5200 is benchmarking like a dead snail...

Well, I'm back after a few months, same old sh*t...
My MSI 5200 is being such a bi*ch these days:
I've benchmarked it with 3DMark`03, and there's a lot of stuff I can't figure out...
First of, the only game test that works well is #1, Wings of Fury. The other ones are on an FPS of 3-10!!! Is that possible for an 5200? Is it normal?
The CPU tests are fine, but when I get to the sound tests, all hell breaks loose.
The second test with the 24 sounds starts, and then the 3DMark just shuts down. PC back to normal, desktop and everything... what in the hell is that???
Drivers are NVidia's latest 56.72, DirectX 9.0b, BIOS on latest 1.5 (I have a MSI mobo). Tried every possible driver combination, no luck.
Another thing that is weird, I tried OCing it a bit, and the results in 3DMark were even worse... anyway, I would've posted the scores but I can't as the sound test shuts the thing down...
BTW, don't anyone tell me it's a PSU problem, cause I've just put an Antec 450W from a friend, and it was exactly the same.
And it acts the same in the friends PC, which is pretty much same as mine except the PSU...
Any tips???

O.K. I won't say it's your power supply. Then it's probably your video card! But, if your power supply +12v amps are too low - then you're starving the video card of the power it needs when more stressful areas of benchmarking are applied....hence the crash at sound test. The FX5200 isn't really a bad card, it's designed for light gaming, and it is slightly better than the MX series cards. There are some real good deals on FX Ultra cards right now - the 5700 and 5900 Ultras and XT's come to mind. But, if you install one of those cards, and end up with similar problems - then it all boils down to amps on the +12v.

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