The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Crysis warhead graphic problems?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009.

  1. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    hi i just got my MSI GT725-075 with 64bit windows. when i try to play crysis warhead, there are glitches all over the screen. there are black dots aligned all across the screen, and then there are random gray shapes/lines that fly all over the screen. i've tried over/underclocking my video card. but nothing seems to be working. i even tried to play it in dx9 but that didnt do anything as well. anyone else have this problem? or is there a way i can fix this? this is really annoying cuz i just got the system and this is the first game i've played on it.
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #1
  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    769
    Messages:
    5,851
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    update both game and GPU driver.
     
    whizzo, Mar 16, 2009
    #2
  3. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i updated drivers, ill try to update the game
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #3
  4. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    2,557
    Messages:
    6,682
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Sounds like you might have a faulty graphics card.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 16, 2009
    #4
  5. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    wow that would really suck. im downoading the newest game update right now
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #5
  6. bigepilot

    bigepilot Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    301
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Also, try SP1. Microsoft knows of graphical issues that came about, especially with some 9 series cards. I too scoffed at the idea of going to SP1 but it worked for me. Go figure...
     
    bigepilot, Mar 16, 2009
    #6
  7. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i already have sp1, or im pretty sure i do, it says i do under system information
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #7
  8. bigepilot

    bigepilot Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    301
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yeah sorry, I never thought about the fact that your system probably came with it. Have you done the obligatory temp. surveys and mem sweeps?
     
    bigepilot, Mar 16, 2009
    #8
  9. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    how would i go about doing that?
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #9
  10. bigepilot

    bigepilot Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    301
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well, for temps I use rivatuner although others may have a different preference. I would say looking for gaming temps from 70-90 (without any cooling and depending on the lappy's inherent cooling.) Prime 95 is a possible way to put memory sticks through their paces but I would also say your problem seems to be graphic card in nature. Artifacts like those you described usually point to a hardware issue, although I was getting the same results with a bad driver/windows combination. You can also monitor your card's clocks from rivatuner to make sure the card isn't "downclocking" during gaming. I just hate to jump to a hardware issue because that will get nasty.
     
    bigepilot, Mar 16, 2009
    #10
  11. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    heres an example of the dots that are placed everywhere on the screen. there is also an example of the shapes and lines that come out from everywhere!

    [​IMG]
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #11
  12. bigepilot

    bigepilot Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    301
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I would certainly run rivatuner to be sure the card is not overheating/downlclocking, although a downclock wouldn't cause that. If it's not overheating there is an outside chance it is a bad driver combo (what drivers do you currently have installed?). Outside of that it will probbaly end up being something on the card.
     
    bigepilot, Mar 16, 2009
    #12
  13. Firemasta

    Firemasta Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    well i have windows vista 64bit home premium with sp1. and i just updated my ati driver so whichever one that is. im not sure
     
    Firemasta, Mar 16, 2009
    #13