graphics card problem

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ok my friend just built a new system. anyways, he bought a 3700+ SD and a BFG 7900GTX. now, of course his system is hella faster than mine. i wanted to do the volt-mod but right now.. im running whatever speeds it came with.. and it freezes in 3Dmark03 :( i dont really want to try 05 and 06 since they are more intense than 03 right? Any suggestions? i reinstalled drivers nothing still. faulty card? RMA? should i RMA it or try buyng a VF900CU and see if that helps? or RMA first? suggestions? anyone have the same problem?

EDIT
weird thing, i ran 06 then 05 and 03 RAN fine.. no crashing :) weird

i got :
[ AMD 64 3200+ 2.0Ghz | 7900GT 520/1500 | 2x1G OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5 ]
06 - 4107
05 - 8334
03 - 17570

he got:
[ AMD 64 3700+ 2.2Ghz | 7900GTX 670/1640 | 2x512MB Corsair ]
06 - 5025
05 - 9947
03 - 21240

u guys have any ideas how i can try to get close to his score?
besides VOLT-MODDING i know if he doesnt OC.. i might make him cry when i volt mod it + OC it :D and a new CPU perhaps? any suggestions? im running stock coolers right now
 
try a game out. if it's an eVGA card and it freezes up on 3d games, you've gotta send it in to eVGA and they'll give you a fixed card (freezes of 15-20 seconds or more).
 
Overclock your CPU and video card. You should be able to get 2.4 GHz on your CPU. If you want to try the volt mod, make sure it is reversible (as you might end up RMA'ing it). Some people are putting heatsinks on the "trouble spot" that is getting real hot on the back of those cards. I would definitely do that before any volt mod.
 
ROFL have you checked to see if the PSU the card is hooked up to has enough amps on the 12v rail ? Should be like 18a - 20a for the 7900 GT and GTX.
 
WARDOZER9 said:
ROFL have you checked to see if the PSU the card is hooked up to has enough amps on the 12v rail ? Should be like 18a - 20a for the 7900 GT and GTX.
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is there a program i can use to check that?
im using an enermax liberty 500w modular psu
 
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