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    Flickering lines on my M17x-R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ShimmerArc, Jun 9, 2011.

  1. ShimmerArc

    ShimmerArc Notebook Consultant

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    Not sure if it's a driver issue (using AMD's 11.5 atm) but when I launch Borderlands AFTER WoW, I get horizontal flickering lines across the screen.

    And only when I launch WoW in windowed mode (maximized) before that.

    I don't normally launch World of Warcraft in windowed mode (maximized) but it's been experiencing some odd stuttering when in full screen mode (without vsync, my fps is around 100+ and I tried turning everything to low but the odd stutters are still there), the only solution is to enable windowed mode.

    And when I do that, I can't play Borderlands properly since the flickering issue comes in and I have to restart my laptop.

    Anyone knows what's causing the problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    ShimmerArc, Jun 9, 2011
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  2. The0ne

    The0ne Notebook Consultant

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    I'm sure it's the driver. Since installing 11.5 I have tons of graphical issues on startup of games I've been playing since. Most of the time the solution is to switch back to desktop and then back to the game. Here are the games I'm having problems with on startup (that I can remember),

    LOTR online
    D&D Daggerdale
    Hunted

    Haven't even bother troubleshooting,
     
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  3. ShimmerArc

    ShimmerArc Notebook Consultant

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    Guess I'll have to wait for the next driver update then. Hopefully, it comes out soon!
     
    ShimmerArc, Jun 9, 2011
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