I recently reformatted my hard drive, and I have about everything in order ( minus a mysterious multimedia driver). Before I could play games like WoW and do 40 man raids, now after I cant even play sims2 or BF 2142 w/o a horrible choppy game, and I dont know whats wrong. Any help is greatly appreciated. Her are my specs from everest home.

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name JASONS_RUSTY_BO
User Name Jason Arndt

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 540J, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
Motherboard Name MSI MS-7091 (Medion OEM)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Grantsdale i915P
System Memory 2048 MB (DDR2-533 DDR2 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (07/26/05)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port RIM Virtual Serial Port v2 (COM4)
Communication Port RIM Virtual Serial Port v2 (COM5)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT (512 MB)
Monitor CMC 17" AD [17" LCD] (0)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel 82801FB ICH6 - High Definition Audio Controller [B-1]

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2651
IDE Controller Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Disk Drive WDC WD3200JD-00KLB0 (298 GB, IDE)
Disk Drive Generic MS/SD Combo MS USB Device
Disk Drive Generic CF Card CF USB Device
Disk Drive Generic SM/xD Combo SM USB Device
Disk Drive WD 1600BB External USB Device (149 GB, USB)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8163B (16x/52x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4164B
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 199996 MB (187176 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 99998 MB (83522 MB free)
E: (NTFS) 5239 MB (5201 MB free)
K: (FAT32) 152588 MB (146069 MB free)
Total Size 447.1 GB (412.1 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network
Network Adapter MAC Bridge Miniport - Packet Scheduler Miniport (192.168.0.13)
Modem Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem
Modem Standard Modem

Peripherals
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - USB Universal Host Controller [B-1]
USB2 Controller Intel 82801FB ICH6 - Enhanced USB2 Controller [B-1]
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device

Have you installed the latest nVidia drivers?

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

I had the driver, but just on the off chance something was wrong with the d/l i did it again. No change. thanks for the idea though.