My apologies for this double post, I posted initially in the mobo section.
Quite urgent to get some feedback as I have only until Wednesday should I want to return my newly purchased gpu.
Orginal post:
My system specs:
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R (REV 1.0)
Gigabyte ATI HD6870 Windforce 3x factory overclock
Gigabyte Odin 720W (600W, 720W peak) PSU
The following happens when rendering 3D graphics, unpredictably:
Problem where GPU shuts down while the rest of the system remains powered on, looks like all power is lost to the GPU including fans not being operational.
CPU, motherboard and rest of components seem to be powered at event of crash.
Monitor shows a blank screen.
Solution is to forcefully reboot/power it off.
GPU temperature does not exceed 70 degrees Celsius under heavy load for a substantial amount of time.
ATI/AMD Catalyst suit 11.6 driver package installed.
Chipset driver version uncertain, >6 months old.
Has anybody experienced this problem before with this HW combination or this GPU model with another?
Is there a fix or could my GPU be faulty?
