i just bought a sony vaio computer (p4 3ghz HT, 512 ddr ram, 128 radeon 9200). i wanted to put a better video card in it, so i bought a 256 mb agp geforce fx 5500 by bfg tech. i installed the video card fine, ran driver cleaner, and installed latest nvidia drivers. i also ran the driver cleaner for ati to make sure i got no conflicts at all. so i started running some games (doom3, quake 3, unreal 2) and i noticed improved performance and graphics of course. but i also noticed that sometimes the games will freeze for 10 seconds or so and then return to normal gameplay. in the case of doom 3, sometimes my computer restarted in mid game play after freezing. ive noticed also that when i click on advance display seetings from the desktop display properties, my mouse cursor will freeze for a second and then show the advanced settings. i called bfg tech about the problem and one of the guys said that i have a power supply problem, that my 262watt supply isnt good enough and that i should have a 400watt supply for what im running. before i go out and buy a new power supply, i want to make sure that this is in fact the problem. has anyone ever heard of any problems like this and if so, is a new power supply the way to fix it? any help would be much appreciated. thanks.
i was also told that new bios drivers would fix the problem.
i was also told that new bios drivers would fix the problem.