P4 2.4ghz [no HT]
XFX geforce 6200 256mb AGP [driver version: 91.31]
TwinMOS 512mb DDR ram + Kingmax 512 mb DDR ram [total=1gb DDR]
Maxtor diamondmax 160gb SATA2
windows 2000 professional sp4 [all available updates installed]
i bought the dvd version of GTA San Andreas when it was released but couldnt play it cuz it always gave me an "Incompatible graphics adapter found" error. at that time i used to have a Gigabyte Ati Maya II Radeon 9000 Pro 2 128mb AGP graphics card. 'i shudnt be gettin this error' was my first thought but then i never got around doing something bout it. recently i found the game [this is after i upgraded my VGA] and tried installin. everything was going perfectly but later, to my amazement, i found the game was workin WITHOUT the dvd in my dvd-drive. well nyways when i started playin the game it was like workin fine for some time n then it started workin kinda like a high-speed slideshow [maybe its what u call 'a dropping frame rate']. i tried lowering the graphic details to the lowest possible level but the problem continued. i even tried playin the game with the dvd in the drive but to no avail. so my problem here is that the game is goin fine but after some moments the problem begins for bout a minute or two n then its back to normal and then the problem begins after some time and then again to normal and it goes on this way, makin it difficult to play. i have these things in mind but i dont think they can make a difference:
#upgrading to windows xp
#a faster processor
#updating graphics driver
i cud try the above but i feel they wont make ny difference so it was best to ask first. hope i get a reply soon.