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174606 2003-09-11 10:43:00 I have dx 8.1 and whenever I play a game that uses 8.1 (if it uses an older type, it is fine), it flickers and doesn't display things correctly. Why is this?

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Sparq
sparq (4550)
174607 2003-09-11 10:50:00 i would upgrade to dx9b (don't forget the patch).

what video card? saw something on the net about a problem with some nvida cards causeing flickering.

also what games and what sort of pc? are you sure you are not just getting poor frame rates?
tweak'e (174)
174608 2003-09-11 11:19:00 Yeah that was the GFX 5900 series that had the flickering problem as reported in the news section of anandtech.com mafiamonkey (4431)
174609 2003-09-12 00:02:00 I have just updated DirectX and it is still doing the same thing. My computer is a celeron 1000MHz 256M ram, windows 98, and a standard via video card. When I am in one of the games, there are white patches that flash and make the game very hard to see. The games that don't work are things like MechWarrior Vengance and Battlefield. One game that does work is CounterStrike.

Thanks,
Sparq
sparq (4550)
174610 2003-09-12 01:14:00 It will likely be the driver its using then.. OpenGL, Direct3D, or Software Rendering.. Check what C_S is using and see if you can set your other games to use it also!

You may want to try getting the latest drivers from your manufacturer's website for your Graphics card too!
Chilling_Silently (228)
174611 2003-09-12 06:33:00 >and a standard via video card

sounds like you have onboard graphics. try updateing your video drivers but don't exspect to much with such a basic pc.
tweak'e (174)
174612 2003-09-21 03:34:00 I updated my drivers to the latest nvidia denotator drivers and they work fine for all other games (that use to work fine on the old driver) now has the same flickering and white patch problem as above.

I am runnign direct x 8.1 (not sure I like dx 9 might wait till a patch comes out)

anyone has any ideas?
mikeymike76 (4408)
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