8800GT not getting enough power?

Have you plugged the PCIe power connector cable into the card?

Well I just triple checked to see if I had power to the card..and it was plugged in correctly...I dont know what the deal it..I tried taking it out and re-seating it ..... I flashed the card with the current firmware thats avaiable for it according to BFG....I was actually getting better preformance from my X1150 that this is replacing...which is actually sad....

There is a fix out for some 8800gt cards that have trouble booting properly with some makes of PS. It is a timing problem. Go to Evga's website and read about it. They have a fix for their cards, don't know if BFG has or not. The Antec is one of the PS that has a boot problem with some cards.

You should contact Antec or vid card manufacturer. I know I've heard this problem before but I can't remember to give you a definitive answer.

return it?

Ebay it and get something else?

Well, since it's pretty new, I'd say start around $220.

embowe you have tryed both pci-e ps connectors as jay2tall said!you have a warrenty through antec for at least a year,maybe even 2 year? could try one more thing before you rma to antec,and that is your video card came with power connector y cable 2 12 volt molex to 1 6 pin pci-e connector.you have nothing to lose I know it a long shot.

oh yha if you try this use 2 seperate rails.not same cable with two same molex.2 separete cables!

I use to have this problem when my pc goes back from sleep mode. Its gone now...

1) i updated my bios
2) downloaded the latest driver
3) run ntune on my pc

here my setup:
1) CPU: q6600
2) MD: Asus Maximus Formula
3) Mem: 4 Gbyte
4) PS: Antec Quatro 850W
5) GPU: BFG 8800GT OC 512

This is not a PS problem, at least in my case. There is nothing wrong with PS and it had more than enough capacity for my load.

I called BFG and Antec about this issue. They have nothing much to offer. I'm just happy it went away after i downloaded updates for my Hardware.

By the way my PC OS is Vista-64.

Well...after a night of reading and trying everything that I can think of I am going to have to return the card and buy somthing else..Im thinking of a 3870...It sucks that I have to go this route but nothing else I can do