Half-Life 2 Lag

[tifc8lraz]

My friend has an eMachines T3256, and he just put in a GeForce 6200. He used to use his GeForce 4 Mx4000 onboard graphics before. Now, the game will be running fine for a minute and all of a sudden lag like crazy, and take a minute to recover. He did not have this problem with his old vid card. He meets the power supply requirements with a 300watt max output, and it seems to run fine on other games that do not require steam. Can anyone explain this, please?

 

[wolfram]

What about the amps the PSU delivers on the 12V rail?

 

[tifc8lraz]

I'm not exactly sure what that means....would it be printed on the psu label in the computer?

 

[mailpup]

Yes, it should be found on the psu label. Look at the +12V figure.