[quote=RicheemxX;2760825]1. You got two bad cards back to back, very unlikely but possible.[quote]
Yea, there is a guy on newegg that commented saying that 2 of the 3 cards he bought were bad.
Bro i bought this card about a week ago, came in and i love it. I Honestly think that you got a bad card, the board should have worked unless it was DOA which i think i saw you say it wasn't, Its a 790, i'm sure you met the requirements, PCI-E X16, 550+ watts, you got the chipset, the 1gig of system memory.
Something i gotta ask though, what kind of power supply did you test it with?
all of them, your buddies as well,
it says that if you use a PSU that does not meet the 550 watt requirement it will damage the card, but i'm think that there is something with the 12v rail or if its even SLI/Xfire supportive.
Brand Name, Wattage, rail, certifications, connectors would help alot. Or hell a link from newegg if you bought it from there.
Honestly that is the only thing i can think is wrong with it,
Also, If you know if its not bad or dead, i'll buy it from you lol i was planning on getting another for XfireX. And where to get a waterblock for this card, because of the added ram the DangerDen and EK blocks don't fit this card, RAM and control chip is in different places.