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    Screen flickering

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Martynxas, Dec 8, 2014.

  1. Martynxas

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    Hello everyone, not sure if this is correct place to post a thread like this but please bear with me. So recently i got problem with screen flickering and it only flickers when i turn on the game. Problem appeared after i renewed my graphic drivers and after that games became unplayable. I tried to delete and install drivers again but it didnt help at all.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG6FuFT1BXE&list=LL6MFcwXng97MpOguNCLKt-Q&index=1

    My graphic card is radeon hd 8600/8700 btw i'm using laptop.

    P.S that youtube video isnt mine but just an example how that flickerings looks like.
     
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    Martynxas, Dec 8, 2014
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  2. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You may need to reinstall Windows. It looks like that graphics driver update corrupted something.
     
    J.Dre, Dec 8, 2014
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  3. Martynxas

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    Strange thing is one game out of 4 i have seems to run nommally, witcher 1, witcher 2 and league of legends are unplayable because of flickers yet The darkness 2 run perfectly fine. I tried tu turn off crossfire in my graphic card but it doesnt give me an option to turn it off in catalyst control center.
     
    Martynxas, Dec 8, 2014
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  4. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    ..could be the usual "wait for refresh" problem on crossfire, with games that use some sort of frame-smoothing from a custom buffer. Basically, the next frame is corrected against garble. There's an option for it in the profiles panel.
     
    nipsen, Dec 9, 2014
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  5. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    Just do a fresh install of windows with *old* drivers, see if it helps.
     
    maxheap, Dec 9, 2014
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