Radeon 5870

[SlowEJ8]

Anyone here have a sapphire 5870 and still running into issues with gsod? or other hardware defects?

 

[Castiel]

Have a pair of Sapphire References and haven't had any issues with them. WHat model do you have?

 

[SlowSpyder]

I have had a Sapphire Vapor-X in my computer for a year now with only self-induced issues (overclocking too far). I also have a second Sapphire Vapor-X 5870 sitting on my desk as I found out the hard way that two won't fit in my case. 🙁

Anyway, what drivers are you using? Get the most current: http://www.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDHomePage.aspx

 

[SlowEJ8]

In other words, with the current drivers the gsod will not occur and the gpu should run stable?

 

[SlowSpyder]

In other words, with the current drivers the gsod will not occur and the gpu should run stable?

If you are using older drivers and having this problem, the GSOD, then I would update from the link above. Hopefully that'll take care of your issue. It's the first place I would start anyway.

 

[Castiel]

I'm using 11.1 beta's

 

[GundamF91]

Working fine for me so far.

 

[spinejam]

The only time HIS 5870 ref. gsod's is when I'm o/cing it w/o enough voltage. (using 10.8 Cats still)

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

The newegg reviews of the 5870s have a very high rate of people talking about GSODs. Can it possibly be that so many people are all using the wrong driver version? If it weren't for that, I would have considered the newegg 5870 deals worth going for. Instead, I'm waiting for the GTX 560 to come out and see what price shakeups result.

 

[jlee]

No issues with mine..I downloaded whatever the latest drivers are off AMD's site. It's been running for a few days (and many hours of BC2) with no trouble.

 

[RedShirt]

I recently purchased the $200 (after rebate and coupon) sapphire 5870 at newegg.

I got the GSOD. I updated everything I could (bios, drivers, re-installed windows, etc). Nothing helpped.

I RMA'd to Sapphire (since the card had a rebate and I already cut out the UPC). Got a replacement and still get the GSOD.

I have researched around the Internet and some people seem to think that the GSOD issues started to reappear in drivers 10.10 and onward.

I have since installed 10.09 drivers and have not had a single GSOD. I only did this yesterday, so I'm not in the clear just yet.

Sometimes instead of the GSOD, I would get the "Display Driver Stopped Resonding" error and windows reloads the driver. This also appears to be happening on some 6xxx cards as well.

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=144813

I suggest trying 10.09 drivers. If that doesn't work, RMA and see if a replacement fixes it.