Quick Video card question.. hope everyone can give me an answer

[Guaran]

Sounds like you are having the problem that I'm now having with a 6800gt. Different drivers do not help, but going back to my 5900 Ultra did.I'm thinking either my power supply is overwhelmed by the 6800gt, or there's some new bug in Horizons. I have not tried re-formatting, since every other game plays fine.

I have a second pc that has had no problems at all with Horizons, it currently has a 5900 Ultra init also. I'll try sticking the 6800gt in there today.

Guaran

[Thalak]

Just a suggestion to exclude some variables:

-someone suggested an ad-ware/spyware scan: very good advice.
-get a startup list of services and programs, remove or disable extras as needed (msconfig is a good start, but there are better ones)
-drive fragmentation: get rid of temp files defrag (especially after patch days)
-get a good temp monitor utility (most boards come with one)
-check for packet loss on your broadband connection, open ports on your router for hz, power cycle the modem
-xp sp2 firewall exception rules for hz, or disable it for testing purposes only.
-optimize your video settings in hz & driver

If you do these things you will definitely be a lot better off getting to the root of your problem. Sounds like its a combination of things and not strictly power related.

[Custard]

Never use msconfig to work with services because it allows you to disable services that your computer may need to boot. Use (start-run) services.msc instead.

I found this site to give very good info about the services installed with XP and how necessary some of them may or may not be..
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

[Guaran]

If you are suggesting msconfig to check startup entries for bogus stuff, better util that covers startup registry entries as well as other things is Hijackthis.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

this utility allows you to see several area of the registry that are commonly "hijacked" by spyware.

Lists:
Browser helper objects. ( meant for useful things but malicious ones exist)
HKLM...Run registry entries for current user, all users
Startup folders for current user, all users, non-standard services, and some other entries.

Disclaimer:
Remember, do not just start deleting entries if you do not know what you are doing.

Guaran

[Larus-Fel]

nah,., problems didn't start UNTIL i got my geforce 5900.

CSR is doing a really good job responding to my ticket.. but we still cant find the cause [:'(]