I have the same problem, but only when I try to play games.  Here are my specs: Athlon xp 2400+ Asus A7V266 mobo 1024MB DDR RAM SB Audigy Platinum Geforce 6600 128MB AGP 300W power supply 40GB & 80GB Harddrives I ran the superpi and it doesnt look that great - took 1 hour 59seconds to figure pi to 32 Million places.  I am going to start the other test now and post results.  Could someone please tell me what the problem could be, this is driving me nuts.  I just bought that Geforce today thinking that was the problem (had a 4400ti), but no dice obviously.