There appears to be a problem with the graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT) running on a newly built computer with the following specifications: Intel Quad Core Q8200 2.33 GHz CPU, 2GB of RAM, with Windows XP Service Pack 3. Whenever I run a relatively recent game (such as Prince of Persia, Fallout 3, etc.), on the highest graphics settings, all of the games have a graphics-related crash. This either involves the screen being filled with incorrectly rendered textures, or crashing with a blue screen and a message saying that the drive is stuck within an infinite loop. I have tried reinstalling DirectX 9.0 together with the NVIDIA drivers, but this has not resolved the problem. Do you have any suggestions? (more…)

Last year I updated from an old computer (running Windows 98 SE) to a brand new machine running Windows XP. However, I have found that several problems (including a Chinese language program which I used for quite some time on my old computer) will no longer run on this new computer. Several people who I have asked are also unable to get this program running, and the computer dealer said the reason for this problem is that the new machine has a dual-core processor which will not work with older programs. Disabling the firewall and antivirus programs when loading the program has not resolved the problem. Can you assist? (more…)