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It's quite mysterious. I know on CoA that there is also trouble with the persistency. I believe it resets when the item is picked up from a container and then the server resets, but I haven't been able to really test it. It is weird!

I meant to vote for GravenKiss.
TNWV posting it confused me. :(

I really must say that something's wrong if it's running at a whopping 120 degrees C, though. That's 248F! He shouldn't be persuaded to think that's normal.

The 6800 is not meant to get any hotter than around 80C at full load, so you really should check the fan setting and thermal paste. But if you're not having graphical glitches (like ES says, you should be if it's too hot,) then it could also just be that the temperature probe is broken. So does your case feel really hot?

Generally x500 cards from Nvidia are pretty dodgy, you should stay clear. x600 are average, and x800 are the best. Sometimes a newer version card can be worse than an older one because of this. Eg: A 6600 is better than a 8500. So if you could get an 9600 that would be good! But it would probably be expensive, so the 8600 would be ok for you. Just google some reviews and see! Try this place!

Anyway, 120 degrees C is insanely hot, and is probably damaging the card and maybe other stuff. Something must be wrong, are you sure the fan is set properly and not clogged up with dust? Take it off and clip it back on.

And you can have a DirectX 10 card on XP, it just can't natively take advantage of the features of DX10 (Which won't make a different on a lower end card anyway.)

:( I sound like I know a lot about cards, when I have a GeForce 4. But I read a lot! You should just google everything. Grab as many reviews as you can before you make a decision.

If it only gets loud while doing a graphically intensive task, then it's probably the GPU's fan! Try check out what speed and temperature everything is running at with a program like this Speed Fan. You might even be able to lower the speeds, though they are loud for a reason.

Dab some good quality thermal paste between the chip and fan, that helps lower temps (and thus fan RPM) a little, otherwise you need to invest in some more expensive stuff.

Maybe under Hide Second Story Tiles option choose "Always" (I think it's in the gameplay section but it might be video or advanced video - look around!)

NwN has a built in treasure system that will do what you want. To read about how it works, when you are in the toolset:

1. Go to Tools -> Script Editor
2. Click the 3rd button (Open an existing file)
3. Tick All Resources in the Resources to show, then paste x0_i0_treasure
4. Open that script and read about the treasure system.

The "Mechanics Changes" sign by the "Begin" door is all the way at the bottom of the castle.