Hi wondered if anyone could give me advice.
Bought computer 4 months ago mainly for internet use but bought 2 games as well to test the graphics card capabilities - and chill out!
Both games played fine for about 3 weeks and then just froze continually. Gave up on first game (Splinter Cell-Pandora tomorrow) but second game (Cold Fear) got really into, and now i just can't play it. I start the game and after about 5 mins of play it freezes, screen goes black and the monitor shows "out of timing" message at bottom. My computer has minimum requirements. Running latest drivers for G Card (X700) and for DirectX Can anyone help, please!
Cheers.

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OS Information:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 2211
Description x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 2
Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
Name AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label Bank0/1
Capacity 536870912

Bank Label Bank2/3
Capacity 536870912

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~1024 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 1023MB

Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
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Model Maxtor 6L200M0
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 203921141760 (~190 GB)
Number of Partitions 2

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Generic 2.0 Reader-CF USB Device
Media Type
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Generic 2.0 Reader-MS USB Device
Media Type
Number of Partitions

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Generic 2.0 Reader-SD USB Device
Media Type
Number of Partitions

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Generic 2.0 Reader-SM/xD USB Device
Media Type
Number of Partitions


Installed Printers:
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Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
Port Name Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver

Name Fax
Port Name SHRFAX:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Shared Fax Driver

Name Epson Stylus COLOR 660 ESC/P 2
Port Name LPT1:
Default False
Driver Name Epson Stylus COLOR 660 ESC/P 2

Name EPSON Stylus COLOR 660
Port Name LPT1:
Default True
Driver Name EPSON Stylus COLOR 660

Name Epson LX-300+
Port Name LPT1:
Default False
Driver Name Epson LX-300+


Motherboard:
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Manufacturer ASUSTek Computer INC.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product A8NE-FM
Serial Number 123456789000
Version 1.00


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Name Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20050719000000.000000+000
Version Nvidia - 42302e31


Monitor:
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Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024

Description Default Monitor
Name Default Monitor
Screen Height
Screen Width


Keyboard:
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Description USB Human Interface Device


Pointing Device:
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Manufacturer Microsoft
Name HID-compliant mouse


Sound Card:
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Manufacturer Realtek
Description Realtek AC'97 Audio
Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0059&SUBSYS_81661043&REV_A2\3&241 1E6FE&0&20

Manufacturer Microsoft
Description Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{DFB45209-3A11-41B4-9CBF-BD3951F0FE38}


Video Card:
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Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 134217728
Description RADEON X700 Series
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6575
Driver Date 15/09/2005 02:58:28
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors

Adapter Compatibility ATI Technologies Inc.
Adapter RAM 134217728
Description RADEON X700 Series Secondary
Installed Display Drivers ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6575
Driver Date 15/09/2005 02:58:28
Video Mode Description


DirectX Installation:
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Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
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Model PCI SoftV92 Modem
Name PCI SoftV92 Modem


Network Adapters:
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Description WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description 1394 Net Adapter
Description NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description SpeedTouch USB ADSL PPP

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External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator USB1
External Reference Designator USB2
External Reference Designator USB3
External Reference Designator USB4
External Reference Designator USB5
External Reference Designator USB6
External Reference Designator USB7
External Reference Designator USB8

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
Slot Designation PCIEX16
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"out of timing" is generally a refresh rate error.

Check your rate via Control Panel > Display > Advanced > Monitor

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for X errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id & Description especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.
Also check the Information lines that might coincide with this issue.

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

Thanks for the response.
I checked the refresh rate and it was at 75Hz but that seemed the highest it could go. Also in the event viewer I checked for any errors in system and applications but there was no errors, just information lines saying that certain programs started successfully.
The games now freezes on the opening title now and it occurs every time.
Any more advice?