Hello all,
Wasn't sure where I should post this as its a little complicated.
Anyway, I have just rebuilt my pc using some parts from my previous along with a new case, motherboard, processor.
specs:
Case: Zalman Z11 High Performance
PSU: OCZ StealthXStream2 700 w
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
CPU: Intel i5 2500k 3.30 GHZ unlocked
RAM: 8 GB Dual Channel Corsair 1333 hz
GPU: ATI/AMD Radeon HD6750 1GB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 - 60GB (windows drive)
HDD: Weston Digital 750 GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I am an older gamer and still play the game Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, I have since it was released back in 2003 and Return To Castle Wolfenstein before that. I ended up rebuilding my rig due to frames per second lag which was being caused by my Phenom 555 x2 (unlocked to quad core) having issues with core 1 (the default core).
So I built this rig two weeks ago, since then I have noticed while playing Enemy Territory that I get screen flickers and also screen tearing, I have tried many things in game with settings and configs, different resolutions and also different frames per second and nothing has helped.
I will say that I usually run this game at 125 fps and always have without any issue, I tried to lower the fps to see if it made any difference and if I actually set it down to 60 fps to match my monitor refresh rate the screen flicker is far worst. its like I am seeing the screen refresh.
I put v-sync on to see if it made a difference and it does indeed take away all the screen flicker, I also get this same result if I run in windowed mode without v-sync which I guess windows aero is also syncing this for me.
The problem is I cannot play this game with sync enabled, its too slow compared to others (the quake 3 quirky engine) and I also get input lag.
Since I have never experienced this problem before in ET, I am assuming it is hardware related so I have tried the following.
Switched monitors to my TV/monitor - no change
Tried a different VGA/DVI cable - no change
Tried HDMI cable into monitor - no change
Updated all AMD Drivers to latest - no change
Uninstalled all AMD drivers with driver sweeper - no change
Tried the onboard Intel HD3000 GPU - No change
Updated every single driver on pc including chipset - no change
scanned for Virus's with S+D, MB, Windows Optimizer - no threats
Things Tested:
CPU - with prime95 for over 3 hours, cores 0 + 3 reached around 62c max, cores 1 + 2 reached 65-66c max. 0 errors reported for any core.
RAM - tested with Memtest86 for 1.5 hours - 0 errors
any ideas much appreciated.
Wasn't sure where I should post this as its a little complicated.
Anyway, I have just rebuilt my pc using some parts from my previous along with a new case, motherboard, processor.
specs:
Case: Zalman Z11 High Performance
PSU: OCZ StealthXStream2 700 w
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
CPU: Intel i5 2500k 3.30 GHZ unlocked
RAM: 8 GB Dual Channel Corsair 1333 hz
GPU: ATI/AMD Radeon HD6750 1GB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 - 60GB (windows drive)
HDD: Weston Digital 750 GB
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I am an older gamer and still play the game Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, I have since it was released back in 2003 and Return To Castle Wolfenstein before that. I ended up rebuilding my rig due to frames per second lag which was being caused by my Phenom 555 x2 (unlocked to quad core) having issues with core 1 (the default core).
So I built this rig two weeks ago, since then I have noticed while playing Enemy Territory that I get screen flickers and also screen tearing, I have tried many things in game with settings and configs, different resolutions and also different frames per second and nothing has helped.
I will say that I usually run this game at 125 fps and always have without any issue, I tried to lower the fps to see if it made any difference and if I actually set it down to 60 fps to match my monitor refresh rate the screen flicker is far worst. its like I am seeing the screen refresh.
I put v-sync on to see if it made a difference and it does indeed take away all the screen flicker, I also get this same result if I run in windowed mode without v-sync which I guess windows aero is also syncing this for me.
The problem is I cannot play this game with sync enabled, its too slow compared to others (the quake 3 quirky engine) and I also get input lag.
Since I have never experienced this problem before in ET, I am assuming it is hardware related so I have tried the following.
Switched monitors to my TV/monitor - no change
Tried a different VGA/DVI cable - no change
Tried HDMI cable into monitor - no change
Updated all AMD Drivers to latest - no change
Uninstalled all AMD drivers with driver sweeper - no change
Tried the onboard Intel HD3000 GPU - No change
Updated every single driver on pc including chipset - no change
scanned for Virus's with S+D, MB, Windows Optimizer - no threats
Things Tested:
CPU - with prime95 for over 3 hours, cores 0 + 3 reached around 62c max, cores 1 + 2 reached 65-66c max. 0 errors reported for any core.
RAM - tested with Memtest86 for 1.5 hours - 0 errors
any ideas much appreciated.