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Well, my 1950's fan is dying and causing overheating heating issues, so instead of replacing the HSF, which would've been the really cheap route, I told my wife my video card died and I need to get a new one . Sooooo, I bought a 4850 and when I went to install it, the system won't power up. When I hit the power button after installing it, the power flickers for about a second and that's it....

Hi. It kind of seems like a PSU limit with the way your describing it. But, I have the same PSU as you, and have had 2x 9600GT's in SLI, with the Quad and all the other hardware, and it ran fine. And the 4850 really doesn't use that much power. That charts I see it says at full load, it's only using ~240watts. So I really find it hard to believe it's you PSU. Quote: Do ...

Quote: Originally Posted by KarmaKiller Hi. You kind of lost me there. But my 9600GT is PCI 2.0 and I had to change nothing in my BIOS to get it to work. So I don't think you'd have too. Might try reseting the CMOS, see if that helps(long shot I know) Other then that, I'm really not sure what to suggest.. What I meant on that part was upping the ...

Hey, the here now factor is sometimes the deal breaker. I understand that fully. As far as the Mobo 4 pin. On my EVGA board, it has one too. From what I've been reading about them, they are mainly to supply extra power to the PCI-E slots just in case you have a SLI setup, or high demanding graphics cards. So it seems if there was anytime to use it, it would be now, right? But, I've also read...

I've had it about a year. I built the system back in March 2007. Everything is running fine except for the fan on the current card. After posting on here I found a forum post on another forum talking about some of the Best Buy cards having 6-pin connector shorts. So, I took the card back and replaced it with a different new one. I'm going to power off my system and see how things go. I'...

I hope it works!

Well, that was it...must've been the 6-pin causing a short like the other problem I noticed...got a replacement card, plugged it into current configuration, no changes at all and I'm up and running on a brand new 4850, WOOT!!!! Thank ya'll for your help...I guess I shoulda researched issues a bit more before posting, but atleast ya'll know things to look for now A good way to test if ...

Awesome, glad to hear you got it working.. Now get on some games and see how she really does!

well, let's say this...in WoW alone, on my old card (x1950 pro)I was at full settings running steady at about 60-65FPS in iron forge...on this new card it didn't drop below 200 at full settings sickness...I'm loving this card...

I've read those things don't do well in benchmarks, but in real game play, they are absolutely awesome. Have you checked you temps on your card yet? Is it running hot? Have you installed the hot patched drivers yet? I'm curious to know what kind of affect(if any) that has on performance.