Fault with graphics card I think?

[Crafty]

I believe I have a fault with my graphics card but I am not entirely sure. This is a new BFG geforce 285 GTX and the rest of my specs are listed below. I installed the card tonight and went to try out the fifa 09 game with setting maxed out. The problems I got was that the game kept on freezing and artifacting and there was other graphics problems to. When I turned down the graphics to low I still got the freezing but not the artifacting. I previously owned a Geforce 260 and never got this freezing on low settings in this game, so do you think the card could be faulty and if so what test can I run to see if it is? Thanks!!

Geforce 285GTX
asus crosshair mainboard
4 gig ram
Amd dual core 3.21ghz
audigy gamer sound card

[Kurtiskain]

If you have only just bought it...I would return it for a replacement.

One thing that does come into mind though.

Perhaps your power supply is not quite meeting the demands of the card? what power supply do you have, what is the wattage and how many amps does it output on the 12v rail?

[Crafty]

If you have only just bought it...I would return it for a replacement.

One thing that does come into mind though.

Perhaps your power supply is not quite meeting the demands of the card? what power supply do you have, what is the wattage and how many amps does it output on the 12v rail?

I will go and look brb

[Crafty]

Says it a cooler master 650 w but where do I find whats on the 12 v rail ? There is a list of things and something says - 12  0.8A, is this what you mean?

[Crafty]

Just stuck a 750 watt psu in the computer and it seems to have done the trick. Thanks!!

[Kurtiskain]

No problems, sorry for the very late reply..I have a intermittent dial-up curse