Slow turn-up of monitor on Ti4200 VTD8x

Question

Does anyone think there is a bad card problem here?  I've built my first pc and the MSI ti4200 VTD8x seems to be having very inconsistent but slow turn-up of the monitor's display. It's slowest after the pc has been off for a long time and is cold. Works quicker on restarts after it has been on awhile.
Sometimes it takes over a minute or two and the actual Windows XP login screen is the first appearance of anything on the monitor.  The monitor has Energy Star and doesn't come out of ready mode and power on until most of the boot process is done. This turn-up seems to be getting slower each day (just built pc 20 days ago). The monitor is a Sony CPD 200es. The monitor had no problems like this on the Dell it was used on before.
I've installed the MSI drivers for XP and everything works great once the display is up. I have an Antec True Power 380W power supply and an Albatron PX845PEV Pro mobo (ti4200 set at AGP4X).  According to the mobo bios, the AGP is getting 1.51 Volts.  
Should I be sending the card back or what?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Answer 1

Guys,
Thanks for helping out those of us in need.
To NovJoe:
1) Try updating your GPU's driver.
   I downloaded MSI's latest driver listed (Nvidia 4.1.0.7) and it shows working properly. I did not install the newest BIOS that was on MSI's web. I also loaded the video capture driver from MSI and the "Currently installed programs" list shows both Nvidia WDM Drivers and Nvidia Windows 2000/XP Drivers loaded.
2) Try throwing in Antec 430watts PSU.
   I'd like to keep the new Antec case I just bought with 380W. I don't plan on adding any other HW but a DVD R/W drive next year.
3) Try updating your mobo's driver inclusive of AGP Gart driver.
   I did download and install the newest XP drivers from Albatron and also a BIOS update that installed without any problems.  But I don't know if there was any AGP Gart driver included.  I'll contact Albatron to find out.  What specifically can I ask them to tell me to determine if AGP Gart was included in the XP driver?
For Richard:
As mentioned above, I believe I loaded all the current drivers available.  That also includes the Intel's latest IAA driver.
Here's the list of IRQs and the shared ones seem to point to the problem.  The MSI card and a USB controller share an IRQ. I have some of the 6 USB port not responding to a MS Sidewinder joystick. Microsoft Catalog says the joystick and driver are XP compitable but, I had to try installing many times before it finally worked (listed as a Human Interface Device) and yet does not show attached to any of the USB ports in the Device Manager listing!?    
(ISA)  0 System timer
(ISA)  1 Standard 101/102-Key or MS Natural PS/2 Keyboard
(ISA)  3 COM2
(ISA)  4 COM1
(ISA)  6 FD Controller
(ISA)  8 System CMOS/real time clock
(ISA)  9 MS ACPI-Compliant System
(ISA) 10 MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
(ISA) 12 MS PS/2 Port Mouse (IntelliPoint)
(ISA) 13 Numeric data processor
(ISA) 14 Primary IDE Channel
(ISA) 15 Secondary IDE Channel
(PCI)  9 Intel 82801DB/DBM SMBus Controller - 24C3
(PCI) 16 Intel 82801DB/DBM USB Univ Host Controller - 24C2
(PCI) 16 MSI MS-StarForce GeForce4 Ti 4200 w/ AGP8x (Nvidia)
(PCI) 17 Avance AC'97 Audio
(PCI) 18 Intel 82801DB/DBM USB Univ Host Controller - 24C7
(PCI) 18 US Robotics V.92 Fax Win Int
(PCI) 19 Intel 82801DB/DBM USB Univ Host Controller - 24C4
(PCI) 22 3Com 3C910 Integrated Fast E-net Controller
(PCI) 23 Intel 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enh Host Contrllr - 24CD
Finally, here's the entire system. I just want to add that I greatly appreciate both of your help and advice and am just jealous about how much you guys know and how willing you are to help.
System Info:
P4 2.4Ghz B - 533MHz FSB
Albatron PX845PEV Pro 533MHz FSB  AGP4X
512MB DDR333 Kingston
380W Antec True Power PSU
MSI Ti4200 VTD 8X  Mdl 8894-060
WD 200 GB HDD w/ 8MB buffer
Yamaha CD R/W  CRW2200EZ
Samsung FDD
US Robotics V.92 - PCI modem
Windows XP Home SR1
Thanks, SBC1