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  1. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    Well, one new video card later and some more fiddling, I finally got everything working... I appreciate all the help.
  2. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    I thought that was the problem as well, but the fan just flat-out quit. That aside, another problem seems to have reared it's ugly head. Ever since tampering with the Sound Blaster drivers, trying to upgrade them, I've been having a heck of a time trying to get them to work again. Removing the...
  3. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    Sadly, I believe I have found the problem. It turns out the fan on my trusty GeForce FX conked out and was causing all these problems.
  4. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    Whoops... 400 watt, not 450, sorry.
  5. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    I've got a 450 watt power supply.
  6. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    Well, what I'm trying to play is nowhere near the pain-bringing specs you just listned, nor is it those two games. Problem is, when it does work like with one game, everything is perfectly smooth, then somehow things deteriorate, the FPS hits rock bottom and textures here and there won't fully...
  7. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    No, I said my current graphics card is an NVidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB... sorry if I didn't come off clear enough or anything, but this card is the best one in the house, and I'm not sure where the Radeon is at all anymore.
  8. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    Well, at minimum hardware setting, games won't even launch anyway. Putting the settings in the game itself to the lowest does not improve the situation I first mentioned at all. When I'm not playing games, no, it does not normally do this, but, well, that's kinda boring now. :P No, I haven't got...
  9. Lightning4

    PC Gone to Hell

    What I have is probably one of the worst computers I can imagine. Nothing, absolutely nothing works... I can't pinpoint the problem at all but sadly, I'm not a computer expert or anything, I'm just desperate for some help to get this thing working. I think the problem is in the graphics card...
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