GTX 470 problem help

jakey · #1 14-07-10, 02:14 AM

Ok i brought a gainward gtx 470 today and replaced my gts 250 as a birthday present to myself now when i power on the pc is definitely booting into Windows 7 desktop but i get no display whatsoever.

im using an 800watt power supply all the fans on my gpu are spinning but no matter if i go from the mini hdmi on card to hdmi on monitor or any of the 2 DVI ports ive even tried dvi to vga all to no avail.

I upgraded my motherboard to the latest bios which is an Asus M2N4 SLI by the by ive spent 10 hours on this now and am now stumped.

If i pop my gts 250 in it displays fine help :-(

Atomic3288 · #2 14-07-10, 07:35 AM

Failed card IMO. I've had that happen right out of the box. Not sure about Gainward, but the same thing happened one of my 2 EVGA GTX 280's. The nice thing there was that i had another card so i could trouble shoot. The only other time I've ever seen that was when someone had changed the switch on my very old PSU from 180 to 220 or whatever that old option was. That took my a long time to figure out. But if your old card works still and this new one doesn't I would RMA that bad boy

thestepster · #3 14-07-10, 09:50 AM

RMA it mate and get ur money back and pick up a gtx460 and overclock it to 470 levels

or better buy 2 gtx460's for some sli action

jakey · #4 14-07-10, 09:56 AM

Thanks for the prompt replies fellas fortunately i live 5 mins away from the shop i brought this from,m only worry is that what if its a mobo incompatability?

thestepster · #5 14-07-10, 10:02 AM

it shouldnt be mate its pci-e so it should work, see about the gtx460's mate they look like there going to be epic cards i have 2 of them lined up

tinytomlogan · #6 14-07-10, 10:18 AM

Do you see it post? Does it display anything before windows?

jakey · #7 14-07-10, 10:19 AM

With the gtx 460 would u recommend 1024mb or the 768mb version im sure i read somewhere the 768mb runs faster because of the type of memory used.

thestepster · #8 14-07-10, 10:40 AM

if you buy 2 for sli i dont really think it would make much difference and for the extra £80 price tag for 2 1gb model i think maybe thats a bit 2 much ontop

jakey · #9 14-07-10, 10:43 AM

No i dont see it post before windows .

tinytomlogan · #10 14-07-10, 11:05 AM

Then its deffo a card problem, as long as the cable is ok and you have it connected to the power properly then it does sound like the GPU is faulty