ATI Radeon HD5770 Issues

So, I've been celebrating my new system all day, dancing around waiting for 'this and that' to transfer over from my laptop to my newly created desktop.

I install CoX, and then run into problems that make me want to cry.

The game is unstable with this graphics card, or the settings of the Catalyst Control Center vs. CoX game settings. It never fails that my screen goes completely black, even though I can still hear things going on in game.

I have already applied the settings from Bill Z Bubba and his thread on ATI cards, and still I am having the same issue.

This last time, I thought it had it all right, I lost the entire game, with blue vertical lines going down my monitor and no sound from my speakers.

Now, before I rip this video card out of my computer, and return it, I'm hoping a solution may be found. Maybe I missed something...Maybe I'm retarded at 5 a.m. This is what I'm running...

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---

DxDiag gathered at November 12, 2009 05:16 (-06:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: EP43-UD3L
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB
.Net Memory Report: 6915MB out of 8190MB available
Page File: 14934MB (1444MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST31000333AS ATA Device) 899129MB out of 953765MB (94%) free
D Drive: (ATAPI iHAS324 Y ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI display adapter (0x68B8)
Video Memory: 4080 MB
Driver Version: 8.660.6.0
Driver Date: 10/6/2009 8:00:48 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:07:00 PM

Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:07:00 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: EP43-UD3L
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20090416000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1440x900
3D Resolution: 1440x900 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: No

Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Low Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20091015.6T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

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What power supply do you have? they recomend at least 600w for that card.. also might just be a driver issue. its a new op system.

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It is a 650w power supply

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Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)

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I don't actually have a 5x00 card on hand, but given my experience with Win7 and Crossfired 3870HD's, I'm willing to bet that this is your problem.

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Are you implying that it's just a 64bit ATI driver issue?

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Be well, people of CoH.

Try running it in Windowed mode instead of Full Screen. If needed, download and install TweakCoH to allow you to change the setting before you launch the game.

Also, if you launch the game in Safe Mode, does the same problem occur?

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

Managed to get it fixed, the card itself was bad, one of the 6-pin connectors was loose. Switched it for a new card, and we're golden. Ty for the help guys. I really appreciate it.

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[Admin] Anti-Matter: I was in ur dimenshun, killin ur d00ds.
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