XFX 8600GT XXX & My PC

[Kumitsu]

Hello everyone,

My girlfriend currently owns a Emachines T5212 with the following specs:

-Intel® Pentium® D Processor 805
-ATI Radeon® Xpress 200
-2GB PC4200
-200GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
-Power Supply 300W

I recently added a XFX Geforce 8600GT XXX Edition (Drivers 163.71)

I almost pinpointed the problem, when i set "hardware acceleration" to -NONE- , i can watch movies just fine, but i cannot play games. But when i set "hardware acceleration" to -FULL- i can play games perfectly fine but i cannot watch movies. (i can hear the movie playing in "FULL setting" but i cannot see it)

I was wondering if my computers power supply had anything to do with this ?

anybody that can help me please.

 

[nitrous9200]

I'm not sure why the hardware acceleration would affect it (everything should work on full) the power supply probably doesn't have enough amps on the 12V rail, a common problem. Check that on the PSU's label.
Another thing, the XXX versions are overclocked which would make even more power draw.

 

[starcraftfanatic]

what was your previous card? or was the Xpress integrated?

 

[Kumitsu]

what was your previous card? or was the Xpress integrated?

yes it was the ati xpress 200 integrated.

 

[Kumitsu]

I'm not sure why the hardware acceleration would affect it (everything should work on full) the power supply probably doesn't have enough amps on the 12V rail, a common problem. Check that on the PSU's label.
Another thing, the XXX versions are overclocked which would make even more power draw.

how many Amps should it have on a power supply ?

i am currently looking at this one: http://www.ultraproducts.com/product_details.php?cPath=78&pPath=510&productID=512

 

[justinmcg67]

I think it might be the integrated graphics. You should be able to disable it within the BIOS. Either that or it's the power supply. I can say without doubt though that it is one of those two things.

 

[bob360]

ive had a very similar problem were changing the hardware accelaration make movies/games work or not work..to get em both working i updated codecs..might not be it but worth a try...also both worked fine before upgrading gfx cards

 

[Kumitsu]

ive had a very similar problem were changing the hardware accelaration make movies/games work or not work..to get em both working i updated codecs..might not be it but worth a try...also both worked fine before upgrading gfx cards

what codecs do i need to download, and where can i download them from ?

 

[bob360]

i think these are the ones i have

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm

 

[Kumitsu]

i think these are the ones i have

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm

Ok well today i went out to buy a 600Watt power supply, the problem continued, so i went ahead and replaced the card with a new one and still the problem continued, after that i updated BIOS and chipset drivers and it still continued.

The problem lies in the 163.71 Drivers, i know this because i installed OLD drivers that came with the video card (158.19A) and everything worked fine.

I want to thank everyone who helped.