ATI

[TequilaChaser]

So you're ready to buy a card that is on the same performance level as the 560 you have now? You have money to throw for nothing I guess.

Check the comparison chart http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card-game-performance-radeon-hd-6670,2935-7.html

Are you going to sell the 560 on ebay or something?

Ripley is correct, the ATI HD 6870 is in same class a Nvidia GTX 560 ti.........

My reason for suggesting it comes from him saying he had an ATI originally and upgraded to an Nvidia card, but is unhappy with it........ I was giving him the same performance on the ATI side

I should have stated that, my apologies....... even though they match up near equal on paper, the ATI will perform and look better in some areas, while the Nvidia will look better and perform better in different areas........ all depends on what your personal taste / thirst is quenching for???

another comparison link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&CompareItemList=48%7C14-150-521%5E14-150-521-TS%2C14-150-520%5E14-150-520-TS%2C14-133-380%5E14-133-380-TS%2C14-130-610%5E14-130-610-TS%2C14-121-425%5E14-121-425-TS



TC

[zack1234]

Yes  graphics are very nice but Card is rebooting my system at start up and stalling at startup, if i put my radeon 4850 in there are no problems.

It is intermittent as well

[TequilaChaser]

Yes  graphics are very nice but Card is rebooting my system at start up and stalling at startup, if i put my radeon 4850 in there are no problems.

It is intermittent as well

Sounds like you did not uninstall/remove the ATI drivers for the ATI card, before you shut the system down and changed the cards over to the New Nvidia card

if you did do this : removed all video drivers before shutting system down to change out Video Cards!     and it is causing you problems after you have installed it

and then installed the correct video drivers for the new Nvidia card....... then their might be other issues



TC

[zack1234]

Guy in shop put the card in

I downloaded driver sweeper and it came up with lots of ATI stuff, like you said i will have to be careful what i delete

What would you say is safe to remove? i did see the CCC in there, 

again your help is appreciated

[gyrene81]

how long has it been since you got the nvidia card? if it's been less than 30 days you should be able to return it (maybe a small restocking fee). 90 days or less you should be able to exchange it, depending on the vendor. you can cite incompatibility issues as the reason. as tc previously stated, in general terms the system would be less problematic with an ati card in it.

[zack1234]

 

[Noir]

zack you senile  you should ask your squaddies on vent, some of them are actual PC technicians 

[zack1234]

 

[CRYPTIC]

You will still need to clean out all vid drivers AMD and NIVIDIA just make sure not to uninstall your chipset drivers unless you want to start from scratch or if they have new ones out that you want to replace the older chipset drivers. I'd make sure I knew what I was doing first before just running the cleaner read read and read some more then ask if your still not sure.

[zack1234]

chipset drivers can be updated?

[gyrene81]

chipset drivers can be updated?

ya if the mobo manufacturer releases an update...just like bios updates.

[zack1234]

i am running vista 64 bit at present if i installed windows would this benefit my pc and remove old drivers from my system.

I could also install new Chipset drivers

[CRYPTIC]

YES always go and see if there are new drivers for your MB and use them on a fresh install. This is all drivers Chipset, Vid and sound card all drivers and bios. But make sure you know how to update the bios and never use the bios tools they offer. Read the bios updates and make sure it is fixing a known problem if it's just for new CPU's no reasons unless you have one of the CPU's that were added.

Their are plenty of places to go read the right way to load your system. The right order to load the drivers and what to delete when done loading everything.

[gyrene81]

uh yyyeeeaaaah...i'm not so sure about NOT using the bios upgrade tools provided by the mobo manufacturer...it's best to use the packages provided by the board manufacturer, otherwise you can really muck things up really easily.

zack, something tells me you haven't even tried any of the suggestions so far...you should always start with the simplest and most straight forward way to address an issue...if that doesn't work then explore other avenues. vista 64 with the latest service pack can be really stable and tweaked to run fairly well...there is no reason to go spending money on another operating system when you're not really even sure what is causing the problem.

start with removing the known ati graphics drivers...and check the 12volt output rating on your power supply to make sure it's putting out the correct amperage to run that nvidia card...

[CRYPTIC]

If you use the tool and something happens glitch in internet your done. I always do it manually. Thats just me first timers may want to use the tool I don't trust them.