Video card problem

Geforce 6200

My current card is Geforce FX5500.

The problem: The 6200 eats my resources alive. What it does it it revs up and down(for example, CPU usage fluctuates - 12% -> 38%, 12% -> 38%). Also these tiny blacklines show up and my computer will sometimes shut off, due to infinite looping.

I've updated the drivers, I've disabled the 5500 and the intergrated card that came with the computer(though the 5500 is not physically removed from the board). I have to renable the 5500 cause the 6200 was causing too many problems. That was a chore in itself but it's hard to explain.

My power supply is 250W, and my AGP aperture has a max of 256(but I just found out about it, and it was set to 128). I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My fucking computer sucks ass I hate this thing.

My dxdiag

Quote:

System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: Dimension 2400
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A05
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz, ~2.5GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 264MB used, 1682MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode
DxDiag Previously: Crashed in DirectPlay (stage 1)

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab:

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce FX 5500
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0326&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: SyncMaster 730B(Analog)
Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8198 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/10/2005 05:06:00, 3955456 bytes

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

You have two video cards in your system, as well as onboard graphics, and you only have a 250W PSU?

Well, I'm afriad to physically remove my 5500, cause if the 6200 wont work, I will not be able to use my monitor. But if you're suggesting that the card still pulls power despite it being disabled in the Device Manager, then I didn't know that either.

But that's ok. I'm done with PC gaming. I just bought a 360 >_>.

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