Compatibility issues or defective card (6600GT)?

I just put a computer together with MSI's 6600GT AGP 8x, a Chaintech S1689 Socket 939 motherboard, and the 90nm Athlon 64 3200+ .
Everything seemed ok until I tried running games. World of Warfcraft would freeze upon opening, sometimes causing the computer to restart. Counterstrike would run with crazy artifacts and freeze or not run at all. I switched in an old Geforce3 Ti 200 and everything runs fine. We grabbed a 450w power supply to be sure that power wasn't an issue. Unfortunately we didn't have another computer to test it on. In addition, we made sure to try multiple versions of MSI drivers but to no avail. And yes, the external power connector for the graphics card was connected.
I'm just wondering what you guys think... did we get a defective card, or is there some known issue with Chaintech motherboards that I haven't discovered yet?
Edit:
One more thing worth noting... installing the newer nVidia drivers caused an incompatibility that would result in the computer restarting upon startup. This required starting up in safe mode, removing the nVidia drivers, and using MSI's drivers.

Shoemucker,...just so you are aware....I have a Chaintech s1689 also...I ordered a 9600Pro to go with it....it worked fine..but was too slow on MS FlightSim 2004....OK, here's what happened; I installed the 6600GT, everything in 2D worked fine....but then I went to try 'FS 2004' which is 3d. It went into the menu fine...but as soon as I tried to get past the menu the computer shut down..and restarted.
I repeated this twice, shut down twice....so, figuring it was some 3D issue I went into DirectX 9c to run the D3D diagnostic. As soon I as hit 'run'..the computer shut down, and restarted...on the 3rd try of trying to run the diagnostic I hear a PFTZZzzzzzzZZTT!! 'poof' 'pop!'---'smoke' 'smoke' 'smoke'...The PC goes blank...
I took the card out...there was black 4v capacitor dust spread over the card where it had burst....dead card. Put my old Nvidia MX400 in PCI..PC fires up again.
I RMA'd the card , and am waiting for the replacement presently. I just thought you might like to know that you're not the only one this has happened to. I am investigating in the mean time...and I offer to you any other info I can gather up...if you find anything I would appreciate a PM..but either way...Ill give you whatever I can find out. I dont think this is anything like a 'driver' issue...there seems to be a voltage problem. Dont plug the replacement in until you are SURE you know it will work. It's probably not just a bad card.
UPDATE: I e-mailed Chaintech Tech Support to try to eliminate an 'incompatibility' possibility. I asked specifically if the 6600GT was compatible with the s1689.....this is the 'less than straightforward' response they gave me; and I quote: Quote
"This is really weird, pls send us your board. This will cost $35 dollars if we find no board error."
So, I'm having a hard time understanding wether he meant that 'it's weird' that I was having problems.....or wether he just didn't understand the question. I'm having a very hard time finding anybody on the web that has run this board with a 6600GT. I'll keep on lookin'... Also, every other forum I've asked in tends to say it was just a bad capacitor, so go ahead with the replacement....So, 'shoemucker', you may have a weak capacitor, and you may do well to RMA it before any warrenty runs out, because if it really is a poor capacitor, it may wait just until the warrenty/refund period expires before going. The symptoms are identical.

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