Thanks for all your replies. Yes, i properly removed old drivers before installing new ones. I did however use amd/ati drivers and after this post will begin installing new xfx drivers. Will post results. As for psu, 500w should be enough according to the specs on amd's website as posted by gyrene81. As for the quad core, it is a amd phenom 9850 which is not the best quad core and is outclassed by its intel equivalent. This being said I also haven't seen anything saying it should be giving me a problem, and in my experience is hasn't in other games like bfbc2 and crisis 2. Then again maybe you will find something... You also asked about its idling usage and it is definitely under 2%. I use selective start up and keep a good handle on what processes are running. I will now post my dxdiag, but if you don't find anything is it possible this card is a dud, or maybe its just not as good as you think? I would think with a coreclock of 850 and memory clock of 1200 it would use more than one 75w connection, but then again I really have no clue about how that works...
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System Information
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Time of this report: 5/20/2011, 15:10:01
Machine name: FOSTER-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014-0432)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: NC896AA-ABA a6863w
BIOS: )Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 1749MB used, 6654MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 64bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68BA)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68BA&SUBSYS_31501682&REV_00
Display Memory: 2806 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version: 8.17.0010.1077 (English)
DDI Version: 11
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/19/2011 22:07:46, 795648 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BFA-11CF-0771-5A11BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x68BA
SubSys ID: 0x31501682
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
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DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled