Solved Screen flickering in games after pc upgrade

[clloyd21]

Hi,

I recently upgraded alot of the parts for my computer and it was working fine, but then all of a sudden the screen started freezing every 2 seconds for about a millisecond which makes it look like it flickers. After playing metro 2033 and league of legends this occurs..

Have the latest drivers installed for my gtx 550 ti too..

Any help would be great !

Thanks

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi,

I recently upgraded alot of the parts for my computer and it was working fine, but then all of a sudden the screen started freezing every 2 seconds for about a millisecond which makes it look like it flickers. After playing metro 2033 and league of legends this occurs..

Have the latest drivers installed for my gtx 550 ti too..

Any help would be great !

Thanks

system specs please my crystal ball is being repaired

 

[clloyd21]

=D sorry I'm new - not that that excuses myself..

Asus gtx 550 ti
Asus M5A78L Mobo
8gb corsair ram
250gb seagate hdd
amd phenom II x4 3.4ghz
Arctic Cooling Freezer Cooler
Xenta 800w PSU

anything else you need ?

All drivers updated too... which may be a problem ?

 

[Beta]

Have you tried turning on v-sync. When you turn up the specs in a game you may sometimes need to turn v-sync on to get ride of flickering or lag on the screen.

 

[clloyd21]

yeah i've tried with all combinations of graphic settings, high - low v sync on/off still no luck...

It does seem to stop sometimes, like at the very start of the game its great and then after about 20 seconds it starts every second


EDIT: just started playing guild wars and i have no issues what so ever :s

 

[UKMedia]

yeah i've tried with all combinations of graphic settings, high - low v sync on/off still no luck...

It does seem to stop sometimes, like at the very start of the game its great and then after about 20 seconds it starts every second


EDIT: just started playing guild wars and i have no issues what so ever :s

Hi

Did you install any of the software utilities that came with your card? I just upgraded my card to an MSI 580 GTX and made the mistake of installing the MSI auto update software and had a lot of system instability issues and image issues. These were all resolved when I removed the utility.

Regards
UKMedia

 

[clloyd21]

I don't think I have, the only thing I can see is the nvidia 3d software pack but that's about it

 

[clloyd21]

Right, It's doing it when I play deus ex now and it gets sooo annoying.

It was fine up until I changed the motherboard and the ram, games ran perfectly at real high fps when i had my old m4a78... but now i have the newer m5478L and it runs worse .. I'm so confused =(

 

[Ivan the SoSo]

What card was you using before? I ask because I was using a 4890 then went to a 5850, my system applied the 4890 settings to the 5850....

 

[champ2010]

What is the driver version that you currently have?

Is the screen flickering happening only in games?

You can check the optimal settings for the game and modify the in game settings accordingly and check if it helps.

http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/OPS/Deus-Ex-Human-Revolution-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-550-Ti-OPS

Optimal Playable Settings: Metro 2033: GeForce GTX 550 Ti - GeForce

 

[champ2010]

What is the driver version that you currently have?

Is the screen flickering happening only in games?

You can check the optimal settings for the game and modify the in game settings accordingly and check if it helps.

Optimal Playable Settings: Deus Ex Human Revolution: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - GeForce

Optimal Playable Settings: Metro 2033: GeForce GTX 550 Ti - GeForce

 

[clloyd21]

sorry about the late reply, i have the latest 64 bit drivers... not sure how to check which one 280.26 i think, and it happens in deus ex and league of legends but not guild wars.

It kinda makes dues ex unplayable because of the need for a decent framerate. As far as i can tell the flickering only happens in game

 

[clloyd21]

What card was you using before? I ask because I was using a 4890 then went to a 5850, my system applied the 4890 settings to the 5850....

i upgraded from a 9800 gt

 

[clloyd21]

OKAY!

New update on the situation -

Found that it's not just in an actual game with things going on, for example even loading a game when it goes through the developers and things at the start where it says "Nvidia" etc it will jump.

It's almost as though the graphics card cannot keep up with what's going on so has to pause for a millisecond in order to catch up.

any more ideas ?


EDIT- Just downgraded the drivers to 267.59 and found that the stuttering still occurs so now I'm reloading to the latest drivers of 280.26. Does this mean it may be something to do with my psu or motherboard ?

 

[Gingbeard]

Hey,
Sorry to bump an old thread - but I am having an identical problem - Did you ever get a fix?

Hardware:
Nvidea 550 ti
CM 520W PSU
Intel i5-2500K
8GB Ram

My PSU is starting to make a very high pitch noise too - so could the PSU not be man enough for the job?

 

[seavixen32]

You'll do far better to start a new thread.