All my games pause with my graphics card

[jake76]

hey all my games lag when im not even connected to the internet i have a radeon 9250 graphics card ive tryed turning down the resalution and colour bit and allso video mode please help me.

 

[Teranius]

would suggest upgrading to a new card.
first try updating your drivers

 

[Route44]

hey all my games lag when im not even connected to the internet i have a radeon 9250 graphics card ive tryed turning down the resalution and colour bit and allso video mode please help me.

Are these newer games or the old ones you have been playing for some time? Also, I agree with Teranius about updating your drivers.

The 9250 is an old card.

 

[jake76]

well there pritty new the games but what about my ram do you think it could be my ram i have 512mb of ram

 

[Route44]

well there pritty new the games but what about my ram do you think it could be my ram i have 512mb of ram

The rule of thumb is if you're a gamer then 2 gigs is what you need. But if you are playing new games with a 9250 then even with the newest driver isn't going to help much. You need to upgrade. I would also venture to guess you'll need to upgrade your CPU.

There are still viable AGP video card options avaliable but you need to find out if your motherboard can handle AGP 4x/8x options.

 

[Daveskater]

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With regards to your problem, I too think the problem lies with your graphics card. The ATI X1950 or nVidia GeForce 7950GT are two of the best AGP cards that you can get so you might like to consider those models.

 

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