Most likely you got a bad card. Happens quite a bit with the 7870.
This feels like the 7870 BSOD thread all over again, people fanatically insisting that it is a driver issue instead of a hardware related one. I...
If you have latest drivers for your hardware, I'm guessing it's a hardware related problem. Probably PSU or the graphics card.
If your PSU has a solid 700 watt you could run 2 690 in SLI...
Well how are the LEDs connected? Usually you can just cut the cord if they bother you that much.
IMO the 660 Ti is much better price/performance, as it has almost the same performance as the 670 especially when you overclock the memory.
I myself have used ATI/AMD cards for about 10 years, I'm just pointing out the conclusions that I have drawn from the article linked in the OP. I...
All of the information in the article and comments leads to one conclusion: AMD signicantly boosted the raw FPS performance of their cards, e.g....
After having been shipped 1 faulty Sapphire 7870 and then another faulty Sapphire 7870 after RMA'ing the first one, it is clear that the much more...
Why would you want to change your card in the first place...?
Just RMA the card if the noise bothers you, simple as that. I have a 660 Ti from Gigabyte with 81,8% ASIC and no problems(not that ASIC really...
Only getting about 45% GPU usage with my 660 Ti and this driver, wth is going on? Trying older drivers.. EDIT: apparently only happens in...
Not anywhere near 360$ in germany. Cheapest is 440$
I guess I'll go with the 660Ti then, thanks ! :)
Irrelevant, going to upgrade to i5-3570K very soon too. 7870 is gone because of BSODs. Allright thanks, so there are actual hardware differences,...
Hey there, I have around 280 € ~ 360$ to spend on a new gpu, and I was thinking nVidia this time around, because I decided random BSODs aren't...
7xxx series isn't voltage locked.
I RMA'ed with Sapphire through my retailer, they send back a new card(Different SN, latest BIOS). But apparently they issue isn't fully fixed even...
If you have a Sapphire send it back and the RMA card too without testing it, then just take your money back or exchange for an nVidia model.
I don't think so, it sounds like you're good tho, so you don't need to worry.