Upgrading video card

[Grey Fox]

MSI is currently the cream of the crop at manufacturing video cards.

[viper37]

Why MSI? They do have that.
Two models in fact :s

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/msi-gtx-970-gaming-4g-gm204-4gb-graphics-cards-2763014
https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/msi-gtx-970-oc-gm204-4gb-graphics-cards-3482028

the regular (1st) one seems to have better fans, the other one (OC) is overclocked by default but seems to have lesser fans, so might be prone to overheating.
I'd go with the first one and overclock it myself by 26mhz.

[Josquius]

How can you tell about the fans? :s
I'm leaning towards the overclocked one actually- looking at the inputs it seems to have 2 (more?) hdmi vs 1.

BTW. What are those slots that look like HDMI but they're not? My current card has one too.

[Grey Fox]

Digiport, it handles 4k resolution.

[viper37]

How can you tell about the fans? :s

the picture.

[Norgy]

Stay the hell away from reference design on AMD cards. The nVidia one isn't superb either, but far better than AMD's which is something from 2005.

If energy consumption is something to consider, nVidia's cards generally use 80-100 watts less.

[Josquius]

I did buy one...msi....turns out it needs a 6 pin and a 8 pin power connector. I do not have.
Tomorrow I'll have to make an emergency trip to a computer shop and hope I buy a psu with the right stuff

[viper37]

I did buy one...msi....turns out it needs a 6 pin and a 8 pin power connector. I do not have.
Tomorrow I'll have to make an emergency trip to a computer shop and hope I buy a psu with the right stuff

http://store.antec.com/truepowergold/
or
http://store.antec.com/highcurrentgamer/

[Norgy]

Get a modular one. One that's at the very least bronze rated, preferably silver or gold.

Hey, viper, are Antec PSUs good? I've only used Corsair.

[Josquius]

I went and bought a new PSU.
The card is big, I wasn't sure it would fit in my decent sized case, thought I would have to raise my motherboard, turned out all OK though.
But guess what.....the freaking thing still refuses to work
The fans are moving and it looks like it is working physically but no output is coming through. I have tried it with my monitor (VGA with a DVI adapter) and my TV (HDMI) but nothing coming through either.
I've swapped my old graphics card back in so I know all is fine with my re-wiring and the new PSU.
Any ideas?

A quick google shows some muttering about certain motherboards being incompatible. I bloody well hope not. I just wanted a graphics card update, not a new computer.

[Monoriu]

When I faced this problem, I took it to where I bought the video card, and they fixed it for free. 

[Norgy]

Tyr, do you have a processor capable of video?
Tried setting primary display in BIOS?
And checked the card whether it's properly connected. (That happened to me  )

[Josquius]

I don't think the place I got it would help much.

Tyr, do you have a processor capable of video?
Tried setting primary display in BIOS?
And checked the card whether it's properly connected. (That happened to me  )

No idea on processor capable of video, but my motherboard doesn't have on board graphics.
I'm pretty sure it is properly connected, it clicked into place and it is lit up with the fans going.

Would uninstalling all my graphics card drivers work?

[viper37]

Hey, viper, are Antec PSUs good? I've only used Corsair.

As good as Corsair, imho.  I've had one for years, still good.

[Grey Fox]

I don't think the place I got it would help much.

Tyr, do you have a processor capable of video?
Tried setting primary display in BIOS?
And checked the card whether it's properly connected. (That happened to me  )

No idea on processor capable of video, but my motherboard doesn't have on board graphics.
I'm pretty sure it is properly connected, it clicked into place and it is lit up with the fans going.

Would uninstalling all my graphics card drivers work?

Do you see the BIOS with the new card?