Screen flickers in 1280x1024 gaming

Fox34 · May 22, 2008, 02:03 AM

So i noticed recently, and this has never done this, that in any game i play, and benchmarks if the resolution is 1280x1024, like it flickers between the game and i think my desktop. This happens no where else except games. Ive played with nvidia settings, i dont know what to do. It only happens on that exact resolution too. Clueless

hat · May 22, 2008, 02:04 AM

Try running it at 60Hz. LCDs only run at 60Hz anyway... it will work out better for you.
Second guess is video drivers.

Fox34 · May 22, 2008, 02:05 AM

I was at 60, did it, then switched to 75, same thing. Gonna reinstall drivers if we cant find a fix

hat · May 22, 2008, 02:07 AM

Hm... maybe an SLI problem? I don't think it could be the monitor...

Fox34 · May 22, 2008, 02:22 AM

I was thinkin that, so i checked all my settings nothings changed from what i normally have setup, maybe drivers, or something weird i thought of, maybe the theme program i have running is trying to be on top of the stack, causing the flickering. Really just a really far out idea better than nothing

hat · May 22, 2008, 02:23 AM

well try disabiling sli just to make sure it's not a problem with sli

smig · May 22, 2008, 07:14 AM

what is the desktop resolution ?
nvidia drivers might flicker when they try to change resolution. for me it flicker even when I open the nVidia control panel.

CrackerJack · May 22, 2008, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hat

Try running it at 60Hz. LCDs only run at 60Hz anyway... it will work out better for you.
Second guess is video drivers.

Not all LCD's are at 60Hz, mine goes up to 75Hz and works fine. My wifes monitor goes up to 80-85Hz. Both LCD's

Quote:

Originally Posted by smig

what is the desktop resolution ?

It's in the title

Focus182 · May 22, 2008, 08:13 AM

hey , i kinda have the same prob . its happend since i downloaded the new nvidia drivers .. for me it flickers over and over and i just have to turn it off .. this only happens every hour or so .. if you have this prob and the new drivers then uninstall the new drivers and see if that works

CrackerJack · May 22, 2008, 08:14 AM

make sure you have vsync turned off, that should help.

Fox34 · May 22, 2008, 10:18 AM

the resolution of my desktop is 1280x1024. So, turn off v sync, old drivers, and disable sli to see if thats causing the problem. I'll try this all and report back.

smig · May 22, 2008, 11:46 AM

hm... for me it also flicker as I wrote before, and my resolution is also 1280*1024. guess it's a driver issue.
it also flicker when a new driver installed.
is it realy disturbing ?
for me it flicker once only and I can easy live with it.

Focus182 · May 22, 2008, 07:57 PM

i just uninstalled the new nvidia drivers and i get no more flicker anymoer =D

maybe it will work for you

~Focus

Fox34 · May 22, 2008, 10:16 PM

ok totally gonna install old drivers (ew) i guess my disk will work cause nvidia will most likely only have the most updated ones.

Solaris17 · May 22, 2008, 10:40 PM

its a sli pro is it like ever other fame? cause mine did that ended up being a vista prob with sli but it happens with certain drivers as well.

Fox34 · May 22, 2008, 11:48 PM

its gotta be the drivers. Im doing recruit crap right now ill reinstall in a few mins. So who wants about 500 national guard pens?

Fox34 · May 25, 2008, 04:59 AM

ok, where should I be looking for older nvidia drivers now?

Bytor · Jun 2, 2008, 07:04 PM

Take it out of SLI and try the games with one card. I'm getting the same problem in Age of Conan when in Crossfire. When I get out of Crossfire all works fine.

Fox34 · Jun 2, 2008, 10:22 PM

that would defeat the purpose of the sli then..and I really dont want to disable SLI each time I wanna game

CrackerJack · Jun 2, 2008, 10:26 PM

what game(s) is it flicker in?

Solaris17 · Jun 2, 2008, 11:25 PM

you can try it without the bridge that worked for me it was a problem with how the driver was coded to use direct communication with the bridge without the bridge sli worked however with a slight perforamcne hit because it needs to communicate through the pci-e bus instead of a bridge.

Fox34 · Jun 3, 2008, 12:47 AM

thats weird. But hell I've learned mostly everything from david anyways.

David smith I love you

Solaris17 · Jun 3, 2008, 01:36 AM

i love you man tony you are my star pupil

when you get back from basic ill have my car remember we still need to have those sessions if i dissapear youll need to keep the legacy.

May 22, 2008, 02:03 AM	#1
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	Screen flickers in 1280x1024 gaming So i noticed recently, and this has never done this, that in any game i play, and benchmarks if the resolution is 1280x1024, like it flickers between the game and i think my desktop. This happens no where else except games. Ive played with nvidia settings, i dont know what to do. It only happens on that exact resolution too. Clueless __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

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May 22, 2008, 02:04 AM	#2
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.16/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Try running it at 60Hz. LCDs only run at 60Hz anyway... it will work out better for you. Second guess is video drivers. __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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May 22, 2008, 02:05 AM	#3
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	I was at 60, did it, then switched to 75, same thing. Gonna reinstall drivers if we cant find a fix __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

May 22, 2008, 02:07 AM	#4
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.16/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Hm... maybe an SLI problem? I don't think it could be the monitor... __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

May 22, 2008, 02:22 AM	#5
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	I was thinkin that, so i checked all my settings nothings changed from what i normally have setup, maybe drivers, or something weird i thought of, maybe the theme program i have running is trying to be on top of the stack, causing the flickering. Really just a really far out idea better than nothing __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

