Faulty 6850 ?

[Behemoth]

For those that have seen my previous thread, you will know I recently bought all the parts (well near enough) for a complete new build.

It's only really been today that I've been able to play some games on it though and have noticed that I've got a problem.

I first noticed that when playing Mafia 2 for about half an hour that my screen would go blank and after a while my whole PC would crash. Thinking it to be a driver issue I removed the drivers supplied on the CD of the MSI 6850 which I got from Scan and downloaded the latest from AMD.

Again I tried Mafia 2 and after a similar amount of time I had the same problem.

Thinking it was a problem with that game I tried GTA IV and after 35 mins or so of play time (it could have been less) it happened again.

I hit the reset button, and while I could hear the post beep I had nothing on screen. This also happened when playing Mafia 2. I've connected the monitor to the other DVI socket, but even this has not cured the problem.

Having done some research before I built my system I was sure that a 500 watt OCZ Stealth Stream PSU was more than capable of running the hardware I ordered. Whilst I don't mind buying a new PSU if it will correct my problem, I don't want to shell money out for one either if it won't.

Feeling a little bit disappointed right now, but I do have my old 4850 still so I can use that and see if I get the same result, if I don't then thats going to lead me to think that the 6850 is at fault.

Just noticed I've put this in the wrong section too !

[Georgy291]

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i seem to have a similar sounding issue with my MSI 6850 collection i bought a week ago