Annoying Flickering/lines/segments during gaming

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
P

piers23

Honorable
Oct 23, 2013
4
0
10,510
Hey all.

Recently started using my PC for games again after it being neglected for a while due to annoying BSOD boot up issues.. which have now been fixed (touch wood)

Anyways, started downloading games again on Steam and when I started to play them I am noticing this horrific lines, flickers or even flashes in the background and foreground, sometimes it even looks like Segments of the background are vanishing for split seconds. Example, it looks like loads of pixels are just swapping colour or vanishing for a few moments..

It's really annoying me and I am contemplating to chuck this PC out and just get a new one all together!

My tech specs are..

Motherboard: MSI-MS7522
Processor: Intel Core i7 950@3.07ghz
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
GPU: AMD Radeon 7850 Series 2gb GDDR5
RAM: 4gb
HDD: 1tb Seagate Baracuda.

Really have no idea whats going on, i've tried using the vsync and tripple buffering from the CCC but it doesnt seem to help.

Also downloaded drivers (some auto scan and detect) but that hasnt resolved the problems either..

Thanks for any responses
 
Solution
maddogfargo
Use AMD's driver cleaner tool to completely remove the existing drivers. Then download and install the latest stable drivers.

Also depending on the game, turn off surface format optimization, Anti-Aliasing and tessellation. See if that makes a difference.
Sort by date Sort by votes
maddogfargo

maddogfargo

Splendid
Nov 28, 2006
3,344
8
22,965
Use AMD's driver cleaner tool to completely remove the existing drivers. Then download and install the latest stable drivers.

Also depending on the game, turn off surface format optimization, Anti-Aliasing and tessellation. See if that makes a difference.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
P

piers23

Honorable
Oct 23, 2013
4
0
10,510


Alright, going to try that, thanks for the reply,

Games it's been happening in are Skyrim and State of Decay..

I play FFXIV: ARR Ultra graphics with no problems and decent FPS, so it's kind of odd.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
P

piers23

Honorable
Oct 23, 2013
4
0
10,510
It totally worked! :D

I can actually enjoy my games now.

Discovered that there were so many AMD folders, all with drivers of some sort in them, so cleaned them all, rebooted, downloaded the 13.9 stable drivers and now it has been good. Nice to play my game without feeling ill from all the flickering and that:)

Thanks so much maddogfargo!
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom