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[Solved] My new gaming pc help setting it up plz

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Chipsets & Bios [Solved] My new gaming pc help setting it up plz

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Hello I have the following spec

Gigabyte 970A-UD3 Socket AM3+ 970 atx amd motherboard


Amd Phenom II X4 840 Quad-core Processor 3.2Ghz Overclock to 3.8ghz


Corsair
Hydro Series H70 High Performance Water CPU Cooler


Patriot G Series Sector 5 4Gb DDR3-1600mhz
Timing 8-9-8-24


EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Superclocked 1GB GDDR5 Graphic Card


Hitachi 500Gb 7200rpm 16MB Cache Sata 3.0Gb/s 3.5 Internal hard drive


Ocz ModXStream Pro 700Watt ATX Power Supply


Antec Gaming case


LG 22x Dvd Burner+Dual Layer


Im having trouble with some things when i go to my amd overdrive I dont see my Gpu status showing what temp & stuff its running at when i open up the program cpu-id the graphic card is running at Gpu clock 0mhz, Shader clock 0mhz!! I need help lol back on the amd overdrive on the bottom the diagram its showing the pcie it dont show my graphic card threw the chipset!! I ran this system on benchmark & only scored a 919... only got 35 FPS Please help me thanks

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What made you think that a program made for AMD CPU's and GPU's would show the temp's for a Nvidia video card? If I remember correctly there is a tool to check the temp in the Nvidia control panel but the last time I used an Nvidia video card it did require a separate download.


Message edited by bryonhowley on 01-24-2012 at 06:22:53 AM
------------------------------ OS: Windows 7 x64 : CPU: AMD FX-8120 8-Core Black Edition
Motherboard: MSI 890FXA-GD70 : Case: In Win Dragon Rider
Video Card: 2x SAPPHIRE HD 6950 (flash to 6970) 2GB : Monitors: 3x Asus VK278Q Black 27
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB DDR3 1600
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I didnt know Im just trying to figure out why my clock & stuff on the video card is at 0mhz!! Can you help me out also on the Amd overdrive the diagram everything threw the chipset is showing besides the PCie & Usb mouse & other usb stuff!! Do I do anything with the Pcie in the bios its only set at 100mhz

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Solved my problem & got best the best answers!!

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