I have 1GM ram with 256 mb onboard graphic card on 945 gigabyte moptherboard which I melieve is sufficient to play umreal tournament and quake 3. when I run the game I get out of frequency error. i have tried all the steps to change the override frequency n stuff bt still same issue...its driving me crazy its been cuple of weeks... m able to play hitmen bt not UT n quakes? pls help guys

FYI... I have PCI express slot and 256 mb n intel graphic chip set o gigabyte board and 2.6 GHZ guiys pls help

You need a REAL video card, not onboard graphics. The onboard is NOT sufficient! Since you have a PCI-e slot, invest in a gaming video card. If money is tight, you don't necessarily have to spend a lot...just about any card is better than onboard. For example, this X1650Pro 512MB card for just $27 after rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...

However m able to play hitmen with current configuration.....r u sure video card will reolve my issue?

Intel's GMA950 graphics suck for gaming. You *may* be able to play older games such as Quake 3, but it won't be pretty. You didn't list which version of UT you're trying to play. I'm fairly sure Hitman doesn't play very well, does it? If you're happy with it, that's fine. But if you were to invest $30-40 in a cheap video card, your gaming performance would increase significantly...not just the graphics, but the 256MB you're currently using toward the onboard video will be returned for use by the system. Other than that, explain exactly what's happening when you try to play these games & what error messages you're getting.

I am not able to play quake3 , unreal tournament ...m able to play hitmen 2 very efficiently. when I try to play the UT, screen whitens completely and PC hangs.I need to restart the machine to go back to desktop. When i try to play Q3, game crashes before it starts and then screen color faints and then need to restart the machine to get to normal resolution.... Thinking OS mite be corrupt I installed new OS on another drive and tried to play the game and then I got the frequency error..... awaiting ur reply thanks a lot for helping me with this issue....

"m able to play hitmen 2 very efficiently" Have you ever played games on a PC that was designed for gaming? Your system is NOT a gaming system & does not play games "efficiently". I can't over emphasize enough what a piece of sh!t the GMA950 onboard graphics are when it comes to gaming. http://www.extremetech.com/article2... But after reading your explanation above, your problem *may* be with your monitor and/or game resolution settings. What type of monitor do you have & how old is it? Considering your crappy graphics, the game resolution should be manually set as low as possible...either 640 x 480 or 800 x 600, no higher.