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    Dell M65 Problems

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by wkbrdr03, Dec 9, 2006.

  1. wkbrdr03

    wkbrdr03 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is this normal? While running BF2 on even the lowest setting...there are constantly random black polgygons popping up all over the screen. It still happens on the highest settings but the whole time it is running smoothly.

    Dell M65, T7200, NVidia Quadro FX 350M, 1GB ram, 7200 60gig hd
     
    wkbrdr03, Dec 9, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    That is not normal, no. Could you post a screenshot of what you are talking about?

    The first thing I would suggest is trying another game and see if the same thing happens in there. Download the Doom 3 demo, that would be a good test.

    And secondly, update your graphics drivers. Since you have one of the Quadro cards, don't follow the guide stickied at the top of this forum because that only applies to the Radeon and GeForce cards. Instead, go to Dell's site and see if they have anything newer than what you have.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 9, 2006
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  3. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    As far as I know, the drivers that can be found on Dell's site (not only Dell) are usually outdated...

    So, I would suggest trying the latest drivers from Nvidia's site, they will be stable since the Quadro FX 350M is a professional card.

    Here is the link to the latest drivers (XP/2000).
     
    Dreamer, Dec 10, 2006
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