Having Hardware Glitches with All Games

[BeaverMon]

I posted this topic [URL="http://http:/"]here.[/URL]
http://s8.invisionfree.com/pccleanup/index.php?showtopic=358
But I'm not getting a response. So here's my question again. Maybe 1 of you would know what to do.

Ok. It goes like this.
I have a;
AMD 64 Athlon 3000+ (2.0GHz), nVidia Geforce FX 5700LE, 758MB of RAM, Windows XP Home (with SP2).
(this computer was Custom-Built from my Computer Repair Guy, and has no name)

I had a nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Video Card. I tried to play 18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal to the Metal, and it wouldn't run.
So I tried to upgrade the drivers. I got the 77.72 Drivers. Everything seemed ok.

Then I wanted to play Half-Life 2, but it said that my card is not a DirectX 7.0 Card.
I asked around, and they told me to get these 71.89 drivers for it.
I did, and overwrited the new ones.

EVER since then, I've been having Hardware Glitches here and there, with ALL of my games. What I mean by gliches, is things that suddenly appear and go away, and the screen going grey and just non-normal stuff.

I called my Computer Repair guy and he told me that, that card "isn't compatiable" with SP2, so I got my 5700LE, and it was no better. SAME glitches.

So, I tried to COMPLETLY uninstall the drivers, and get the 71.89 drivers back. THAT didn't help!

So I'm out of ideas. I've tried everything I could think of. Even tried to mess with the settings. Even that didn't help. So I desperatly need professional help with this. Should I reformat? What should I do?

Please assist.

So, can youall help me out here? ;(

 

[JFry]

Have you tried rolling back the drivers? If not:
Right-click my computer and choose properties,
select hardware tab and click on device manager,
under Display adapters select your video card and right-click and choose properties,
select the driver tab and click Roll back driver.

If that doesn't work do a search for driver cleaner and follow the instructions very closely.

 

[Kamikazie]

do you think that downgrading your drivers might work, well lower than 77.72?

or getting a new graphics card that is known for its compatablity with your mother board

or you can go back to the 77.72 and never play HL2 again (well on your computer)

 

[BeaverMon]

Ok, I don't have the 77.72 drivers anymore. I have the 71.89 drivers.

I specifically said, and I

I asked around, and they told me to get these 71.89 drivers for it.
I did, and overwrited the new ones.

 

[BeaverMon]

Will somebody please help me? :|

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Get a graphics card which isn't LE stamped

 

[Ti133700N]

Your case might be to hot. Make sure your fans are clean (no dust) and buy another fan.

 

[sinkoman]

When you rolled back to the 71.89's, did you just overwrite the other set (as you posted) or did you do a complete uninstall of the older set and then a complete reinstall of the new set?

 

[BeaverMon]

The first time, I overwrited over the 77.72 drivers.
The attempt to fix it, I uninstalled the drivers, then got the 71.89 drivers.

And I have 3 fans. 2 in the back, and 1 in the front.