The power supply should be efficient enough. You have all the drivers downloaded, so I would suggest upgrading your memory. If you only have 1 gig of ram, half of it is going straight to video card.
I also suggest downloading "glary utilities" program which is free. It will boost and clean registry, remove trojans, spyware, duplicate files, adware, manage start up programs, and so much more.
Also when running games, it is a good idea to shut off any other running programs. Every one that will allow you to.
Just not enough memory in the system.
I would recommend 2.5 or more.
I play many games on my XP. I also downloaded service pack 2 which has a little boost. Other than that, you have a great system. Memory plays THE BIGGEST role when playing games. As does the processor which I see you have the 2.4 and should have no problems. I would get more ram.
On my system, I have to use 2.5 or the game lags and freezes like crazy.
Those aftermarket video cards **** up the memory.
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I doubt it's your power supply, unless you have a very low quality one. It could be that your supply is defective, however.
You should check to make sure that your games are DX9 compatible, because if you're running in DX10 mode, that may cause incompatibility problems. After all, you're running some relatively old equipment. I don't think AGP is even supported by new boards.
I would recommend downloading a registry cleaner called CCleaner, and just keep running the registry clean function until no more errors come up. If you upgraded your operating system, it may not have installed (or uninstalled) your NET frameworks properly, and so it could be referencing different versions of the same software simultaneously, leading to a crash. A registry cleaner will clear up a lot of the bugs associated with uninstalls.
If that fails, go into your BIOS on computer startup, and poke around. It's possible that your computer doesn't have some features enabled, such as an external graphics card.
If you're overclocking the card, you should stop. It may cause it to become unstable.
If none of these work, I would recommend mailing the card back in to whomever you purchased it from. Your card should have a manufacturers warranty of at least a year. If you have been overclocking, your warranty is null and void on the party anyway, but you can still give it a shot.
System could be overheating make sure nothing is stopping the fans from turning ,also try with the case open.
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ATI Radeon X1650Pro (AGP 8x, 512MB)
General
Device Type Graphics adapter
Enclosure Type Plug-in card
Vista Capability This graphics card is capable of running the new Aero interface featured in Windows Vista Home Premium and higher.
Interface Type AGP 8x
Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Radeon X1650 Pro
Graphics Card Performance This card's graphics processor and memory mean that it is not recommended for most games, but it will still be fine for office applications and other normal computing tasks.
RAMDAC Clock Speed 400.0 MHz
Video Memory Installed 512.0 MB
Technology DDR2 SDRAM 128-bit
Features Avivo Technology
Type None
API Supported OpenGL 2.0,
DirectX 9.0
Max Monitors Supported 2.0
TV Interface HDTV out
Analog Video Format S-Video,
Composite video
Digital Video Standard Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Interfaces 1.0 x DVI-I (dual link) - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15),
1.0 x HDTV output - 29 pin combined DVI,
1.0 x VGA
Compatible Slots 1.0 x AGP
Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
OS Required Microsoft Windows XP,
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005,
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition,
Microsoft Windows Vista
Recommended Power Supply 350.0 Watt
Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-ROM
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Wow you really think its my ram, Ohh dam it and I told the women in the shop my running sytem .Ohh what a pain this was meant to be easy instead turns into nightmare lol. Just a easy grapics card update so my son can play games like the update ones such as spores ect....
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