[Stevenpd]

Hi,

I'm having a problem where whenever I play online games such as World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings Online, my entire computer will freeze after a few hours. I was able to deal with this, but recently a new patch was release for World of Warcraft and now my computer can only run the game for less than a minute after logging in before it freezes. The computer completely freezes but you can hear everything in the system still running (such as fans and lights). I have no idea what the problem is. I tried updating my BIOS drivers today (hopefully i did that correctly) as well as my video drivers. I also did a memory test and everything was fine.

These are my specs:
P5VDC-MX Asus motherboard
Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 256mb (agp 8x)
1 gig of ddr2
Pentium D 820
Rosewill AP-500x 450W PSU
Stock cooling on everything

The only thing that I can think of is to replace the video card... which i can see being the problem because i took it from a previous system that had most of its components fried when the memory was placed in the wrong way. The computer runs perfect when its not running high-graphics games, never freezing and running much faster than my dell.

Is there anything else that could be the problem that i should check out before i invest in an 80$ XFX Geforce 7600 GS?

Thanks in advance,
Steven

[~Candy~]

Sounds like the video card is overheating.

[Stevenpd]

ok if the video card immediately overheats and crashes when i start WoW then what can i do to cool the card better, or should i just buy the 7600 GS?

[BG-0]

You could try increasing the airflow inside the case or then buy an aftermarket VGA cooler (like, ummm... Can't find one for that card) Propably worth more buying a new card than getting a new cooler. First, try aiming a regular room fan towards the video card with your case side open and see if that helps at all.