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    Graphics Question

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by MKang25, Jun 26, 2008.

  1. MKang25

    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    When I alt tab out of games alot is it normal for there to be purple lines showing sometimes? Like when i play CS S or TF2 i like to alt tab alot when i die sometimes when i alt tab back in the color is scrwed up so i alt tab again and then everything is fine. Is that normal?
     
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    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    That used to happen with me and my Radeon 9700. An update of the drivers fixed that though. So it might be a driver issue. The 'refreshing' of the image, going from 2d to 3d or something might have needed tweaking. I'm just guessing but my solution was to get an updated driver.
     
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    MKang25 NBR Prisoner

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    Hmm, using the 175.75 guess ill just have to alt tab less lol.. doing it right now :D
     
    MKang25, Jun 26, 2008
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    for me im lucky to be able to get back into my game if I alt+tab. very frustrating.
     
    auburncoast, Jun 27, 2008
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    Change the drivers.
    Or minimise with Alt Enter...
     
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    Being able to alt-tab in and out of games and the results of doing it depend alot on the game itself. Some will not let you alt-tab at all. Some will, and then some will crash while doing it. I know with Lord of the Rings Online, I can not alt-tab with it unless it is in windowed mode, and then of course Sli does not work unless it is full screen mode. Anyways, if I can alt-tab in and out of game without it crashing, I consider myself lucky (and the game is still playable with no graphic glitches).

    Like eleron911 stated, alt-enter is ussually the hot key for entering windowed mode (repeat to leave windowed mode)
     
    ashveratu, Jun 27, 2008
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