#intuos help

occasionally at the start of a stroke the pressure will absolutely wig out. sometimes its too much pressure and sometimes too little, and it feels like the tablet just struggles to recognize the pen even though i dont change how im doing the strokes. i tried reinstalling the driver, i tried replacing the nib (which needed replacing anyway), and i tried replacing the tablet screen since that was scratched to all hell with a new screen but it did nothing.

Hey, what sort of tablets do you all use?

I’ve got a gigantic Intuos 3 that’s something like 12 years old and its pen pressure is just....its not a thing anymore. I tried to reset it and as soon as the tip touches the screen, it thinks its being slammed.

Is this just a ‘my pen is screwed up and needs a new nib’ thing, or should I look into getting a whole new tablet?

Alternatively, does anyone have any tablet recommendations for someone shopping around (please don’t tell me to get the Cintiq. I can’t afford it, stop taunting me with it). 

I'm failing at trying not to cry.

My father bought me a new Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch tablet for Christmas, and I just installed the drivers and whatnot for it. But now Photoshop refuses to open, and says that "Photoshop CS5 has stopped working." After some fishing online, I learned to my horror that the newer drivers for the Intuos can cause this issue, but I can't find any older drivers to download or another solution if any! I've already tried both driver sets available on the Wacom website to no avail. If anyone knows anything that can help I would really greatly appreciate it, I can't afford to upgrade my Photoshop right now and I would really hate to have to return this new tablet.