Graphics Please hope it's the card?

I've got an old X1950XTX, i've been complaining about it, hopefully i'm getting a shiny 560ti tomorrow for crimbo.

IT's been sluggish, it won't load an image when i boot the computer, making me hard reset several times to make it work and it konks out during games.

Please, is this a graphics issue? I don't want to get a new card then it be something else.

 

Sounds like a card issue.

If you want reassurance run prime 95 and that'll check your CPU/RAM.

 

I just did 3 full cycles on the blend test with prime 95 with no errors. Card issue definitely then?

 

Yep, either driver or card defect
The only other possibility I could image is some kind of issue with the PCI lanes but that's very very slim.

 

Well i haven't done any kinda damage to the motherboard, and i haven't changed anything in the bios that affects the pci lanes.

So new card it is, good thing too.

 

I once sliced into a copper track under the CPU socket when my knife slipped. It was a brand new motherboard.

I thought I'd killed it.

It was fine.

 

I've not done anything silly like that.