GeForce 5500 Problems

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Paperbladder:
2)It looks like the card's overheating.  You could always try installing different drivers and see if that helps but chances are you're going to need a new card.

3)The Windows Page File should NEVER be increased manually unless you have the "Virtual Memory is Too Low" prompt.  Making this file bigger means you will use less real RAM which means your programs will run slower and increase disk thrashing.  Lowering the page file size will coax XP into using more real RAM but it doesn't work all that well compared to Vista's memory management.

4)I suggest setting it from Minimum (2MB XP, 16MB Vista) to 1.5x your RAM (even this is still a little high).  If you get "Virtual Memory is Too Low" errors, increase the maximum size by a little bit until you no longer get the errors.

By default the system puts it at 1.5x to 2.0x of your RAM.

5)If Pets did kill it, it would have on any graphics-intensive game.

Jamdoss:
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who tried to help out!  Soon after I posted this, I had to go without my computer for a while.

Essentially, nVidia decided that it was a dead card and replaced it with the wrong type (AGP vs. PCI).  That didn't help either, so being frustrated to the max, I took the computer to Best Buy and activated my PSP.  They did nothing, except update to the latest driver which nVidia had told me not to do.  Finally, called back nVidia and they replaced the 5500 with the right type (AGP vs. PCI).  We  have not reinstalled Pets due to fear of having a bunch of problems all over again.  For the most part everything is working fine without Pets.

So, thanks again

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