As usual, user error seems to be the problem here. You bunch off newbs really think the 9600 Pro is a POS card; what a joke :P . You can't even spell Athlon for goodness sake

. BTW, dump that crappy motherboard I sure as hell know is not helping the situation and will be a huge bottleneck along with that slow CPU of yours. There is a slim chance the card COULD be defective. I have a 9700np and haven't had a single issue; then again, I at least have a basic knowledge of computer hardware. Noobs like you give ATI, and pretty much everything else you come across, a bad name.
That aside, what PSU and what memory/timings are you using?