New video card problem

Do a google search for the latest driver for your new gpu. deffinately sounds like a driver issue.

 

Get the reference driver from www.nvidia.com

Reference driver = the latest and greatest from the manufacturer, which OEMs and vendors such as PNY use for basing their feature set.

 

AGP what did you put in? a 7600 gs?

 

He said it was a PNY 6200 256mb.

If I can play Tiger Woods 2007 on my 4200 128mb (on lower settings) I'm sure you can play it on a 6200.
That is weird, did you make sure you are your monitor's native resolution?
Is the refresh rate out of range?

 

Remove and re-seat the monitor cable on both ends.

Not likely to be the power supply at all; if it was the PC would crash. Besides, the 6200 doesn't pull that many amps.

 

Simple suggestion - try plugging the monitor directly into the wall without a power strip.

 

A 250W PS is pretty small, it might be struggling under load with a video card.

 

Hmm...

I power a 8800GT with my overclocked CPU on a 250w PSU. Then again, I have a high quality PSU.

Can you get the label info from the PSU, such as:

Manufacturer:
Model:
Amperage on the +12v:

 

my guess is the dell power supply. One of the rails is probably failling. It probably only has one.

 

I would be concerned that is damaging something. I seem to remember the 8800gt pulls near 140 watts on its own. Add an oc proc to that and your cutting things too close.
It may not matter if that psu is antec, thermal or ultra at that low of a wattage.

 

+1

Preferably, on a different circuit if possible.... Possibly another of the dreaded "ground loops"...... It may not be of course, but its easy to try.

Good luck,
Cheers,
Ian

 

Yeah, I got concerned as well. Anandtech did a review of my setup with a Quadcore instead of the C2D that I currently have.

http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3177

According to the article, the quad and the 88GT didn't pull over 215w, so that leaves some room for play. However, over time, the PSU will eventually be less powerful as wear and tear happens. Then I may be in trouble!

To the OP, if you can, try a different AGP card and see if you can reproduce the problem.

 

How much better is it when you set the refresh to 60hz ?
What kind of monitor do you have?

 

Try a different video card.
Call the video card tech support folks?
Google your problem and search on some computer-specific forums for info?

 

Does that card even require a separate molex from the PSU? If not, you're only going to pull about 50watts out of an APG slot anyway IIRC.

If it were a power issue, you'd be having the screen go blank under load and most likely get an error for display error.

 

I would suggest a swap in the cards at this point.

You cannot live with 60hz, you'll get a headache. 100hz is not necessary. Most people are fine with 70-72hz and cannot tell a difference. 75-85hz is fine too. My eyes are too sensitive that even 72-75hz is a noticeable difference.

 

Most gaming screens are ONLY 60hz. Vsync links the gpu output at 60hz to match. I have never had any trouble with 60hz.

 

I think you are referring to TV screens or video game screens in arcades (if everyone still remembers what that is), where it is essentially a TV screen which projects at 59hz progressive scan. That translates to half! Video game cards are far greater in refresh rate. However, if it is an LCD or notebook, you won't be able to tell the difference.

 

Ghosting is usually the driver/card itself. If it were the monitor, least likely a cause but I wouldn't rule it out. Monitors going wonkey (technical term) usually has squiggly lines here and there. Text will be jittery in most, if not all resolutions.