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    Issue with 8600M GT

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Hiataby, Jun 26, 2008.

  1. Hiataby

    Hiataby Notebook Enthusiast

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    My issue is: Games don't work as they suppose to.

    My Notebook:

    Acer Aspire 5720G
    T7100 (1.8 Ghz)
    3 GB Ram
    8600M GT (upgraded from 8400M GS) Driver: 174,93
    Seller says DDR2 version but PC Wizard says DDR3 version. I don't know what to believe.

    But my issue now: When I play games, CoD4. RSVegas, RSvegas 2 they all get a black screen duuring play or the fps going down ( I think because the screens goes slow).

    So any one have a idea to fix this?

    Thx a lot!
     
    Hiataby, Jun 26, 2008
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  2. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Tinderbox (UK), Jun 26, 2008
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  3. Hiataby

    Hiataby Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hiataby, Jun 26, 2008
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  4. nic.

    nic. Notebook Evangelist

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    Is to check weather your gpu is ddr2 or gddr3 but i believe its a ddr2 as that's what all Acer offer except if they add new one.

    As for your 2nd problem... could you be more specific? Is the screen suddenly gone black... hang and come back up?
     
    nic., Jun 26, 2008
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  5. Hiataby

    Hiataby Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes it's DDR2.

    Yes, in CoD4 it hang and turn slowly black. When I move the mouse I got the screen back again but only for 0,5 sec. In Vegas the screen hang and then goes everything slowly. So the game doesn't function so smooth as before.
     
    Hiataby, Jun 26, 2008
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  6. BlueMak

    BlueMak Notebook Evangelist

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    Disable screensaver, windows indexing, anti virus and try again, anything changed?
     
    BlueMak, Jun 27, 2008
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  7. Hiataby

    Hiataby Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've installed diffrent driver. 175.80. Works better now.

    Hope that it stays.
     
    Hiataby, Jun 27, 2008
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  8. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    i'll keep my fingers crossed
     
    bigozone, Jun 27, 2008
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