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08-25-2005, 11:49 PM
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Game blink/lagging problems...
I just installed a new video card and now when I play all my games (Dawn of War, Earth 2150, Final Fantasy VIII, pretty much all except Starcraft Brood War) it will blink or lag every second or two. I have installed the new driver and everything but it still seems to have problems. My computer is fast enough for all the games so thats not it. Any suggestions?
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08-26-2005, 12:42 PM
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maybe its too fast? lol, updated direct x and what not?
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08-26-2005, 02:08 PM
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is it a ati card? and does it sort of lag good for a split second every now and then?
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08-27-2005, 10:15 AM
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It is an ATI card and I have updated directx. It does lag 'good' about every two seconds. My video card is a Radeon X800 Pro. Could it be a faulty video card or something running in windows that is conflicting?
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08-27-2005, 01:04 PM
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What sort of things do you have running in the background?
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08-27-2005, 02:10 PM
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Sometimes I find that with older games the picture will "blink". However that doesn't really explain it. What about installing older drivers from the ATi website. I often find that the newest drivers aren't always the best (especially the case with ATi at the moment (in my opinion, naturally)).
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08-27-2005, 08:48 PM
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The type of things running in the background is just virus stuff (avast, ewido). I haven't tried downloading an older driver. I have talked with the tech support at ATI's website and they just told me that "maybe the card is deffective." I wish I knew what was going on.
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08-28-2005, 10:29 AM
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Is it catalyst 5.8 that you are running?
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08-28-2005, 10:50 AM
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Yes it is.
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