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Stryke3333, I'm sorry the power supply didn't working out. Antec is one of the most best names when it comes to power supplies, that can not be the problem. Have you already measure your voltages from your mobo??? As your system crashes, mostly the main CPU gives the problem not the VPU (ATI also uses VPU recovery, that works alomst anytime.) This was based on the problems that I have with the r9800. You can try a few things (there is maybe a little chance). - Set your CPU on a higher voltage setting - Set your AGP on a higher voltage setting, 4x setting en disable Fastwrites. Use the nVidia nforce utility, to give you control over the FSB setting and try to experiment. Maybe sound this stupid, is your system grounded to earth.

stryke3333, When I purchase my radeon 9800 I had the same problems that you have. I working with almost the same specification. ASUS A7N8X ATHLON XP 3200 etc... The solution for your problem I think is the powersupply, believe me or not, power ratings that came with your power supply will not always say everything. The problem with my Aopen 350W power supply was that the 5volt line was not stable enough to feed the CPU and the radeon9800. You can simple test it for yourself. - Measure your voltage with a monitor tool (come almost with your mb) - Throttle your CPU and Videocard 100%, you will see the voltage will drop with 0.3 to 0.5 volts. I think when the voltage become 4.7 volts or less it will not be stable enough. The solution in my case was a power supply replace with one of the FORTRON brand with (only) 300 watts. TYPE: FSP300-60PN The strange part is that my Aopen power supply is also made by FORTRON in China. Hopefully will this help you. Good luck. PS. If you try another supply, buy one of a respectable brand. Mostly a good power supply weight more than a cheaper one.