PC Gone to Hell 1

[Lightning4]

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 though, I try running any newer game (Ones recommending you have DX9.0c), and it will work for a few minutes, but the condition deteriorates until it is a choppy, unplayable mess. I did notice that setting it to 8x instead of Auto in the ASUS setup improved things to what they currently are. I've already got the latest drivers of nearly everything I can think of as well, the motherboard, the graphics card, sound card... any help would be appreciated.

ASUS A7V600
AMD Athlon 3200+
1GB RAM
Win 98 SE
NVidia GeForce FX 5200
Sound Blaster PCI 128

 

[Lightning4]

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

 

[rotaman]

Well i guess it was the video card after all

 

[teash]

We were all wrong

I really don't know what I am talking about, I just talk!