bought this computer 6 months ago Gateway GT5056 AMD 64 X2 dual core processor 3800+ 2.00 GHz 1.00GB RAM it came with a Geforce 6100 graphic card. everytime i run my computer for a long time, and i wanted to play some games, the game starts to go faster and faster and faster. i have to reboot my computer inorder to get it to normal speed. ... ummm in my command prompt my ping times are also sometimes in the 122 million ms range. i replaced my ethernet cable modem and network card. i am a computer noob and have no idea what it is, but i kow im very upset about it cuz i love my halo and dont like restarting all the time. i would appreciate any help in this. i put in a 7900 gt last night tho lol looks good when it works...plz help me umm i have tried numerous other thing turning stuff off in my bios and stuf if u have any questions or suggestion plz ask i called gateway and they said its a 3rd party problem call bungie or send my computer in for like 5 weeks... i dont think so dude lol anywasy thx

Dualcore optimiser,hotfix and AMD driver installed? Tt Lanfire MSI K8N Diamond X2 4600+@234x12=2.8ghz 1:1 1GB PC3200/4400 OCZ Powerstream 520w 6600GT WDCaviar 160gb sata x2

Check your boot.ini for usepmtimer. Should look a little like this.... [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="C Drive (Microsoft Windows XP)" /fastdetect /usepmtimer Tt Lanfire MSI K8N Diamond X2 4600+@234x12=2.8ghz 1:1 1GB PC3200/4400 OCZ Powerstream 520w 6600GT WDCaviar 160gb sata x2

"i wanted to play some games,....." So this occurence is not common to games - what game(s) are impacted?

Try to enable vsync to see if that helps... TMP-Man Asus P5P800-SE P4 506 @ 4009Mhz 1.3625v Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 1700RPM 92MM AS5 2GB OCZ 2-3-2-5 DDR400 PAT 120GB/300GB 7200RPM HD Leadtek 7600GT AGP 590/1600 VF700 ALCU AS5

Lord of the rings, return of the king, EA games, is running fast on my new dual core AMD 4400+, the above answers are rather complex, any alternatives? Andy Morrell