May 22, 2008, 02:23 AM	#6
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.16/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	well try disabiling sli just to make sure it's not a problem with sli __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

May 22, 2008, 07:14 AM	#7
smig Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Israel Posts: 139 (0.08/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	what is the desktop resolution ? nvidia drivers might flicker when they try to change resolution. for me it flicker even when I open the nVidia control panel. __________________ FH2 developer - Forgotten Hope 2 a full BF2 modification http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com Yahoo! widgets - Glass Clock, Sand Clock,IL Radio, Skimp - Skined Media Player Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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May 22, 2008, 08:13 AM	#9
Focus182 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The UK Posts: 204 (0.11/day) Thanks: 74 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	hey , i kinda have the same prob . its happend since i downloaded the new nvidia drivers .. for me it flickers over and over and i just have to turn it off .. this only happens every hour or so .. if you have this prob and the new drivers then uninstall the new drivers and see if that works

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May 22, 2008, 08:14 AM	#10
CrackerJack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East TN Posts: 2,392 (1.21/day) Thanks: 408 Thanked 439 Times in 342 Posts System Specs	make sure you have vsync turned off, that should help.

May 22, 2008, 10:18 AM	#11
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	the resolution of my desktop is 1280x1024. So, turn off v sync, old drivers, and disable sli to see if thats causing the problem. I'll try this all and report back. __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

May 22, 2008, 11:46 AM	#12
smig Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Israel Posts: 139 (0.08/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	hm... for me it also flicker as I wrote before, and my resolution is also 12801024. guess it's a driver issue. it also flicker when a new driver installed. is it realy disturbing ? for me it flicker once only and I can easy live with it. __________________ FH2 developer - Forgotten Hope 2 a full BF2 modification http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com Yahoo! widgets - Glass Clock, Sand Clock,IL Radio, Skimp - Skined Media Player Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.*

May 22, 2008, 07:57 PM	#13
Focus182 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The UK Posts: 204 (0.11/day) Thanks: 74 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	i just uninstalled the new nvidia drivers and i get no more flicker anymoer =D maybe it will work for you ~Focus

May 22, 2008, 10:16 PM	#14
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	ok totally gonna install old drivers (ew) i guess my disk will work cause nvidia will most likely only have the most updated ones. __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

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May 22, 2008, 11:48 PM	#16
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	its gotta be the drivers. Im doing recruit crap right now ill reinstall in a few mins. So who wants about 500 national guard pens? __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

May 25, 2008, 04:59 AM	#17
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	ok, where should I be looking for older nvidia drivers now? __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

Jun 2, 2008, 07:04 PM	#18
Bytor Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 979 (0.45/day) Thanks: 130 Thanked 109 Times in 103 Posts System Specs	Take it out of SLI and try the games with one card. I'm getting the same problem in Age of Conan when in Crossfire. When I get out of Crossfire all works fine. __________________ Canon 40d Gripped ~ 10-22mm UWA ~ 24-105mm L ~ 50mm f1.8 ~ 70-200mm f/2.8 IS L ~ 430ex II Speedlite All the World's Indeed a Stage, We are Merely Players, Performers and Portrayers!! *3DMark06 23397 Super PI 9.297 sec**

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Jun 2, 2008, 10:22 PM	#19
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	that would defeat the purpose of the sli then..and I really dont want to disable SLI each time I wanna game __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

Jun 2, 2008, 10:26 PM	#20
CrackerJack Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East TN Posts: 2,392 (1.21/day) Thanks: 408 Thanked 439 Times in 342 Posts System Specs	what game(s) is it flicker in?

Jun 2, 2008, 11:25 PM	#21
Solaris17 Creator Solaris Utility DVD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Reinacting scenes from platoon with Charlie Sheen Posts: 13,708 (4.84/day) Thanks: 4,365 Thanked 3,295 Times in 2,311 Posts System Specs	you can try it without the bridge that worked for me it was a problem with how the driver was coded to use direct communication with the bridge without the bridge sli worked however with a slight perforamcne hit because it needs to communicate through the pci-e bus instead of a bridge. __________________ I Made the Millionth post! \| "Please come to WI now so I can beat you over the head with a bratwurst."-Kreij PS3 mod 8500/8600GT Mod Guide Rebuild a Copperhead Heat Ware NF4 Ultra SLI Mod Solaris Utility DVD 4.0 Broken CPU pin guide Vista Mark

Jun 3, 2008, 12:47 AM	#22
Fox34 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Venice Posts: 1,445 (0.56/day) Thanks: 72 Thanked 101 Times in 55 Posts System Specs	thats weird. But hell I've learned mostly everything from david anyways. David smith I love you __________________ Coffee on the Foot! 3DMark05: 13323 \| 3DMark06: 8889\| Super PI [1M]: 30s \| AquaMark3: 110201 \| CPU-Z New to case modding? Check out my guide! How to enable SLI/Configure graphics on Linux: My Guide

Jun 3, 2008, 01:36 AM	#23
Solaris17 Creator Solaris Utility DVD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Reinacting scenes from platoon with Charlie Sheen Posts: 13,708 (4.84/day) Thanks: 4,365 Thanked 3,295 Times in 2,311 Posts System Specs	i love you man tony you are my star pupil when you get back from basic ill have my car remember we still need to have those sessions if i dissapear youll need to keep the legacy. __________________ I Made the Millionth post! \| "Please come to WI now so I can beat you over the head with a bratwurst."-Kreij PS3 mod 8500/8600GT Mod Guide Rebuild a Copperhead Heat Ware NF4 Ultra SLI Mod Solaris Utility DVD 4.0 Broken CPU pin guide Vista Mark

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