Wow. . That's a pretty low idling temperature. Usually the HD6850 idles over 40C.

I don't think it is a bug, however, have you tried checking the temperature with different softwares?

You can download HWMonitor to check . Otherwise, get MSI Afterburner to have a look at the temperatures.

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Dec 4 2010, 02:10 PM

Working fine? .

. You have the HD6870 which is at RM749, just RM49 more expensive than the ASUS DirectCU HD6850

Wow. Rusty and dust casing you have there .

How old is the power supply? The 12V rails should provide enough power even for two HD6850s. There's a possibility though, where the power supply can no longer work properly. Have you tried testing the whole system with a different power supply?

. Just get another power supply for now to test. A 450W power supply should be sufficient ( 450W as its true power, not the powerlogic power supplies where it states 450W but in reality only produces 230W of power ).

That's possible .

Hello, for the HD5670. Your power supply with 350W should power up the HD5670 without any problems. .

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Dec 5 2010, 01:27 PM

What you have just said isn't very clear, however, I guess you have around RM500 after selling your HD4850?

Well. If you don't mind, topping up just RM100 gets you the HD6850 for RM599 . Better than two HD4850s under CrossfireX mode, and it runs on a 450W power supply too.

Add-on :

Since you have the Silverstone Strider 560W, you could run two HD6850s too .

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Dec 5 2010, 03:24 PM

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Well.. Considering that BSODs happens only when you have the driver installed, I suspect that it's conflicting with something in the system .

You're supposed to read the temperature at the ATi Radeon HD 5450 part.

. As for the CPU.. . That seems to be a non working sensor, since the temperature is always at a constant 85C.

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Has been stated over and over already in the Hardware Questions & Answers, and this is not your first time posting here, so please post your hardware questions at the proper section next time.

The drivers from AMD's website will do fine.

The HD6870's performance isn't too far from a HD5870's performance, plus it's RM300+ cheaper, so I don't see why would you want to go with the HD5870.

Depending on the age, it could be between RM220 ~ RM350.

How cheap? .

The cheapest HD6870 is from MSI which is at RM749. Cheaper than a HD6870? It isn't.

Most likely the price of the ASUS EAH6870 DirectCU would be over RM800, as ASUS cards are normally priced much higher than other brands. If that's the case, and the HD6950 1GB is about the same price, then you'd be better off getting the HD6950 instead.