Do i need a graphics card or is this a virus?

Umm recently my computer has started to just crash after about 10 mins into playing games or watching videos.

Not sure if this has anything to do with graphics card but i noticed that i dont actually have one.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dane.

 

Hi Dane
If you give us a few details of you PC we can take a look.
your OS / CPU/ and graphics card:wave

 

You have to have some sort of graphics card or you couldn't see your mnitor.Integrated into your motherboard. Easy to install new plug-in card.

 

OS : Microsoft Windows XP Professional
CPU : Unknown, 2700MHz
RAM : 1984 MB
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE (256 MB)
Graphics Card : N/A

 

The video adaptor is your graphics card and that is powerfull enough for normal gaming.

for your CPU if you download this prog
http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
and run it you will get a lot of info for your system.

But your problem does not seem to be graphics related more a case of too much junk in your PC download this

http://majorgeeks.com/download4191.html

and run it,let it clean all that it finds also run the reg cleaner twice and also let it clean everything.
This prog is the safest there is so do not worry that it will damage your PC,we all use it.

 

Thanks BILLMCC66,

Umm..
CPU : AMD Athalon 62 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+

I ran the CCleaner.

You say i have too much junk on my PC?

I have over 60GB free on my C: drive?

I'm going to try run the game again.

 

No it's still crashing about 10 minutes into this game >__<

Other suggestions?

Game is : Atlantica Online.

 

The Geforce 6150 is a lower end on-board video chip and really isn't suited for gaming. The crashing may be due to something overheating (like the CPU or video chip), or simply because the PC doesn't have the power for gaming. Unplug the power cord, open the PC, and use some canned air (or an air compressor) to clean all the dust and hair and lint from inside the case; be sure all the fans and heatsinks are nice and clean. If this doesn't help, run some type of temperature monitoring program (HWMonitor is good) and see where your temps are....

 

I cleaned out dust from in the computer (there was little as this computer is fairly new)

I ran the HWMonitor

Here are the results..


http://i38.tinypic.com/avx5j.png