World of Warcraft graphical problem?

bobalobabingbong said:

Runs amazing for me! :) x64 W7, max graphic settings in WoW. I forget the resolution I'm running.

Yup me too
not a cliche

I am getting the same problem - just migrated to windows 7 about three weeks ago - problem didnt' start until today, and I have not done anything in the last 2 weeks to my computer.

Update your drives with the guide in my sig.

Ya I am having the exact same problem you are. and the hard part is it happens all over the place. Some times it will happen as soon as I log in sometimes I can raid half the night before anything happens. and when it happens it sometimes happens once then not again for an hour other times it happens like 10 times in a row.

Also the video and sound are fine. I can run everything maxed out and it looks great. until the screen goes black. One thing I have noticed is it maxes out all 4 cores of the processor when it happens.

i have tried to shut everything down except wow still does it. I tried changing the back ground thinking it could be that no good. the last time it locked up and gave me the back screen it removed my background all together I have a black desktop now. still did not fix the problem....

I am afraid to do anything like join in on raids and what not due to this problem the last thing I want is to be in the middle of a big boss fight and find my video f*ing up on me..

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SAM-PC
System Manufacturer ECS
System Model GeForce6100PM-M2
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080015, 08/09/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name sam-PC\sam
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.25 GB
Available Physical Memory 2.01 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.50 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.90 GB
Page File Space 3.25 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Sorry missed this bit out

Geforce 9500 GT


Hi i do hope some kind soul can help , i have done everything that's been posted above but to no avail. Installed w7 3 days ago after a rebuild and reinstalled wow but all i get is flickering and then the black screen , i can hear it but cant see it. I have been able log on once or twice and my fps is great but not much use with the flickering and crashes, i do hope you can help as i have run out of forums to look at. Thank you in advance

Nvidia Card by any chance?

brady said:

Nvidia Card by any chance?

Geforce 9500 GT

Are you running AVG 9.0 as well?

brady said:

Are you running AVG 9.0 as well?

No my friend avast

Interesting to say the least. This problem is usually attributed to 2 programs: AVG updates from 8.* to 9.0 and Skype. If you're running skype, make sure it's not set to start on 'startup'.

the minimizing issue is another program minimizing wow in order to 'tell you something'.... even if you don't see the 'notification'. If you're using windows 7, some of the sys tray notifications can do this as well. You may want to 'customize' your sys tray notifications... Other than that option, I would check your msconfig to see what else is running. You can narrow down the issue by disabling your startups and seeing if it continues to minimize.

off topic but relevant: avg > avast imo