Graphics card i have "cold fear" and "half life 2" both continually crash while playing .i am using an nVidia geForce FX 5600 graphics card and have enough memory 512mb . can you help?

The graphic card usually crashes due to over heating. Keep the gpu cool. you may use a pedestal fan as well.

You will need to install the latest drivers for this card. Go to the Nvidia website and select the relevant options from the drop down menus.

Product Type: GeForce
Product Series: GeForce 5 FX Series
Product: GeForce FX 5500
Operating System: The operating system you are using
Language: English (US)

Then click search

It will then take you to the download page.

If this dowsn't work then make sure you have connected your monitor to the FX 5500 card and not to onboard graphics.

You can get the most recent driver on the Nvidia website.
Just choose the correct information from the drop down menus.

Product Type: GeForce ION Quadro NVS 3D Vision nForce Tesla Legacy Product Series: GeForce 500 Series GeForce 400 Series GeForce 400M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 300 Series GeForce 300M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 200 Series GeForce 200M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 100 Series GeForce 100M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 9 Series GeForce 9M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 8 Series GeForce 8M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 7 Series GeForce Go 7 Series (Notebooks) GeForce 6 Series GeForce 5 FX Series GeForce 4 MX Series Product: GeForce FX 5100 GeForce FX 5200 GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GeForce FX 5200LE GeForce FX 5500 GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra GeForce FX 5600XT GeForce FX 5700 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GeForce FX 5700LE GeForce FX 5700VE GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5900XT GeForce FX 5900ZT GeForce FX 5950 Ultra GeForce PCX 5300 GeForce PCX 5750 GeForce PCX 5900 Download Type: Driver Software HDMI Audio Driver Download Type: Quadro Graphics Driver Quadro Performance Driver Quadro Partner Certified Driver AutoCAD Performance Driver 3ds Max Performance Driver Mosaic Utility Download Type: Graphics Drivers Chipset Drivers HDMI Audio Drivers Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit Windows XP Windows XP 64-bit Windows Server 2003 x64 Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows 98 Windows NT4 Windows 95 Linux 32-bit Linux 64-bit Solaris x86/x64 FreeBSD x86 Language:
Product Type: GeForce
Product Series: GeForce 5 FX Series
Product: GeForce FX 5500
Operating System: The operating system of the PC using the FX 5500 card.
Language: English (US)

Then click Search.
This will take you to the download section where you can download and install the drivers

try
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us set the setting you need for which board and then for which operation system you are using e.g. vista, window 7 etc.

Product Type: GeForce ION Quadro 3D Vision nForce Tesla Legacy Product Series: GeForce 500 Series GeForce 400 Series GeForce 400M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 300 Series GeForce 300M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 200 Series GeForce 200M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 100 Series GeForce 100M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 9 Series GeForce 9M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 8 Series GeForce 8M Series (Notebooks) GeForce 7 Series GeForce Go 7 Series (Notebooks) GeForce 6 Series GeForce 5 FX Series GeForce 4 MX Series Product: GeForce FX 5100 GeForce FX 5200 GeForce FX 5200 Ultra GeForce FX 5200LE GeForce FX 5500 GeForce FX 5600 GeForce FX 5600 Ultra GeForce FX 5600XT GeForce FX 5700 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra GeForce FX 5700LE GeForce FX 5700VE GeForce FX 5800 GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GeForce FX 5900 GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GeForce FX 5900XT GeForce FX 5900ZT GeForce FX 5950 Ultra GeForce PCX 5300 GeForce PCX 5750 GeForce PCX 5900 Download Type: Driver Software HDMI Audio Driver Download Type: Quadro Graphics Driver Quadro Performance Driver Quadro Partner Certified Driver AutoCAD Performance Driver 3ds Max Performance Driver Download Type: Graphics Drivers Chipset Drivers HDMI Audio Drivers Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit Windows XP Windows XP 64-bit Windows Server 2003 x64 Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows 98 Windows NT4 Windows 95 Linux 32-bit Linux 64-bit Solaris x86/x64 FreeBSD x86 Language: English (US) English (UK) English (India) Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Japanese Korean Deutsch Espa?ol (Espa?a) Espa?ol (Am?rica Latina) Fran?ais Italiano Polski Portugu?s (Brazil) ??????? Other

Go to Nvidia website and download the driver there.

When you install a new video card you must disable the onboard video card by going into the bios setup. Below I have listed the requirements of Second life game. e 531 does come with PCI-E slots so make sure you buy a VIDEO card with PCI-E Walmart sells some pretty decent priced Graphics cards. pretty much any pci-e card you buy new in walmart these days will be fine for this game.

PC Minimum System Recommendations:

* Internet Connection*: Cable or DSL

* Computer Processor: 1.6GHz Pentium 4 or Athlon 2000+ or better

* Computer Memory: 512MB or better

* Video/Graphics Card**:
o nVidia GeForce FX 5600, GeForce 6600, or better
o OR ATI Radeon 9600, X600, or better

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your agp video is overheating, see if the cooking fan attached in it is working fine.

Hi jhacy, I went over all you're posted questions conserning this issue with the FX5500 video card. Please include the manufacture name of you're motherboard & its model number. It is possible the video card is bad (Even if it's new). There are settings in the motherboard bios that me need to be shut off if the motherboard has an integreated video card onboard. It's possible that the AGP slot on you're board is dirty & needs to be cleaned. Please list the name or name's of the games you have tried to run but freeze you're computer or crash you're system.
I will automatically recieve an email from fixya when you post the information I have asked for above. Untill than, take care!

Need to know what OP system you have ?