Read the 9800GTX/GT250 thread stickied to this sub-forum. If you want, I can go threw a dxdiag of your machine and recommend drivers, etc, to make sure everything is installed. To run dxdiag=> Windows_logo_key+r, dxdiag. If you have 64-bit windows, click the button at the button that says "Run 64-bit DxDiag," Then save all the data by clicking "Save All Information..." zip/rar the text file and attach it to the post. Instructions on how to zip here. To create a rar file, first download and install winRAR then read this guide here.