driver/software question for ti4200

[goondog]

newbie here.
i have a dell 4550 with 845i chipset, p4 2.4, 512 ddr sdram, and a ti4200 64mb 4x card on win xp pro. i am running 45.23 drivers.
games like halo and dx2 freeze in the lowest settings until the action slows down.i know those two games have issues. i even tried sof2 and the same problem occured.
can anyone give my advice on a problem or should i just get a new card like a 9700/9800np. others have informed me it may be a driver/software problem. ive run dxdiag with no problems found.
is there some other thing i could do to check the system out for bugs.
thanks in advance.

 

[Cloudy]

"freeze until the action slows down". That sounds like some system lag. You could just be bogging your system down with all kinds of crap and what-not. A reformat might be an option you want to consider. As far as drivers goes. The 53.03 dets are out... If you haven't tried those, give them a chance. If all of that doesn't let your system play game comfortibly, then I would consider a new video card.

 

[KingPariah777]

Did you overclock the video card? Some video cards (like my ti4400) can't handle a big overclock AT ALL and will completely lock up for a good 15 seconds or so, and then repeat every few minutes.