Sounds like the card fried. Warranty time I think Richard. Not sure about the power supply. Will it meet the amp requirements of the 8800gt is the question. It should be able to but it might be worth tracking that one down as well.

Question (8/21/2008 5:13:07 PM): I installed graphic card and everything was going along alright then suddenly nothing and when screen did appear everything just quit and there were little green kind of lines all over screen. I thought maybe it was some software I downloaded recently. So I uninstalled all software and it still did it. So I openened case and removed video card (which was extremely hot) and put old 8600gt back in and problem went away.. Was I supposed to hook up pci-e cord from power supply? There's a slot for it so I attached it. That's what it's for isn't it? Anyway let me know if 8800gt will work or should I just send it back...
Answered By Andrew M (8/21/2008 7:03:25 PM): Hello Richard, As long as you have a PCI-e port on your board and use the auxiliary power adapter that comes with your 8800gt, then you should be fine. You should also note that your power supply needs to have at least 26amps on the +12v rail. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact us. Thanks, -EVGA Tech Support Team
He didn't even answer my question. Nothing about why it was hot when I removed it..
**Also do you guys think I need the card anyway I just do some 3d rendering and no games. Tried a quadro card but some things in Vue didn't work so it went back...**

Richard...mine runs pretty hot.
It's best to have an empty slots worth of room in front of the fan intake opening if possible.
Also...are you getting good air flow out of the back of the card?
One other thing...my mother board has the ability to SLI 2 cards and I run 1 card.
This means I have 2 PCI-e slots...one of the slots is PCI-e 16 and the other runs at a lower speed. On mine, the faster slot is the one closest to the CPU. If your board has this configuration, you may want to verify what speed the PCI-e slot you have it installed in runs at.

Only have the one pci-e x 16 slot and it's in it. The others are just pci and pci x1 & x8..
Running hot is one thing but it completely messed computer up, green kind of lines and everything just stopped working until other card was put back in..

Richard, I think he did answer...



The reason your card may have been hot was that it may not have been connected to the PSU via the necessary 26amps/+12v rail, and if not, it wasn't getting enough power to run the cooling fan at optimum level. Before taking it back I would first check this to see if that's the root of your problem.

I have a 8800GT and had the same/similar issue when I first started up mine - the screen would break up into horizontal lines and then I'd get a BSOD - so I reopened the case and connected the card to another power lead (was connected to the case fan lead which has less power) and voila, everything worked as it should.

Hope this helps... the 8800GT is a better/faster card than the 8600 by far and would suit your graphic (rendering, etc) needs much better.

I'll try other six pin connector & see what happens...Thanks everyone..

Boy... do I love tech guys....especially clueless ones.



That's wrong.



Do not use the adapter. Use the 6 pin PSU plug marked PCI-e.

I guess he forgot the part that by default EVGA'S run the fan at 30% (approx. 600 RPM).

Download and install: WWW Link

Set the fan speed to 100% or whatever your ears can tolerate.

Boot into bios, make sure PCI-e port setting is set to 'Auto' 'Enabled' or '2.0' (if available)

It's overheating!!!
You also have to re-install the graphic drivers.

If you address both those and no joy, send it back for another one....they're good cards and EVGA is as good as any of them.

Did you un-install the old drivers before you put the new card in?

The 86 and 88 take the same drivers.

Doesn't exactly give me a warm and fuzzy feeling....





Address that.

I would not recommend you install any 3rd party software for boost. In case of defective card, you can still return for warranty. Warranty is void if you install 3rd party software, it almost means you broke it on ur own and the manufacture will take no responsibility for it.

Thanks It's being returned..