video card dying?

[ericchin90]

how would i know if my graphics card is dying? its kind of lagging when i play CS. when i get bombed, i just lag..
it is an integrated graphics card..
GeForce4 MX with 64 mb

 

[Lord Nassirbannipal]

That could be a myriad of things.

Ram, Hard Drive, corrupted CS files.......

 

[ericchin90]

well, it was working before. it just starting happening

 

[forumposter32]

You're lucky to be still able to use an old card like that.

Kidding. I don't know. I know Sisoft Sandra trial is free on download.com

 

[legcramp]

how would i know if my graphics card is dying? its kind of lagging when i play CS. when i get bombed, i just lag..
it is an integrated graphics card..
GeForce4 MX with 64 mb

emahine system? anyways probably weak CPU.

 

[ericchin90]

it's a compaq. pretty crappy tho

 

[legcramp]

well besides the mx integ card... what is the rest of the system?

 

[ericchin90]

uhh
athlon xp 3200+
200gb udma hd
asus mobo

 

[machwireless]

answer to ur problem:

Never use compaq ever again in your life

or

Get a new vid card

 

[ericchin90]

yeah. i probably won't buy a manuafactured computers anymore. i will just build mai own system.

 

[legcramp]

lol, I am on my backup rig.... which has almost the same specs... athlon xp 3200+ integ. mx440 video.... but I took stuff from my main rig and toss it in there while the motherboard is being rma'd.... anyways now it is running a 6800Ultra 1 gig ram.... etc.... and it runs pretty ok.. except the cpu isnt all that great.. but anyways.. when I was using it stock.. and playing CS:S with teh integ video and ram etc.. it choked when something exploded