just got m17x... i got a problem with farcry

sorry for another post guys, just got my new M17x so thought i would run farcry to test out the graphics and show my mum. After its installed and i run it i get crazy screen flicker from black to white while it runs! i have SLI turned on - as far as im aware this supports this option? ive not updated any of the graphic card drivers as im not sure how to do this? do i just go into system, then ddevice manager, and update it the drivers that way? i have sli 280's... thnx guys, id be lost with out ya

its farcry 2 btw

 

you download them from dell and click on them

 

can u give me a link plz moo i cant find anything, im new to the 'new' tech stuff =s

edit: think i found it 2mins ;p

 

should i just update display drivers? i just installed warhammer online, and is very low fps with full settings =s

 

Hi adrian890,
I'm going to load up a game of far cry this afternoon to see what everyone is talking about. Have you tried patching the game by chance? Also, if there's a vsync option (can't remember where it is), you might want to try and enable it. I know that it cures flicker in Cyrsis.

Edit: The stock driver is probably the best driver out of the two. The beta driver produces some issues

Thanks
Gabe

 

not yet m8, im just downloading the recomended drivers from the dell, and will let u know in 5mins =) thnx again m8

 

ok, just downloading the new 280 nvdia drivers the now, will see if that fixes anything.

 

what do u mean by stock drivers m8? im new to this really. im downloading all the urgent drivers from the dell website. that wise?

 

You're going to see two drivers. One of them will be called a beta driver. I wouldn't recommend installing the beta driver. It will produce more issues in your games.

Thanks,
Gabe

 

thnx for the reply mate, confused here ;P

i sorted them to 'urgent' on the drivers list for the M17x, i dont see any beta drivers in the information about them.

also once downloaded do i just click to run and install the drivers?

 

Click on the little blue icon with the wrench to execute it. It will want to unzip the files to the C drive. If you want to put the files somewhere else, you can point it to any location. After you unzip the files, it will automatically start the installer. Follow the prompts and you should be set. Also, depending on what you're installing, you might want to uninstall your current video driver.

Thanks,
Gabe

 

i downloaded the new nvida drivers, imsoo confused why its doing this, sli is turned on and i put on the vsync on the nvida control pannel and its flicker insteasly with white over the whole screen and its hard to even look at with out hurting ur eyes, lucky im not epoleptic. any ideas =s soo confused and i just wanna test this beuty out =(

 

Far Cry seams to be an issue on the M17X. I'll have to put it to the test this afternoon and look at the results. I'll let you know if I can resolve the issue and how.

Thanks,
Gabe

 

Maybe you have a faulty M17x. Or maybe all M17x's have a Far Cry 2 problem, I wouldn't know.

 

my gpu core temp is about 70 degree C atm, and everything else is around 50 while im installing fallout 3, is that normal? any insite gabe? im using hwmonitor

 

70c under load? if so that is fine, but if the 280's are 70c at idle then you have an issue there.

 

*edit* how come my GPU is around 65-70 installing a game,and everything else is about 40-50? im a computer noob really ;P

well im browsing and installing fall out 3, duno what i class underload as. the 280's are at 40 C so there fine =) just unsure, i tried warhammer online and i had bad fPS but i think its perhaps because i have SLI enabled for that game? installing fallout 3 now, not sure if sli will be an issue with it or not

 

then the one you are seeing at 70c is the 9400m which seems to be normal as mine without a cool stays there also and every temp shot i've seen at idle the 9400 has been at 70c or so.

also remember the is no dedicated fan for the 9400m like there are for the discrete gpu's.

 

ahh thats gr8 to hear, thnx m8 =) now if only i can get farcry to work, hopefull gab can gime some insight into this =) ill install farcry after i check out fallout 3 on max settings, and hopefully fingers crossed have no issues!

 

i wouldn't know about the fry cry issues as i don't have it, but doesn't it use the same game engine as crysis? if so that runs fine for me.

 

mm i just ran fallout 3 and its doing the exact same thing, the screen is flashing white over the actual game, rapidly fast! im confused? how do i stop this? any1?

 

OK ? i just installed fallout and i get the exact same thing, intese white flashing over the whole screen? whats going on? driver or something? any1 please =s

 

Farcry doesn't use the same engine as Crysis. It is a much older engine. But Farcry should run perfect on the M17x.

I would first run it without SLI and if it works perfect then it could be the second video card or the sli cable.

I just had my SLI cable replaced due to blue halos on my screen with SLI enabled.

