Massive headache, need some help!

I bought World at War and decided to match it with a EVGA 9800GT + OCZ 700W Power supply.

I hooked it up yesterday, everything seemed alright and I was super pumped about the thought of me nerdraging on C.O.D for hours on end.

Of course it wasn't so smooth............. I ran into massive load times, I timed it one time and it was 3 minutes and 20 seconds from the time I clicked COD Icon to when I physically got into the game, while I'd say 40% of the time I sat at a black screen for minutes on end thus having to hit my power switch on the back of my PC and restarting my rig.

Now, I guess the 2 questions I have are ( I'll include specs at the bottom )

Is some of my hardware straining this setup , is this videocard blowing the shit out of my unit and leaving everything else in the dust? Thus at a point where I need to start thinking about upgrading my motherboard + processor?

Or is this card bunk? Once I finally get into COD ( sometimes takes 3-4 times ) it RAPES, runs smooth, edges are flawless in my eyes, and overall a superb card.


Computer specs, like I said I realize some of this stuff is old, but I'm not after OMGBENCHMARK /E-PEEN contest, I just want something stable to run COD at medium'ish settings. It just seems like I have a massive bottleneck somewhere or maybe the 9800GT's are notorious for this, thus me needing to RMA it.

After the headache I decided to just reinstall my 7600GT.......BINGO, loaded COD World at War 4 times and all 4 times it loaded in literally 3 seconds or less and not running into a black screen once.

2 gigs OCZ PC-3200 ( bleh :? )
venice 3800+ 64bit
Abit Kn8 MB
700W OCZ PS
EVGA G-Force9800GT

My cpu temp is hovering around 32C, I could run sandra / motherboard monitor, but overheating is completely out of the question but if someone wanted exact numbers down the board I could get them.

Responses would be greatly appreciated.

 

Here's the power supply if it matters. I'm pretty sure this is enough juice to run the card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341019

 

Sorry, forgot to add I also have the latest drivers also.

182.06 + 182.08, I've tried them both.

 

Sorry, don't mean to spam this thread but I've been brainstorming this for hours and am getting tired and forgetting to add certain things.

I noticed on my motherboard specs it says PCI-E while this video card says PCI-E 2.0 16

And I'm also running Directx9C, do they automatically just gear down and run fine or could that be my problem? My MB shooting back the card?

 

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