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256 MB DDR RAM

Is this how much memory you've always had ? 265mb is not very much ram for XP let alone playing games on XP. It also leads to other problems associated with Virtual Memory (writing to page) and AGP aperture settings (in bios) that would tie up memory addresses and conflict with other OS/Game related priorities in memory allocation.

From your system spec's it looks as if you have a high end system, the video card and amount of memory are big bottle necks when it comes to games and win XP.

If someone could have "hands on" with your PC this problem could be fixed in short time, on the internet this problem can become complex and lead to lengthy discussion.

I suggest you make sure your memory is fault free, increase the amount of memory, try another video card (see if yours is bad) and make sure your games have the latest patches that have kept up with the times (SP2, ect....)

Do you know anyone who you can borrow a video card from ?