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    M17X R1 - Hunted The Demon's Forge

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by GabeZ, Jun 1, 2011.

  1. GabeZ

    GabeZ Information Technology

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    Greetings all,
    For quite a while now, I have noticed odd black lines/artifacts in games that use the Unreal 3 engine. This is evident in all drivers except driver A00 (or 179.85). I immediately see the distortion when the game starts within the lighting of the cave.

    Games that also have black distortion:

    Last Remnant
    Borderlands
    Gears of War

    R1 SLI GTX260 users, do you also notice this?

    Thanks,
    Gabe
     
  2. KracsNZ

    KracsNZ Notebook Evangelist

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    Only game in the list I have is Borderlands, and there's no distortion I've noticed. Can you take a screen grab so we can see what you're referring to?
     
  3. The0ne

    The0ne Notebook Consultant

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    No issues with borderland for me either. Runs good. I have D&D and Hunted to installed and play whenever I have time so I can't comment on that yet. Hope it works out.
     
  4. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    I just found this, hope it'll help you.
    It sais:

    Tip 1: Fix Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Graphic Issue
    If you play the game in highest settings, you can try to lower the settings about Hunted: The Demon’s Forge! Make a try! Hope can help you!

    Tip 2: Fix Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Graphic Issue
    Try to check your graphics drivers, and the try to update the graphics drivers! Maybe this can help you easily fix the graphic issue!

    Good luck!
     
  5. LVNeptune

    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's the worst article spinning I have EVER seen.
     
  6. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    I just tried it too, you're right the game is glitchy.
    What i did is set everything to HIGHEST except World Detail which i put at Medium and the game looks great.
    I think it's a game issue as it does this to my desktop and some guys i asked too.

    So the game runs flawlesly with everything set to the highest point but does the black artifacts when world detail is set above Medium.
    Try it and it should fix it.

    Cheers

    Yeah, i know but look above, i tested myself and that fixes it :D
     
  7. Podunks

    Podunks Notebook Consultant

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    Glad I saw this when I did, was about to buy it, may hold off for a bit now.

    Other than that how does it play?
     
  8. KracsNZ

    KracsNZ Notebook Evangelist

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    Yup, everything above medium causes the flickering for me to. Joy.