Code 12 is the bane of my exsistence

I bought an AGP 512mb EVGA 6200 for my old rig and I cannot shake this code 12.

I have never had an issue with upgrading a card, even the 7300gt I put in booted up fine without removing old drivers first.

I cleared the 5200s drivers and all remnants I can find of the nvidia files and it will not get past this code 12.

Im thinking the card is bunked because I cannot get past this.

Any other suggestions?