Recent content by blastborn

I've been searching the interwebs while awaiting the new r7970 and I'm nervous that I ran the power weird. I ran 2 8pin connectors out of the PSU. On the card end I used the 6+2 fitting to fill the 8 pin hole and another 6+2 fitting (with the extra 2 pins not plugged in) to fill the 6 pin hole...

Update: Hooked it into a different motherboard slot and got the same result. Tried powering the card with a friend's nice 1000watt power supply and got the same effect. I'm RMAing the thing back to tiger direct.

Just finished my first build in awhile: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 140Wmax AMD FX 8350 125W XFX Radeon HD 7970 ddr5 250Wmax Kingstone Red 8gb Ram module Samsung 840 series SSD .071W Toshiba 1TB HDD 6.5Wmax Thermaltake 750 Watt bronze I put all the newest drivers on for the motherboard and...