8800GTS G92 - Driver or Hardware Issue?

[ascstinger]

I own a PNY XLR8 8800gts 512mb, and since I purchased it, it has acted quite stangely in Vista. First I got a load of nvidia driver problems (nvidia driver has stopped working and has successfully recovered) which was solved by setting my overclock back to stock settings (even though it passed prime95 and memtest). Now I do not recieve any driver has stopped working messages, however sometimes textures refuse to load or the lighting is quite off. Oddly, both are fixed via an alt-tab. I want my overclock back and I'm considering dumping this card for a 4*** series once I have the funds. I would like to know if this is a software or hardware-based problem, as if its a software, I would just sell the thing, but if it was hardware, I would RMA. System Specs are in my dropdown menu

[p_o_s_pc]

try uninstalling drivers and get the newest ones

[ascstinger]

forgot to mention, Ive tried all of the nvidia drivers for this card, each time using driver cleaner pro in safe mode. thanks for the tip though

testing was done in race driver: grid and nfs pro street

[p_o_s_pc]

what are temps like

[ascstinger]

high 60's loaded, I ended up resolving the issue by reinstalling my sound card drivers (WTF indeed, but it works fine now)