Video Card slowness (128mb)!!!!!

Heres the lowdown
I got a new comp like 2 months ago, its not top of the line but all the parts are new heres its specs
Pentium4 2.4ghz HT
MSI 875pNEO
1 - 512 pc3200 ram
ATI 9200se 128 meg ram
running windows xp home sp1 (fresh install)
a combo drive 52x24x52 cdrw/dvd playback
and of course a floppy drive
now my problem is my video lags..........on .....Halo(my biggest hurt)
and even Need for speed hot pursuit 2.....which only needs 16meg video
ive tried everything, in fact my computer is in the shop and me and my faithful retailer have tried all the different video cards ..........like a different 9200se ati one to see if it was the card, a nvidia 5200fx to see if it was a hardware incompatibility, even a 64meg nvidia geforce 4 mx440, (it almost ran faster with the 64 meg card) but it still lags.......any advice......maybe its a mobo setting im neglecting.............
actually i read in another post that it could be side band adressing but i have no clue what it is........can anyone help me please it would be greatly appreciated...

I'm far from an expert but this may help.  It worked for me.  Good luck.
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_service/forum/index.php?threadid=32360&sid=
Thermaltake Xaser III V1000+
Zalman Netzteil ZM400A-APF 400 watts
MSI 875P Neo-LSR
Intel Pentium 4 2,8 GHz – 800Mhz FSB
1Gb Corsair TwinX DDR3200 Low Latency, 2x512 MB
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Controller
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