Annoying 6800GT error

I get a strange error with my new Inno3D GeForce 6800GT card. All 3d-games get graphical errors inte form of lines and glitches etc, take a look at a screenshot from Flatout frontend menu:

http://filez.dyns.cx/misc/error.jpg

I have tried most new driver versions with the same result.
I ran 3DMark05 and it runs just fins only I get the same errors with stripes etc there too. The computer doesn't lock up or skips out to Windows. Is this a hardware or software error?

Relevant specs:

AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (not oc)
1024MB PC2700
Antec 330W PSU
OS: Windows 2000 SP4

Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

I have tried 71.20, 67.22, 67.03, 66.93. I just installed 61.76 which seems to work allright, so it's not hardware problem as it seems. Still these drivers are old and might cause me trobles later on with other games... I'm gonna get myself one of those WD Raptor 10k hdd's and install Windows XP and see if it gets any better.

 

probably its the operating system.

 

I had the same probs with my leadtek 6800 gt then i dled a patch/hotfix for the benchmark prog aquamark and for some reason those errors have gone. all it does is replace one file but it worked for me and it is only 34 k in size maybe give that a try.

 

power supply is weak.. upgrade it.

 

Well my psu is the Antec true power 550 watt with a lead plugged in to the gfx card buy it's self. So power wasn't the prob for me dude.

 

maybe a problem with the processor?:question:

 

give the 65.73 a try.

 

was talking to bandite about his 330 watt psu that he lists.

 

lordbollo from Australia, did they catch the great white shark that ate the 18year old kid? i heard they were hunting it.

 

No they haven't caught either of them yet. Last i heard on our news was that they were discussing weather or not to hunt them.

 

do you get artifacts as well?

does this go away after a second or so in most games?

if so, that is the precise same problem as my old Inno3D 6800GT... which turned out to be dead.

 

I first considered that the PSU was to weak, that 330W was to small, but since it works now with the old 61.76 drivers it can't be the PSU. And systems isn't unstable, so it's not the cpu.

I will try those 65.73 drivers.

Comradesniper: I had artifacts when I used the newer nVidia drivers, everything is okey with the 61.76 driver,

 

I run an overclocked GeForce 6800 at 425/1,160MHz and every game works fine at that speed except for MOH: Pacific Assault, which shows similar lines stretching to infinity from 3D objects. Lowering the clock speed from 425/1,200MHz solved the problem for me even though every other game worked flawlessly at 1,200Mhz.

 

are you overclocking your gpu? it just looks like a too OCed gpu core.

 

No the GPU is not overklocked, as far as I know. I took it out of the box, put in the 'puter, installed v67.03 of the drivers and tested a few different games, all with the same errors.

 

you might have to face the fact that the card is faulty. is there any way you can test it on a mates system or somthing?

 

Yes I'll test the card in my brother's machine tomorrow.

 

v65.73 also works ok...