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Need help with WoW

I'm running WoW on a:

A64 3000+ w/1Gig RAM
ATI 9800 Pro w/128MB
Windows XP Pro
and all the drivers should be up to date.

After about 30mins to 1 hr of playing, I get terrible artifacting and smearing. It starts manifesting itself when I die or if I look at a map. When I'm dead, its almost like a snowstorm. Its nearly impossible to see anything. Once this begins regular play starts acting strange. You can see the graphics drawing themselves on the screen and eventually the game crashes. A quick reboot of the game fixes it until its starts up again.

What could be causing this? I hear it may be the graphics card overheating but it seems strange because I've never had this problem with HL2 or any other game I've played.
 
Maybe try running at a lower res for a while and see if that changes anything.

I had WoW running on a 9700pro @ 1280x1024, and now with an X800XL @ 1600x1200. No similar problems, so I'm not sure what could be going on.

-D'oh!
 
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