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    How do i fix this? (vid)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by wilhelmthe1st, Jul 3, 2012.

  1. wilhelmthe1st

    wilhelmthe1st Notebook Enthusiast

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    Skyrim GeForce gtx660m ideapad y580 - YouTube

    just got my IdeaPad y580 under a week ago, finally about to start some gaming and in pretty much every game I've tried I get something similar to this happening. Settings were the auto-detected. I've changed nothing via graphics settings or GPU options or anything, pretty newb to that kind of thing.
     
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    conscriptvirus Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you updated drivers to latest?

    Looks like artifacting and I've seen this on my own laptop but only when I overclock it too high. Not sure why it's happening to you on default settings.

    So first, I would check the temperatures of your laptop. You can download a program called GPU-Z and it will keep track of the temperatures of ur video card. If the temperatures are too high (above 85-90C), look for ways to keep your laptop cooler.

    Since your laptop is new, I would also go contact lenovo warranty support. It's possible your video card is faulty and see if they can fix it for you.
     
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