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    9600M GPU Gone bad?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by CanadianDude, Jan 26, 2011.

  1. CanadianDude

    CanadianDude Notebook Deity

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    I have the 1st generation unibody 15" Unibody Macbook Pro with the 9400/9600 graphics cards.

    I usually use it plugged into my 26" Samsung monitor running at 1920x1200 and I always have the 9600 turned on for gaming (mainly SC2)...

    These days the screens (monitor and laptop screens) flicker together every once in a while. I'd say about once every 2 days. It's not a very long flicker, maybe half a second, but enough so that I notice it every time.

    is this a bad sign?
     
    CanadianDude, Jan 26, 2011
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    does it only do it on the 9600.. or the 9400 too?
     
    doh123, Jan 26, 2011
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  3. blabus

    blabus Notebook Evangelist

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    I seem to have the same issue, but I'm fairly certain it only happens on the 9400m for me. 9600m GT seems to be okay (though I'm getting pretty bad choppiness on the OS animations when using my 27" Cinema Display- is that normal?)
     
    blabus, Jan 26, 2011
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  4. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Could be a video driver issue, have you updated the video driver lately?
     
    Nick, Jan 27, 2011
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    I haven't updated the video drivers specifically...I always thought the Apple software updates took care of that...

    Is that not the case?
     
    CanadianDude, Jan 27, 2011
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  6. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    If your on the Windows side, you can go to Nvidia and generally use the latest driver. I've found the the drivers 19x.xx and below run the coolest.
     
    Nick, Jan 28, 2011
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    CanadianDude, is the problem occurring on Mac OS X or Windows 7?
     
    shurcooL, Jan 28, 2011
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