I am having a problem with games on my computer. I wanted first to check out
to see if it was Windows first before I bugged other ppl. I've gone through
the windows troubleshoot on my compaq, and through the compaq troubleshoot
too. Now I'm looking for alternatives. I need every idea possible. Here is my
problem:

When I start playing a game, it goes fine. Then, a few minutes into it, the
game will lag down so bad that the game itself would literally turn into
pictures, but the sound will continue to play. Then it'll return to normal.
This repeats itself over and over until I stop playing the game. And it isn't
on one game, it's on them all. I played a first person shooter called Tribes
(internet based) and Need for Speed 2 (no internet needed) and both had the
same problem about the same timeframe every time I played each separately. I
don't have anything running in the background and I have DSL off of a
wireless network. Any ideas are welcome, excluding downloads.