XFX 7900 gt - artifacts, dots

[sm1tty]

I have an XFX 7900gt(PV-T71G-UCE7) and I've been experiencing artifacts and other graphical glitches during 3D games and apps. Also, there are dots on the screen during boot-up and sometimes on my desktop. All clock settings are factory default and the temperatures are good, upper 30's idle and upper 40's under load. I tried the card in another PC and get the same results with artifacts and dots.

AMD Athlon 64 3700+
GIGABYTE GA-K8N NVIDIA nForce4
COOLMAX CX-500B ATX V2.01 500W
mushkin 2GB (4 x 512MB) SDRAM DDR 400
Windows XP Pro

I sent a ticket to xfx customer support a few days ago but haven't received a response. The ticket number is 137845. Thanks for any help.

[xfxsupport]

Hmm, looks like the ticket has responses and your RMA has already been issued. Keep us posted.

[sm1tty]

Hi, I sent my card to XFX and it was deemed faulty on the 19th. It's been nine days since then and I'd like to know the status of my RMA. Thanks.