I need help with a possible video/graphics card....

[blood_clot]

I current have an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.8GHz, 512 RAM, ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9700

I am at a college campus, so we're on a very fast LAN server...

I play an online game in where I can play with immense speed and quality for around an hour, after that hour period, the game begins to skip frames. If i wait for around 2-4 hours I can play it again (the computer must be turned off for 2-4 hours)

I still can check the internet fast and I can play StarCraft just as normal... the online game I play doesnt become laggy, it only skips frames on my screen, (roommate plays game as well) Some people said it was a video card problem, and I'm not sure...

When I try to install catalyst 5.12 off of ati.com, it says I dont have a video card installed, or a VGA? I re-install RADEON MOBILITY 9700 again off the CD and it still doesnt read it.

I want to number one play my game and number two figure out this problem

Please help

 

[dbeanerz]

You may want to give your PSU (Power Supply) as that could be the case - also, make sure your graphics card is not heating up too much and has proper cooling. Otherwise, tell us the game even, possibly software problem with a memory leak.

Others will surely also have more info with those details, but it helps to give off your entire system info, including motherboard and setup.