NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 problems, help wanted

dramatt · 09-04-2006, 07:14 PM

I recently upgraded by computer to a GeForce FX 5200 graphics card (before this all I had was the default Intel 32 MB built-in one). It ran Guild Wars and Runescape (I play Guild Wars and my little brother plays Runescape) prefectly fine for about two days. Then my mom got on it and suddenly Guild Wars start having slow-up periods of 2-3 seconds of extreme lag about every 10 seconds. However, nothing else has slowed down or changed in the slightest. She says she didn't change anything, but something has stopped working since then. Any ideas?

Specs:
Mainboard : Dell Computer Corp. 0C2425
Chipset : Intel i845G
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 2666 MHz
Physical Memory : 1280 MB (1 x 256 DDR-SDRAM, 1 x 1024 DDR-SDRAM)
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

**Rashiki** · 09-04-2006, 10:01 PM

If she swears nothing has changed, do a spyware sweep and then go ahead and uninstall the drivers for your card. Reboot and windows should prompt you to install the drivers. Pop in the CD you got with the card and re-install. Any luck?

MhzManiac · 09-06-2006, 08:47 PM

I'm with Rashiki on this one. If your mom surfs the Internet, spyware is to blame. Spybot seems to work better than even my antivirus program on spyware and Ad-Aware SE will catch a few also.

09-04-2006, 07:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
dramatt Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: indiana Posts: 1 OS: XP	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 problems, help wanted I recently upgraded by computer to a GeForce FX 5200 graphics card (before this all I had was the default Intel 32 MB built-in one). It ran Guild Wars and Runescape (I play Guild Wars and my little brother plays Runescape) prefectly fine for about two days. Then my mom got on it and suddenly Guild Wars start having slow-up periods of 2-3 seconds of extreme lag about every 10 seconds. However, nothing else has slowed down or changed in the slightest. She says she didn't change anything, but something has stopped working since then. Any ideas? Specs: Mainboard : Dell Computer Corp. 0C2425 Chipset : Intel i845G Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 2666 MHz Physical Memory : 1280 MB (1 x 256 DDR-SDRAM, 1 x 1024 DDR-SDRAM) Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Last edited by dramatt; 09-04-2006 at 07:23 PM. Reason: forgot information

09-04-2006, 10:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rashiki Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 878 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	If she swears nothing has changed, do a spyware sweep and then go ahead and uninstall the drivers for your card. Reboot and windows should prompt you to install the drivers. Pop in the CD you got with the card and re-install. Any luck? __________________ ASUS P5WD2 Premium v0709 \| Intel Prescott 3.2ghz \| 2gb Corsair XMS DDR2-800 PC2-6400 \| Sparkle Power 550w PSU \| ATI All-In-Wonder X600 Pro \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| CoolerMaster Aluminum Case \| WD Raptor 76gb 10K RPM SATA HDD \|ASUS CD/DVD RW Combo Drive \| Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy Combo Drive \| Coolermaster Copper Heatsink

09-06-2006, 08:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
MhzManiac Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 77 OS: Vista Home Premium	I'm with Rashiki on this one. If your mom surfs the Internet, spyware is to blame. Spybot seems to work better than even my antivirus program on spyware and Ad-Aware SE will catch a few also. __________________ Asus P5N-D, Intel C2D E6750 @3.4Gig, 2G RAM 2T @ 860Mhz 5-4-4-14, WD300g SataII Raid (0) , video E9600 GT's x2 -SLI , 2 Gig Ready Boost, ePower Tiger 550w, Antec 900 Black Tower