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    Weird Graphics

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Cjcivicx, May 13, 2011.

  1. Cjcivicx

    Cjcivicx Newbie

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    Couldn't find anything about this on any other thread. I just got my R3 a couple days ago, fired up a few games, and, to my great disappointment, game after game, I was seeing weird blocks and graphical anomalies all over the screen. The games run fine, but the grsphics are all kinds of messed up. Here are a couple grabs that I took. I tried reinstalling all drivers, even tried rolling back the driver to 11.2 from the stock alienware ones, fullscreen, widescreen, AA off/on, Vsync off/on, Dx9, 10, and 11 games, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! -Cj
     

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  2. Stelio

    Stelio Notebook Evangelist

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    I had a similar problem years ago on my desktop. My GTS8800 fried and was melting/burning away causing graphical anomalies. You may need to replace your graphics card, but if you just got your system get a replacement one.
     
    Stelio, May 13, 2011
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  3. debaucher

    debaucher Notebook Deity

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    OUch.... looks like your graphics card memory is bad.

    Get dell to send a tech to replace.

    D.
     
    debaucher, May 13, 2011
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    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    That's some WEIRD artifacting.
     
    LVNeptune, May 13, 2011
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