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CoolhandX: It was a program called PopupKiller which I probably shouldn`t have installed Anyway it kept checking to see if IE6 was running and any popups it could kill, unfourtunatly it did this every second or so and hogged the system when it did a check.

Thanks everyone for your sugestions and advice. I have done some of what you all said and now my system is working like a dream There was a program running in the background which wasn`t very compatible so it got removed and I also reinstalled the Nvidia 14.70 drivers. I also installed the Nvidia Refresh Fix which helped a great deal. Now my system is purring WinXP Rocks!! (once you get it sorted out) Again thank you all for your help. Greatly Appreciated CorSec P.S. How do I get my desktop refresh rate to 100Hz? It only goes up to 85Hz. I have tried installing the CTX montor dirvers but no luck, any suggestions?

Yep there is a version of nvreffix.exe which you have to run in W2k compatibility mode, but a lot of people are having problems with that. You can also go here http://www.speedy3d.com/articles/nvidia_rrfix/index.shtml for a manual registery fix, which I am going to try because at least you know what might happen when editing the registry yourself CorSec

Yep it`s something like that. Except nothing seems to crash just stutter all over the place in every game. The frames per second are fine, but the redraw is terrible. You would think if the frames per second were all right it would be smooth? Example: Max Payne = 60fps constant (checked ingame) but it`s just stuttering about. CorSec Note - I have not applied any refresh rate fix yet so all the games run at 60Hz hence the 60fps

Every game I have tried Max Payne, Emperor:Battle for Dune etc.... even the Aquarium Scrensaver looks like it`s jumping about (Well not quite jumping but you get the drift). In games the FPS is fine but the redraw rate is terrible. It`s like watching Blur`o`Vision (Jump`O`Vision etc...) I have tried most of the Nvidia drivers but no luck. At the moment I`m using the 14.70 Drivers. Any suggestions? Thanx CorSec My system is: AMD Approved Power Supply 300w AMD Athlon 1.33Ghz 266Mhz FSB 512MB PC2100 DDR Ram Gigabyte GA-7DXR Mainboard (AMD 761 Chipset + Via 686B Southbridge) IBM 7200RPM 46Gig Hard Drive (Primary Master) Plextor PX-W1610TA (Primary Slave) Toshiba DVD Rom SD-M1502 Drive (Secondary Slave) Hercules Geforce 2 GTS 32MB AGP Graphics Card (With TV-Out) SoundBlaster Live! Soundcard 3COM Etherlink Network Interface Card Motorola Surfboard SB3100 Cable Modem Agfa Snapscan e20 Scanner (USB) Epson Stylus Color 880 Printer (USB) Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer Optical Mouse (PS2) Microsoft Internet Keyboard (PS2) Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro Joystick (USB) CTX 1795 17" Monitor Fuji Finepix 2200 2.1 Mega Pixel Digital Camera (USB) Cooling - 2x80mm intake fans - 1x80mm exhaust fan + PSU fan Alpha 6032 PALmfc Heatsink + Sanyo Denki 60mm fan (AMD Approved)