Help with Nvidia GeForce FX 5200

[filipmike33]

I recently upgraded from a Nvidia 64MB card (MX440 i think it was?) to this 128MB AGP card. When i play Half life 2 with the 64MB, its pretty smooth, not too choppy unless it gets to an intense shooting then it gets a little choppy. But now when i try to run HL2, its REALLY choppy even if im just running around and not shooting. So i decided to run a different game, in this case, was Far Cry and yet im having the same problem. Heres my comp spec from Gameadvisor

Processor Intel Pentium 4 3000MHz
Display Card NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Memory 1280MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP
Free Disk Space 49.0GB
Display Card Memory 128MB
Display Driver Version 6.6.9.3
DirectX Version 9.0c
Optical Drive CD/DVD
Sound Card Realtek AC97 Audio

 

[Jimbo420]

What do you have the Video setting set at for those games?

 

[filipmike33]

I use automatic but even when i put it in all Low settings. still the same

 

[Jimbo420]

Have you got all the latest Nvidia drivers?

 

[filipmike33]

I have the one that came with the hardware. Each time i download the one from Nvidia, my computer restarts.

 

[Jimbo420]

Sound like you may have a bad card.

 

[tmaxxracer111]

i have a bfg 5200fx 256mb and i run half life 2 on high

 

[filipmike33]

Damn, I hope its not because i have a bad card. Anyother sugestions?

 

[Jimbo420]

Not that I can think of. If you are doing everything with the newest drivers then it should being running fine to play HL2 and be a lot better then your old card.