Problem With My Powercolor 9800 Se 256 Mb

[Steve1677]

Ok so here's the card i have

http://www.powercolor.com/main_product_detail.asp?id=29

PowerColor 9800 SE
Part Number R98E-SD3B
2nd Part Number
Memory & Bus Width 256 MB DDR / 128 bit
Core Speed 350 MHz
Memory Speed 300 MHz x 2
Output DVI/ TV Out/ CRT/ N/A/ N/A
Interface AGP 4x / 8x
Pixel Pipelines 4
Direct X Support 9.0
TV Connector S-Video
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Now my problem is that all of my games crash all the time.
Like nhl 2006, there's black triangles that appear and disappear all over the screen while i play and then it crashes. And the graphics are not really good.
Also my screen sort of power's down sometimes !!!
The little green light that says my screen is on flashes and it
wont turn back on even if i press the power button.

And all of this happens only when i play games.
The rest of the times everything is fine

I dont uderstand what going on !!!
Can anyone help ???

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Here's my Pc specs

AMD Athlon XP, 2000 MHz
PowerColor 9800 SE 256 MB
1.5GB RAM
Windows XP SP2
Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
2x Maxtor 80GB
( All the latest drivers )

[leglessmoof]

It definitely sounds like a problem with the graphics card.

You should make sure you have the latest drivers installed from the manufacturer's website.

However, it sounds more like a hardware problem. It probably works fine when you're not playing games because the graphics card is not put under much stress.

Try new drivers first, but then I would try getting a new graphics card.

[Steve1677]

In my post under pc Specs it says i have all the latest drivers

[gumpY]

the triangles you describe could be the product of a heat problem
if the worst comes to the worst the memory is damaged.

[Steve1677]

the triangles you describe could be the product of a heat problem
if the worst comes to the worst the memory is damaged.

Well for the black triangles, nhl 2006 is the only game that does that.
All the other games just crash or the screeen powers down.

[KillRideMedley]

The Video card is Dying or overheating.It would be best to either bring the card back to where you bought it and get it replaced or buy a New Video card.Plus Don't buy another SE card since they have awful performance and its below in Quality then the Regular 9800 Pro.