brand is in the title of the thread
leadtek
i tried playing alien vs predator 2. it was artifacting like crazy at the title screen and in game. after 5 seconds of playing, the game froze.
i just did a test with some program "DX9 Real-Time High-Dynamic Range Image-Based Lighting" to monitor the temps. the program would go for about a second, then the whole machine would freeze for 2-3 seconds, then unfreeze for a second, then freeze for 2-3 again. the fan on the card is spinning, i can feel air being sucked up, but it's just barely spinning. my radeon9700 was louder than this thing.