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It sounds like the frequency referred to is the monitor's frequency. If it's an LCD monitor, the frequency is usually 60Hz. If you are using a VGA cable, it's guessing the frequency and has guessed wrong. The other possibility is that the Railroad Tycoon game sets the screen resolution and frequency to something your monitor is not capable of displaying. It sees a nice graphics card and shoots the settings to the top of the range. If you can change the settings before playing the game, you might get it to work.

It looks like your card is below the minimum requirements for this game. You will need a faster (newer) card to run this game. It's not surprising, as many of these shooters have very high system requirements, and your 3-4 year old card probably wouldn't cut it even if it did work.The good news is that a new card will run it faster and look better. Since your old card is PCIE 2.0 compatible, make sure that your new one is also 2.0 compatible. (Unless you know for sure that the mainboard supports PCIE 2.1) PCIE 2.0 cards will work on 2.1 mainboards, but the opposite is not true.Here is the link to Crysis 2's minimum specs:http://www.ea.com/crysis-2/blog/pc-specs

Check Nvidia's website.

Hello, I am the techncian that will be assisting you today. My name is Norman-Wynne Damstra.Welcome to Fixya, Govind Hanswal.Your graphics card is new, however it is not a very powerful model. You should still be able to play games though, at low resolution and detail settings.You will want to set the game graphics if you can.Best install the latest available drivers from the Nvidia website @ www.nvidia.comSelect your region and click GeForce drivers.Try this:On your desktop task bar at the right hand side near the clock, right click the Nvidia settings icon. ( Also found on control panel) Click Nvidia control panel.On the left hand side click "Manage 3D Settings".Now click the tab with the heading "Program Settings"Now select Fifa 11 from the list.Now set the settings to low, by clicking the current setting and selecting a new one.Turn off Anisotropic filtering, Antialiasing-Gamma correction, Antialiasing and Antialiasing-Transparency.Click apply.Try it out.Take care!Norman-Wynne Damstra

Your PSU probably needs to be more than 400W to be sufficient, and specifically you need to have 22A on the 12V rail. This information is generally available on a power supply's information page. I always try to go an extra 20% over the required specs, so I would look for a PSU with more like 28A on the 12V rail.Here is one I found that would be a good fit:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036&cm_sp=Cat_Power_Supplies-_-Spotlight-_-17-171-036

Want to make sure your drivers are in place and no errors have occurred? Simply click start right click on my computer select properties then select device manager scroll to Display Adapters and click on the small "+" you should see the model of your PCI Express graphic card there. If there is a problem with it, a yellow exclamation mark should appear besides it. If you don't see it everything is OK and your card is working properly.

If your computer came with a motherboard disc the drivers could be on it

Click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll to display adapters + to expand you might see a yellow question exclamation mark ? mark ! or a red x right click select reinstall drivers

if you don't have a disk with the drivers you have to download them

I suspect you have an overheating issue which is causing the lock ups. try running the pc with the side cover removed. If its performs ok then overheating is your problem. You may require extra case fans. it is also possible that your cpu fan and heatsink are clogged with dust. also check the fan on the graphics card for dust. Do not use an airduster, use a hoover with the power to the pc disconnected. Try not to let the hoover touch the components only the fans and heatsinks.

Good luck

Make sure the GPU is placed correctly.

Try rebooting a few times, and see i've it gives a signal.