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gaaraoftehsand
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graphics card and psu help

Post by gaaraoftehsand »

Hello. i have recently bought an EVGA Nvidia GTX 550 ti and installed it on my desktop pc. now i know in the info it said minimum 400w psu, but i saw that my 250w psu had the correct cables and i thought it was maybe a misprint or something? anyways when i tried to start playing games they crash with a looping noise and random colored sqaures all over the image. Do you think i have a messed up gpu or will a 500w psu fix the problem? If you think it is broken can i get a refund? thanks in advance.
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Re: graphics card and psu help

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The card isn't getting enough power from your 250w power supply. You need to upgrade to at least the specs required to run the card.
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gaaraoftehsand
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Re: graphics card and psu help

Post by gaaraoftehsand »

sorry for late response. i bought a 500w psu and it had the wires needed but when i start up i get weird colors and a 640x400 resolution. i have reinstalled the drivers, reinstalled windows, and even tried guru3d driver sweeper but nothing worked. it seemed to mak the problem worse. any suggestions?
monsterbasher
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Re: graphics card and psu help

Post by monsterbasher »

gaaraoftehsand wrote:sorry for late response. i bought a 500w psu and it had the wires needed but when i start up i get weird colors and a 640x400 resolution. i have reinstalled the drivers, reinstalled windows, and even tried guru3d driver sweeper but nothing worked. it seemed to mak the problem worse. any suggestions?
Possibly a faulty graphics card, does it still occur without the gpu?
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