Artifacts on new 7600GT?

[steven3428]

hey, I just bought a Club3D 7600GT 256mb card on monday with my new motherboard (Asus A8N-SLi Premium) and 1GB of Crucial DDR, well I'll get to the point...I just started playin F.E.A.R with everything cranked up to the maximum apart from AA and Soft Shadows disabled. as soon as I got out the car at the beginning the whole place was orange and white, same happened in HL2:Loast Coast i got artifacts when I cranked everything up....is this a driver issue or is it a faulty card? (I can post screenshots if you's want to see them)

Cheerz,

- Steven

[telexen]

what kind of temperature is it running at?

[steven3428]

ehm...to be honest I havent actually checked...I havent owned an NVIDIA card for about 3 years...thanks for the quick reply

right now in the nvidia control panel its registering the core temp at 51C

[nvidiaOCmaster]

Youll be fine all the way up to 77C


Sounds like a ram issue to me, lower the ram frequencies if they have been altered.

[steven3428]

the cards at stock....have to admit myself the heatsink and fan looks cheap and nasty...and sounds like a jet engine...Wondering if I will be able to take this back and get a 7900GT for 40 quid more....thanks for the help so far :)

[Wenty]

Memory on these are sometimes weak.... Either return it for a new one or down clock the memory a little. Aftermarket heat sinks might also help too.:)