Faulty video card?

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AndyJeigh

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Hello all... I just got an MSI X19000XTX (with the $150 rebate until Sept 30, I'm sure its in the hot deals forum here). Everything is working great, with one exception: every so often (maybe every couple of hours, but it seems random) one of my screens will flicker. I have a Dell 2405fpw and a Samsung 20" LCD hooked up to the card, both via DVI, and both of them do it, but not at the same time. The flicker is extremely fast, so I can't tell exactly what's on the screen when it happens. It may be black, it may be static-ish or random colors, I don't know. My LCDs are both running at 60hz, the flicker is so fast that it may just be for one of those refreshes, but obviously I can't tell exactly.

Anyway, my question is, is this an early sign of a faulty card? Should I return it? The only guess I have (other than it being a faulty card) is that I have only a 400W PSU (though it is an Antec TruePower or whatever, so I assume it truly provides 400W unlike a lesser brand or generic PSU). I don't have a very good reason to think this, and the 7800 GTX I had before didn't do this, but who knows.

Thanks for any insight!
 
400 is very low, 500+ would be good... and the problem you're having is the card being overheated.. I can't say if it's because of the PSU or just poor air cerculation/faulty fan on the GPU, but you deff need to replace the PSU before it fails on you
 
holy smokes, running Ati's top of the line card on a 400watt antec psu!!!!! Well I would look into a better psu if it is not heating issues.
 
I knew a guy that was having the same flickers and it turned out to be his powersupply.

If you stay with the same supply, the flickers may get worse, you may start to get slowdowns, or (as in my friends case) the PSU may go up in flames.

FYI he was trying to run a pentium D 2.9gig with a 6800ultra AGP on a generic 300w PS. I told him to get a new one but it ended up not only getting a new PS, but a new computer because when the PS went, it took the rest of the computer with it.
 
Thanks for the input guys. I was really hoping this wouldn't be something that cost me money. :\ Oh well...
 
Hey, my x1950xtx is doing the same flickering business. It just started though. I got a 22" KDS lcd and that plus my 19incher are on dvi connections. Not sure what the problem is. I've got an OCZ 600W psu, which should be enough. No flicker in games though. Any ideas?
 
If it's the older true power you might want to look up your 12volt rail...
 
My screens do this as well on my X1900XTX. They have done it since I got the card this time last year. Drivers seem to play a big part in it. Some drivers do it more than others. I am on the Omega based 7.1 and it does it all the time. The Omega based 6.9 not at all. I have never had a performance issue with my card or power supply regardless of these flickers happening or not. I wouldn't worry, I think it is just a slight driver issue or the way the card is responding with a particular monitor etc. I am also using a Samung 20". The 204B to be exact.
 
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