product number and such)? Trying get MSI after burner and downclocking the card by about 50 MHz and see if that is causing the crashing. If this is a overclock model it may actually just not be able to handle the clocks.

Zulthus · 2011-10-24, 07:06 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130570