Windows 7 Wierdness - 64 bit SLI mode UI rapid flickering [Archive]

Kaolian

10-08-2009, 12:56 AM

I ran into a strange issue today. I've been running windows 7 for about a week and a half now, runs fine, but one of my video cards had a bad capacitor and has been out for RMA. I got it back today and my formerly perfectly working everquest, now has a UI that flickers like a strobe light. if i pull either card or disable SLI, it goes away. If I take it out of windowed mode and go full screen, it also goes away. I notice I am one driver revision back, downloading that to see if the issue goes away, but I figured i'd post it here to let you know. Will follow up in a minute. also, if anyone has any ideas other than disable anti aliasing, which i have not tried yet, please let me know. Which build of Windows 7:Final Retail RTM32 bit or 64 bit64 bitCPU in your PC?2.93 GHz Core i7RAM in your PC?12GBVideo Card and driver number?2x 280 GTX in SLI mode, 190.something. Sound Card and driver number?Soundblaster X-FI (the pci express one they just released, not the older one) latest driverGame that you were running?Everquest IIAny background applications (AIM/Vivox/Station Launcher/Ventrillo etc.) that were running?nothing.Edit: also it is "just" the UI. the rd components, landscape, mob, etc look fine in either mode. Also tried several other games, no issues there. only EQ2

Kaolian

10-08-2009, 01:08 AM

That did not fix the problem. nor did disabling Anti Aliasing. UI reset also did not help.when 3d is not on screen, for example when zoning, UI looks fine.GPU shader model on or off seems to have no effect.I'm stumped.edit: if I leave the second card in but disable SLI mode, display is fine. I'll try a new SLI sync cable tomorrow, but for now this works.

TSR-DanielH

10-08-2009, 03:26 PM

Greetings,The problem you're describing was happening with the 190.xx series drivers. You can usually correct it by using the new 191.xx series or the previous 189.xx series. I would recommend the 191 drivers if you are using Windows 7, though.

Kaolian

10-08-2009, 05:13 PM

Oops, sorry if I wasn't clear there, the "that didn't work either" comment was related to my installing the 191.07 WHQL windows 7 driver. I'm still experiancing the same flickering issue with them. I'll see if I can find the 189 drivers and give them a shot.Also, in lavastorm, with the air effect there, the flickering was a billion times worse.

TSR-DanielH

10-08-2009, 06:48 PM

<cite>Kaolian wrote:</cite><blockquote>Oops, sorry if I wasn't clear there, the "that didn't work either" comment was related to my installing the 191.07 WHQL windows 7 driver. I'm still experiancing the same flickering issue with them. I'll see if I can find the 189 drivers and give them a shot.Also, in lavastorm, with the air effect there, the flickering was a billion times worse.</blockquote>You should be able to limit the effects by lowering the particle detail level. But yes, I would recommend trying the 189 drivers if the 191 version is still giving you issues.