A computer question for the masses

[Monster Dave]

What was the make/model of the card you sent back? 

The one that I sent back was a Radeon HD 4670, 1GB DDR3. It really looked like it could be an amazing card, but I got so flipp'n frustrated with it that I'm not sure I'd consider it again.

You're certainly right about it being a slipper slope of upgrades - I fear that may be my only resort to get what I want.

Perhaps the card that I got was just a lemon.

[derby]

I did everything that I could think of - removing the old drivers was top of the list,

how did you remove them?

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=16154

I even downloaded a program called PowerStrip that one forum suggested trying for someone else having the same problems. Unfortunately, it didn't work any better for me that it did for that guy either.

powerstrip only allows you to set custom resolutions for your card/display devices. you have to "build" the custom resolution manually.

Does anyone know at what point AMD and ATI became the same company? oh and another thing is that although it's a brand new card from HIS, AMD states on the driver page of their site that the do not support drivers of hotfixes for the card??!! WTF??!!

that's pretty common. the card manufacturers are responsible for that.