windows 7 flickity graphics

Benderama

Benderama

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Join Date: Jul 2008

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hi not sure if this belongs here but oh well.
i upgraded to windows 7 recently, before that i was stuck with vista.
when i had vista the FPS was lower than it seems now with W7 (might just be server performance) but now when i open the map the screen will somtimes flicker between the map and the UI. i turned on 60Hz refresh rate (dont know why) and that seemed to do something but then the problem just came back. i'm using a rubbish old integrated graphics card but everything else on GW works fine, if not better than with vista. does anyone ahve any idea whats causing this?

lorazcyk

lorazcyk

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Are you using the fancy effects on W7? Or just the plain Windows 98 style?

Are your BIOS/(Intel?) Integrated card driver's up-to-date? You can check at your computer maker's website.

Benderama

Benderama

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Are you using the fancy effects on W7?
you mean widnows aero? yep been using that with vista too and no problems.
i'll try updating ym graphics card drivers when i get back to the PC thoguh the last time i tried it said i was up to date.
sorry don't have much info about the system on me atm since 'm using another PC

Benderama

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i updated my graphics card with a windows 7 driver, but that didn't solve the problem. it stopped flicking for a while then started again, i tried using best filtering tecniques, changing my shadow and shader to high and bnack again, they all worked for a few minutes then the flickering came back after a while. it mostly seems to happen in busy towns.
anyone have any ideas?