Hi all,
Just upgraded from an 8800gt to a 2gb 7850 Radeon HD.
I have an Asus IP35 Pro with a Core 2 Quad Q8200 running at 2.73 Ghz.
4gb ram, windows 7 64 bit home premium.
The PSU is a modular Corsair 620w.
System WAS solid as a rock.
Since putting the new GPU in, I played Dead Island a couple of times, and it would just die. The screen would go blank, saying "switching to HDMI Power saving mode" or some such (Which is what it says when I power down), but nothing I could do would make the screen come back on.
The fans are all working. Catalyst showed a GPU temp of only about 58 - 60 degrees, so fairly confident it's not an over heat. I had to force a power down and, not happy about this bit, had to reinstall Windows, etc. MOBO 2 character display says FF (Functioning Fine), so all OK there.
Was prepared to write it off to an instability in Dead Island, as I note that it's had issues, but it's just happened on Crysis Warhead as well.
I'm wondering if my PSU is up to the task. I have 1 HDD, 2 SDDs, 1 DVD drive, 1 bluray drive, normal case fans and the GPU running off the power.
Should this be causing me problems? Do I need a more powerful PSU? Any ideas?


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