Graphics problem, probably not XP related.

Hi all,

I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to ask for help, since it's probably not a problem related to my OS but my graphicscard.

I have a problem where my screen gets all messed up, it only occurs when I'm gaming (happens on different games). Since a week it happens regularly but randomly. When I shut down the game the screen is still messed up but not entirely, and when I reboot it is gone.

Here are two screenshots of the in-game view, one while playing the game Fifa 2004 and one playing Mafia. If it is required I'll also make a screenshot of the view on my desktop after it happens again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/Don_Nero/messedup_fifa.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/Don_Nero/messedup_mafia.jpg

My specs:

Phoenix-AwardBiOS v. 6.00 Motherboard
Intel Celeron 2.40 Ghz CPU
768 MB of DDR RAM
ATI Radeon 9550 256 MB L2 cache graphicscard (with standard driver installed)
OS: XP Pro SP2

Thanks in advance

 

Nope, I installed the driver that came with the box and didn't update it after that. It's been about 4 months ago when I installed the card + driver. The problem just started occurring about two weeks ago.

 

OK thanks, I'll try that and report back in a few days after gaming some more.

 

Updated the graphics driver (to Catalyst 5.4) that same day and no more problems until today after gaming almost daily. As I said in the first post here's a link to how my desktop looked after shutting down the game.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v186/Don_Nero/messedup_desktop.jpg

 

Sorry for double-posting, but I figured I'd bump this thread up again as I didn't receive replies for this week. The problem I have is still occuring occasionally.