X850 XT PE

[Gaverick]

Since buying a X850 XT PE from Overclockers in december i have strange black spots
appearing in Battlefield 2 and 3Dmark06. I have tried turning off every setting
in the ATI Control Centre to see if it removes them (dynamic lighting, shadows,
anti-aliasing, etc) and tried different resolutions but nothing gets rid of the
black spots.

Here is a screenshot which circles the glitches i am talking about
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/gary.laverick/blackspots.JPG

I have tried different versions of Catalyst drivers, also i have reinstalled the
operating system and the problems are still there. I also fitted a new Power
supply unit which is a jeantech 600w. This problem seems to only occur in high
end games, less graphically intense games are fine. I suspect this be a problem
with the graphics card itself as the problem occurs on other computers that i
have tested the card in. What do you guys think, any suggestions?

 

[Gaverick]

Temps on the card are 38c at idle going up to 58c underload, i fitted 2 extra fans to my case to help with cooling after a suggestion on another forum but the problems persist.

 

[Gaverick]

It is running at stock settings, i have ran the artifact tester but it showed nothing. The problems only occur on graphically intense games such as bf2. Also in 3dmark06 which is also very intensive on the graphics card

 

[Gaverick]

It is AGP, i don't know of any AGP cards more powerful than this one.