Noisey Graphics Card in Mac Pro 1,1

[devilindisguie]

Hello everyone

I have recently purchased an ATI Radeon HD 5770 for my Mac Pro 1,1. Under OSX (10.6.8) it works just fine, quiet as a mouse. Under Windows 7 64-bit, however, it's a different story. The fan on the graphics card seems to be putting in a lot of extra effort, it's actually quite loud and distracting.

I have installed Bootcamp 3, or rather, the version that comes with the retail version of Snow Leopard and generally everything is working perfect, even though technically the 64-bit version of W7 is not supported on this model.

Looking under the Screen Resolution properties I am only given the choice to go up to 1152 x 864 so clearly something is amiss here.

My question to all those out there is am I able to update these drivers direct from the manufacturers website without screwing anything Bootcamp-related up? Will that even help reduce the fan noise?

Thanks for your advice.

 

[flatfoot]

Hello everyone

I have recently purchased an ATI Radeon HD 5770 for my Mac Pro 1,1. Under OSX (10.6.8) it works just fine, quiet as a mouse. Under Windows 7 64-bit, however, it's a different story. The fan on the graphics card seems to be putting in a lot of extra effort, it's actually quite loud and distracting.

I have installed Bootcamp 3, or rather, the version that comes with the retail version of Snow Leopard and generally everything is working perfect, even though technically the 64-bit version of W7 is not supported on this model.

Looking under the Screen Resolution properties I am only given the choice to go up to 1152 x 864 so clearly something is amiss here.

My question to all those out there is am I able to update these drivers direct from the manufacturers website without screwing anything Bootcamp-related up? Will that even help reduce the fan noise?

Thanks for your advice.

Definitely sounds like a driver issue. I can see no harm in installing the Windows drivers from the manufacturers website.

 

[NOTNlCE]

Definitely sounds like a driver issue. I can see no harm in installing the Windows drivers from the manufacturers website.

+1

Though, make sure the card is seated properly/receiving proper power/has right drivers. My GTX 660 was having similar issues last week, and now it's in the mail for replacement by EVGA.

 

[devilindisguie]

Hello both

I have just upgraded the drivers for my 5770 and it went smoothly, no issues so far. The fan noise is so much better now and the screen nice and sharp.

Excellent.