 

disable the sli and just run off one gpu and see what happens

 

oki doing it now, needs to reboot

 

right i turned off the SLI, and fallout 3 works fine with no stuttering, just with SLI turned on- going to test far cry also. do u think its a driver? im confused as im not use to updating drivers etc, help would be great thnx all

 

NO it is not the driver, it is faulty hardware. You next step is to call Dell Support and use your warrenty to have them send a tech out, more than likely you have a bad daughter GPU or SLI cable.

Edit: first go into device manager and right click both the gpus and check the driver details, maybe one didn't update correctly.

 

both say i have the most up to date drivers installed. this is very confusing =s imnot good with drivers, can anyone link the current drivers they installed for there machine? thnx

 

It is not a driver issue, you have a faulty daughter gpu or sli cable. call dell support.

 

man this is fking a joke, being boucned around the dell reception dudes, and given wrong alienware numbers, just had to contact alienware directly, and waiting in the que for him to read up on it... this sucks, so far..delays.. and a bugged hardware from what uve said.

 

with any electronics there is always chance to get bad hardware, until it gets fixed just leave the SLI disalbed the single 280 will still handle the majority of games out there.

 

Except that unlike a lot of other electronics, these are built special order for each person and are supposed to be adequately tested before being shipped out. Unless something happens during transit, there is little excuse IMO for things like this and Moo's GPU fan being DOA.

 

doesn't matter, there is and will always be a chance of bad hardware no matter what kind of tests are done. I don't think that dell/aw would knowingly send out a computer with faulty equipment. They don't do full tests like we do once we receive them, all they really do is throw a default image on for that particular hardware configuration and that is pretty much it.

Yes these are bult special order but they are still mass produced and with anything that is mass produced one or two in a batch will be defunct.

 

right im currently doing what the alienware tech said to me, im using alienware respawn and seeing if anything that it might fix anything, if not ive to phone back and request a technition to come over. Will he fix it there and then? hoping he has all the parts! i just hope nothing else is wrong with my machine ffs>< just my luck anything i buy gotta has something wrong with it ><

 

Okay, well their process must have changed then. They used to advertise a thorough 21 point inspection, or something like that, part of which would include a burn in period where they ran 3D mark and other utilities to make sure the system worked well. When I got my m9750, there was even a text file right on my desktop showing the burn in results with the 3dmark scores. It's too bad they don't do that anymore.

 

right ive just dont alien respawn and im not installing farcry 2 and fingers crossed this works coz im soo gutted =(

 

If he has the correct parts he will fix it on the spot, if not he'll probably have to order it, but you will be able to keep your laptop while you wait which will still be fine as long as you leave sli disabled. I really doubt doing the respawn is going to help.

 

I wasn't necessarily talking about AW, but manufacturors in general.

 

nope still not working =<

 

Just get the ball rolling and have the technician come out, try to make sure they bring the correct gpu as well as the sli cable, i'd bet my money it's the cable as it was for someone else on this board.

 

thnx for the info m8y ow ya =) gona phone back now! i can also hear a slight bleep noise from inside the comp, like ahigh pitch one but quite quiet do u have this also?

 

you mean like a faint high pitched pulse noise? if so yes i hear it also when running games that push the gpu's, I also hear it on my desktop comp. I wouldn't worry about it but you can always point that out to the tech when he comes to be safe.

 

tnx for the help kcissem =) appreciated! also i can hear a slighgt high pitch quiet bleeping noise i think its the hard drive? can u hear it also? idont have the SSD

 

well i don't hear a hard drive since mine has no moving parts, but what i hear on mine is my gpu's which is normal.

 

AHH oki as long as the gp should make that wee pitch bleep noises ;P

 

Did you have anything in the DVD drive?

 

mm for some reason i dont need to reboot from the 9400 to the 280 o0 was that an update driver i done? think the tech man will be arrange for monday but hopefully they work on weeekends!

 

Hi adrian890,
Unfortunately, technicians don't work on weekends. This requires special approval. If you want the technician to come on a weekend, you may want to ask him to get approval when he contacts you.
As far as the flickering, I would highly recommend you download the stock driver (meaning the driver that the computer came with). Also, I would highly suggest revmoving McAfee. It cripples performance.
The high pitched noise isn't something that everyone can hear. It's usually the inverter or a compacitor.... although it's most commonly the intverter.
Also, the M17X has the ability to switch from the 9400 to the 260/280 in real time. No restart is required. However, if you boot the computer with just the battery, It usually requires a restart to switch it back to the 260/280.

Thanks,
Gabe

 

he already did, he did a respawn.

 

I was the one with the bad SLI cable. They sent a tech out on monday with two new GTX280's and I told the guy on the phone to make sure to send the cable too. Well they didn't and low and behold after changing both video cards it didn't fix the problem. They finally sent out the cable on wed and it's fixed now.