text: p41.8ghz 256sdram and 128mb vid card, but it's not smooth and lags playing games, what shud i do?see details? but when i disable the audio (in a process i n the task manager or by disabling the audio driver) everythiong runs so smooth! yeah! so smooth! real smooth! no lags or somethin!it all works fine, except that i dont hear sounds! what could be the meaning of this???? could my video and sound card share the same resources??? so.. how do i solve it if that could be the cause of the issue?  first: the sound card is not in the motherboard. i bought a sound card. and the video card is not also built-in in the motherboard. it is a  radeon 9200 se.  second: i have reformat my pc many times and still, the issue is not solved.  third: i borrowed more ram from my friend to be 512mb.. still is not fixed.  fourth: there are no virus or trojan in my computer, i have scanned it. after all, i jsut reformatted this pc.. plz help! sounds like a problem with your sound card. if disabling it makes other processes run smoother then the problem may be that your sound card is leeching power. i'm not sure how though. not without seeing it... my suggestion is to borrow someone elses sound card that you know works fine and try it in your computer. if it works fine then you know what ure problem is. if it is still acting funny then get back on and ask again. or you can email me dayna_3157@yahoo.com  actually the guy beneath me is right. better processor more ram. but i still think its the sound card.