HD6850 No Signal Crash

[fullrespect]

Yes Villy , I know about that thread. I'm gonna RMA my cards these days.

Take a look , Gigabyte Tech Support : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r53or6LNwBc

[Dark Mantis]

I take it that you have all reported this problem to Gigabyte Global Technical Support have you?

If not you can reach them here:

Just enter your email address and click on the language of choice.
GGTS   http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw/Default.aspx

[autotech]

Reguardless neither of those power supplys are on the approved list.  No matter what you think they arent good enough and can cause all kinds of problems.

http://support.amd.com/us/certified/power-supplies/Pages/listing.aspx

The coarsair isnt even on the list and the seasonic isnt rated for even 1 of the 6850.  When there is not enough power very weird things happen.  Try a approved psu and see what happens otherwise you might be chasing your tail.

[fullrespect]

Please , be serious. I've tested on my 620W Seasonic the GTX 480 monster and even with OC I haven't had any issues at all. How comes the Asus works well ? Afterall , it's the same card with roughly the same specs. And , excuse me , but If this 127W card won't work on a quality 620W PSU (read JohnnyGURU's review on the 520W version - http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=185 - It's a hell of a PSU.) then screw it , If I can't take my money back , I'll sell it right away.

If this PSU problem is real , then this card is pure garbage.

P.S. Corsair HX620W (620W) (AMD Certified PSU) it's made by SeaSonic ! Seasonic S12II-620 Bronze 620W = Corsair HX620W (620W = SAME PSU , only different brand.

[emrahrasa]

I using Gigabyte HD 6850 GV-R685D5-1GD, playing Empire Total War, Napoleon Total War, Sniper: Ghost Warrior etc., game starting fine but after 5-10 min. having black screen, game working background, i hear game sounds but i see just black screen, F2 BIOS and F3_B BIOS, same result.

Lowering the memory frequencies at 900 MHz solves the problem, but default 1000 MHz not working.

My system specs:
MSI 890GXM-G65
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4 GHz
8 GB Kingston DDR3 1333 MHz KVR1333D3N9K2/4G x 2
1 GB Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 6850 GV-R685D5-1GD F3_B BIOS
OCZ Fatal1ty 550W
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

[Dark Mantis]

Lowering the memory frequencies at 900 MHz solves the problem, but default 1000 MHz not working.

Well it is good to know that even though there shouldn't be a problem in the first place that there is a temporary workaround to allow you to use the card.

Has anyone else tried this and if so does it work?

Has anyone had a reply from GGTS regarding this issue?

[59th_Wittman]

Hello Guys!

I have got same problem with my Gigabyte HD6850 1GB. My Hungarian friends have got also!

My favorite game is the Flaming Cliffs 2 simulator.

WinXP 32bit Catalyst 10.10b nothing problem.
WinXP 32bit Catalyst 10.12 no signal crash.

Win 7 64bit Catalyst 10.10-10e no signal crash with my favorite and many games(Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Battlefield BC2. ARMA 2, etc.)
Win 7 64bit Catalyst 10.12 no signal crash with my favorite and many games(Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Battlefield BC2. ARMA 2, etc.)

I don't tuning my PC.

If I decreased Vram frequence 900MHz, nothing problem everything well.

I tested in many configuration with my VGA card, the problem always same.

I wrote twice for AMD feedback and reported AMD forum.

My configuation:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 rev2.0 Bios: FKB
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965
Memory: 4x1GB Geil Ultra DDR2 800MHz
VGA: Gigabyte HD6850 1GB bios: F3_B
HDD: Western Digital 500GB Sata2 WD500AADS
PSU: FSP Bluestorm II 500W

[nothappyjan]

Well add me to the list of disgruntled GB 6850 owners

I managed to convince the shop where I bought my card from that it was faulty and they gave me another one and alas, I'm having the same problems...no signal crash during heavy FPS games i.e Far Cry 2, Metro3022 and Sniper.

I am currently in emails with GB's support team though they're proving to be pretty useless. Sent me a beta bios flash for the card-No joy.

Has anyone successfully had GB refund them for their s***ty 6850?

Has anyone with been able to find a solution besides under-clocking the card down to it's lowest specs??

For the record, my stable rig before putting a 6850 in:

Win7 x64
GA-EP45-DS3P
E8600 3.0GHz
Artic Cooler 7 pro
4x2GB Ram
650W PSU
WD x 3 7200RPM

CCC v.10.12

System crashes at normal bios specs and at OC @ 3.6GHz

Lame...

[Dark Mantis]

Has anyone checked the temperature of the GPU memory when these problems occur?

[fullrespect]

It has nothing to do with the GPU memory temperature. In FurMark can go up to >80 degrees and no signs of crash , works flawless.

[Dark Mantis]

Well you seem to be sure what it isn't....what is your opinion of the fault?

[fullrespect]

I really don't know for sure where's the issue , all I can say is that the problem is memory/alimentation related.
I don't think it's Gigabyte fault , it's more like a vendor leak. This problem it's been all over the place , for the most brands out there , so I don't really blame Gigabyte for this one. Afterall , I don't care. I want my money back or a rock solid card.
I'm blaming Gigabyte for refusing to change those cards , or make an official statement about this situation. The new bios didn't solved the problem , so I'm not a happy Gigabyte customer at all.

Anyhow , one of my cards has been sent to RMA on 06.01.2011 , but no news so far.

[Dark Mantis]

Fair enough. I also do find it annoying when these companies bury their heads when there is a problem rather than come out and face their customers with the truth. People would be much more understanding in that sort of situation.

[Villy_Da_Man]

Lost planet is crashing too

RMA today

[Borg]

Also Lost planet shooting randomly, it can immediately and may, after 2 hours !!!