Andrew E
December 12th 03, 11:27 PM
Go to the mfg web site who made the chip-set,download
the drivers,they run graphics/video.You can
open device mgr,display adapter for brand,if intel get
drivers,and application accelerator.
You shouldnt run from the cd,it slows game performance.
You might also go to run,type:DXDIAG Run directX util.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a Pentium 4 1.50 GHz with 512 MB of RAM. But
>everytime I paly a video game or go to an Internet site
>that has both graphics and sound playing, or, if I play an
>interactive game, either online or offline, that contains
>both graphics and sound, my system lags badly; the video
>actually stops, the sound will either repeat itself, like
a
>record skipping over and over, or it just sputters. After
>about 10-15 secs., it seems to play OK for a while, then
>the lag starts again. I thought it was the CD player at
>first, but I ruled that out because it happens whether I
>run off of the CD player or not. Any suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated as I have an old Pentium I, 100 MHz
>that runs quicker than my new system! HELP!!!
>.
>
the drivers,they run graphics/video.You can
open device mgr,display adapter for brand,if intel get
drivers,and application accelerator.
You shouldnt run from the cd,it slows game performance.
You might also go to run,type:DXDIAG Run directX util.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a Pentium 4 1.50 GHz with 512 MB of RAM. But
>everytime I paly a video game or go to an Internet site
>that has both graphics and sound playing, or, if I play an
>interactive game, either online or offline, that contains
>both graphics and sound, my system lags badly; the video
>actually stops, the sound will either repeat itself, like
a
>record skipping over and over, or it just sputters. After
>about 10-15 secs., it seems to play OK for a while, then
>the lag starts again. I thought it was the CD player at
>first, but I ruled that out because it happens whether I
>run off of the CD player or not. Any suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated as I have an old Pentium I, 100 MHz
>that runs quicker than my new system! HELP!!!
>.
>