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    Skyrim mass white flickering dots w/ p180hm 6990m xfire

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Torrential, Mar 16, 2012.

  1. Torrential

    Torrential Newbie

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    Seem to be getting lots of white dots/squares when playing skyrim on ultra.Does not occur on low but occurs on high.

    There doesn't seem to be a problem with frame rates though.How can I fix this?
     
    Torrential, Mar 16, 2012
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  2. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Sounds like artifacting, meaning there might be something wrong with your card/cards. Have you done any overclocking? Experienced any artifacting on other games or crashes?
     
    Fat Dragon, Mar 16, 2012
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  3. CrAzYsIm

    CrAzYsIm Notebook Evangelist

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    Does it only happen with Skyrim?
    I ask because I had a bunch of white noise type dots when i would watch videos or small black rectangles in games with my desktop 5870. RMA'd it and they determined it was faulty and replaced it.
     
    CrAzYsIm, Mar 17, 2012
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  4. FredFlint_

    FredFlint_ Notebook Consultant

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    I have played about 80 hours and every so often it flickers but no dots.
    When I had a destop pc it got white dots when it was overclocked to high. You could try using an overclocking app to reduce the GPU clockspeed and see if the dots go.
     
    FredFlint_, Mar 17, 2012
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