: What console are you using? It might be that your console needs a cleaning,
: meaning that there may be dust inside that is restricting air flow. I
: don't know if the X box GPU's thermal throttle when they get hot, but if
: they do, then that might be the problem.

Just an original Xbox. I doubt that heat is a factor here. One reason being, I'm pretty sure the problem manifests regardless of how long the Xbox has been running. I'm assuming it's a software issue.