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9800GTX Problem?

metamorphpwner

metamorphpwner

metamorphpwner

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Hi,
I've had my pc since friday last week and today i've been having strange problems with the graphics on it. The graphics freeze and get sort of purple lines on it before the graphics cards seems to just run off. The screen goes black, but music/game sound keeps playing.
I can't manage to get a screen shot, so i've had a quick google and found a picture that shows a similar problem. it's happening on the desktop and in games.
Specs.
intel Q6600
Asus P5q Pro
EVGA 9800GTX Superclocked
Corsair 650W PSU
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500
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after e-mailing EVGA last night, they replied saying to check drivers which i'm about to do now.
they also said "It is generally a high % that this would be due to the card." so they know the main reason is because the card is faulty?
 
rjkoneill said:
whack furmark on and see if it corrupts
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no corruption running furmark, got upto 71degrees max but that's with all my fans as low as they'll go and the GPU fan on auto(about 35%).
it'll be cooler than that while gaming because i turn up the fans to cool my whole system.
temps at the moment are
GPU:33
CPU:30/30/25/23

Edit: just tried to register the card on EVGA's site and it say
6/2/2009 is a future date and is therefore not valid
Please reenter the date of purchase
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