Faulty Card?

[RobotOverlord]

*Sigh*

Ok, heres the deal. I just bought a Diamond Radeon x800 GTO and It worked for about 3 days. Then, all of the sudden (While playing Oblivion) All the graphics started stretching and glitching up and everything.
The temperatures werent bad at all, I had a fan blasting right onto the top and it has a Heatsink and fan on it. A small one, but still.
Could this be at fault of heating? (Felt it at the time and it wasnt hot) Or something else? Such as them selling me a faulty card?

I got a 90 day warranty with it so I could return it anytime, but I would just like to know if I can fix it first. (And I hate using my craptastic 9250 -_-; )

Oh, and yes, I know the drivers work. I tried 2 different types.

PS: If this card failed, whats the best I can get for AGP 4x? >__<

 

[Silverfox1]

Sounds like you possibly have some bad memory on the video card. Even though your monitoring your GPU core temp and I assume you are, a faulty memory chip can definitely do what your speaking of. Just download one of the early benchmark tests here below and run it, and if you see artifacts or tearing then you definitely need to take the card back for a refund.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=576


Not knowing your entire PC specs it makes it a little hard to suggest one of the best AGP cards for your rig, but if it can handle it Power Supply wise, get the AIWX800XT which will definitely outpace your existing card.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1229517&CatId=0



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...k=all&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=12&Go.y=36

Regards, Silverfox1