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    M17 graphic problem (crysis)

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Ajbeagles, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. Ajbeagles

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    When im playing crysis on my M17 everything on the screen starts flashing but when i put it in windowed mode the flashing stops can someone please tell me how to fix this i just got the M17 today btw.

    I dont want to go spend the time to tell you all my systems specs its just the highest build on everything.

    thanks
     
    Ajbeagles, Dec 25, 2008
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    3d mark score ? Drivers ? CCC settings ? Tried with AI disabled ? What resolution/settings ? Did you try running it in different resolution/settings ?
     
    CooLMinE, Dec 25, 2008
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    14,114.00 3DMarks, QX9300, AI disabled wont run the game, settings on medium, resolution 1280,1024 ,and yes i did run on different settings and res
     
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    sorry for double post but where do i find the driver version i have?
     
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    Did you try patching up the game ? Think they relesed 2-3 patches for Crysis.

    A few users had the same problem but running the game with Dx9 instead of 10 fixed that issue.
     
    CooLMinE, Dec 25, 2008
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    Just saw this one :D if you never updated your drivers since your laptop arrived, http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=329941 . Make sure you do a clean uninstall before installing them.
     
    CooLMinE, Dec 25, 2008
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    i did that and its still flashy
     
    Ajbeagles, Dec 25, 2008
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    CCC settings are set to "use application settings" right ? (dont force AA)

    What Crysis version are you playing on ?
     
    CooLMinE, Dec 25, 2008
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  9. fusionsenses

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    crysis is flashy can be due to some problem with the game and ati cf driver.
    google will find the patch.

    so is WoW, disable some setting in the game can solve the problem according to google.
     
    fusionsenses, Dec 26, 2008
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    he may need the 8.12 drivers. as well as set up vsync in the game graphics settings. give those a shot and see what happens.
     
    Axman, Dec 26, 2008
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    Oh.. AJ, curious.. You say everything flashes? Do you mean when you go fullscreen the game starts hiccuping and the screen is bouncy for about 5 seconds until Crossfire syncs? Or, you're playing it fullscreen and during gameplay it has issues? Cause if it's just flashing and jumpy while it's scaling to fullscreen then that's normal.
     
    E-wrecked, Dec 26, 2008
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    I never had any problems playing crysis on my rig, even with the 8.10 drivers. It only ran avg of 30fps but i was still able to play.
     
    Axman, Dec 26, 2008
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    Neither have I.. only ever had one problem and that was FC2, a texture mapping issue. I just rebooted and it fixed it. *shrugs*
     
    E-wrecked, Dec 26, 2008
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    There are two threads talking about flashing textures now. I've never seen it in Crysis. I did have flashing shadows in WoW when the shadows slider was maxed, but that went away when I upgraded drivers.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 26, 2008
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    Never had the issue with Crysis, on the other hand i never played Crysis before patching it to the lastest version.

    WoW's issue with the shadows is common, not really an ATI problem since even people with nvidia cards have that issue (on sli). So id guess its an SLI and Crossfire problem since as we know WoW doesnt support multi gpu's.
     
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    EDITED: Im out for now..good luck with Crysis. Does Warhead give you the same problem?
     
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    Hey i fixed it i just had to delete your mod e wreck probablly didnt download it right and now im using the drivers that came with the computer
     
    Ajbeagles, Dec 26, 2008
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    Great that you fixed it, not so great that you're using those nasty old drivers.
     
    TurbodTalon, Dec 26, 2008
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    hey if it works great who cares
     
    Ajbeagles, Dec 27, 2008
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    ajbeagles, i got pretty much the same setup that u got, howd u get a 14k+ 3dmark06 score?
     
    Shznittle, Dec 28, 2008
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