Ive always played aok on my dads pc and now mine, then i thought hey, this game sucks im gonna spunk £80 on a graphics card and play some decent games, however The problemo is that after playing 1 min - 90 min - anytime limit on my game it freezes, it either recorvers with the error msg, from the graphics card manufacturer ( i will ss when it happens again) or is major problemo and does not unfreeze and i have to restart f---ing my downloads of movies, it also happens to i aok which doesnt need the graphics card! This means i am f---ed to play fifa2004, proevo4, nightfire and counterstrike condition zero etc. The problem occurs alot more often when i have windows media player on. Ok possible things i think may fix it 1) buy new graphics card (Dont want to!!!, im only a student) 2) add couple of extra fans in there 3) keep playing and hope it goes away(hasnt since i got it 6 months ago) p.s. rebooting, restarting, scanning/fixing does not solve the problem, im pretty sure its the graphics card Any responces helpful Ta Mat

"CPU/Ram: dunno - i will find out if i really need to" Can't help without knowing the specs of your machine (motherboard, CPU, RAM) & what video card you have. How about the temp of your system & CPU & number of case cooling fans you have? Also need to know the wattage of your power supply & how many amps are on the +12v rail. Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4800SE 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

Plug and Play monitor on SAPPHIRE RADEOM 9600 ATLANTIS AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2700+ 2.1GHz 256MB of RAM Sys Temp 36 oC (celciues) Cpu 38 oC CPU Fan Spped 4821 Sys fan Speed 2766 VCore 1.63 v 1.63 2.5 vsb 2.46 3.3v 3.23 +5v 5.05 +12v 11.77 -12v -11.53 3VSB 3.29 5vsB 4.91 Voltage battery 3.24 Well I got first lot from My Computer Properties and the rest from PC health from that blue screen when u first load up your PC. If you could do anything with that, you would be a life saver, because that stuff is over my head! Thanks alot in advance mat

Oh yeh I think I have 3 fans 2 at back 1 of those is hidden and I couldnt unplug it easily, and another over alot of tall strips of metal, i think maybe processor... ~~~ But there is no fan on graphics or side to graphics

If im not mistaken the sapohire raedon 9600 is SE which means it is crap. Check to see if its SE or not. If its SE then more then likely you will need a better card.

how would i find that out seeing as I chuked the box away. And if it is my hate for time computer stretches.

Mat_the_Cool, Sorry to read about your issue. Not to *completely* disagree with Avun, but it is my opinion your graphics card may not be your problem (at least not because it is a 9600 SE I have an ATI Radeon 9600 SE and although I agree it is a low end card, I was able to play HalfLife2 (offline)with all settings at medium with only a minor stutor on occasion. My card has only a heatsink and was able to play for hours at a time. I know HL2 is not the most graphics intensive but it does put your system through it's paces. If you have problems with the computer crashing while not gaming it is likely not the card (You did not specifically state on way or the other) My first check would be PowerSupply. If it is an offbrand and your a running quite a bit on the computer (GFX card, multiple hard drives, multiple opticals, or other items each draw power from the system... If the graphics card is running hot and causing the problem you may be able to include a pci slot fan to direct air around the card (be careful it may also direct it away from the CPU depending on your case,fan placement, and CFM in/out) Any other details that you can give us? Emachine 533ID2 HP Pavilion a230n