So last year I bought a used video card from amazon and it recently started giving weird artifacts. Luckily, it is still under warranty and so I requested an RMA repair. I've recently got an approval and now they are waiting for me to ship the card. However, I am worried if the card got a custom bios that will ruin this process if they find out. Should I flash the bios from Sapphire website? Is there a way I can see what bios version is installed, etc?
iirc a 6-pin power is 150W, plus the PCIe slot itself is an additional 75W. The card requires a total of 185W at max load. Just maybe don't try to overclock it.
Just curious: how old is the PSU? It's worth getting a better one that's 80+ Gold certified. PSU is one of those things that could take other components with it if it decides to go belly-up.
What if I use 2x6 pin to 1x8 pin(instead of going with a single 6 pin to 8)? WIll that help?
@pyro1245: Thanks for the quick reply. The card I will use it for is a gigabyte rx 580 8gb. I found this in amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/StarTech-com-PCIEX68ADAP-Express-6-Pin-Adapter/dp/B001TK3TJY
I am a click away from buying. I wanted to double check first.
I will also going from 3GB to 8GB so it's not just for freesync, also I might get a 144 freesync monitor in the future which costs way less than a 144 gsync
@PredatorRules: I currently have this monitor https://www.samsung.com/ca/monitors/led-sf350/LS24F350FHNXZA/. It does freesync up to 75hz and that's perfect for me since my games run between 60-80 range. I don't want to get a gsync monitor since it costs almost double the price of RX 580.
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