well, all of the drivers for the old video card are gone, and i re-installed the driver for this card, and i was playing call of duty for about 5 minutes or so, and everything seemed to be going fine, then, the computer shut off. when i turned it back on, the video card's fan screamed as it usually does.
Should I bother getting another? or should I just return it and get a Nvidia card?
Which Nvidia cards match the performance of the 5870?
Edit: I put the new card back in it's packaging, and re-installed the old one and uninstalled the drivers for the new one and re-installed the old drivers, and i tried playing call of duty in 1920x1080 full HD just for kicks, and it WORKED, this $100 card from 3 years ago could do it, and it wasn't that choppy, the picture actually looked pretty good.
This $500 card from today won't even play it on 1024x768 for more than 5 minutes
why is the old Nvidia card so much more reliable? It was getting hot doing this, but it was turning it's fan up higher to compensate. I've bought 2 of these old cards, and both of them worked out of the box and still work, although I don't use the other one anymore.
idk, i'm just ticked that I have to return this card and stuff... will newegg send me a new one and take this one back? or do i have to go through ASUS? no one's going to be open until monday...