Faulty card?

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doveman

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I've just bought an XFX 7600GT 256MB AGP card and I'm seeing various artifacts in games. It's not overclocked and I've tried 3 different PSU's. It idles about 45c (25c above ambient) and max temp under load is 15-16c higher.

Supreme Commander has colour patches constantly appearing at random places all over the screen when Fidelity is set above Low, althoguh they don't appear when fully zoomed in for some reason. Does this problem indicate where the fault might be? I haven't managed to grab a screenshot showing the colour but this shows other artifacts I've seen in this game.


Company of Heroes - Opposing Front suffers from various glitches from time to time as well, which I think have all been cleared by alt-tabbing out and back again.










Those last two show a problem that I've also experienced in GRAW2.

So, is this card definately faulty. Is it the memory or something else? I just want to be certain before I start demanding a refund.
 
You will have eliminated power connections from being the problem by now.
Its doubtful all the PSUs are incapable of powering a 7600
Heat is fine.

Sorry to say but it looks faulty.
 
Looks like a toasted card. Have you reinstalled drivers? Its hard to tell, it might be memory or something else. Its definitly something that should be replaced.
 
I had the same problem back in the day on a 6800 from XFX its a mem problem. I also got the problem when my old 9550 would over heat because it was 100 in the house and 120 outside...
 
Thanks for all the replies.

I did try burnintest but it didn't throw up any errors on 2d graphics. Nonetheless, it looks like the card's faulty.

Hopefully I can get a refund. Unfortunately, XFX don't provide their excellent warranty in Europe, otherwise I'd ask them to replace it.
 
Go ahead and start a support ticket at www.xfxforce.com and then let me know the ticket number. I cant promise anything but let me see what I can talk the Europe support team into :)
 
That's really cool of you to offer but the e-bay seller has agreed to a full refund and I've sent it back to him now.

Thanks anyway. You've certainly shown that XFX's excellent reputation is justified.
 
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