Computer Hope
Software => Computer games => Topic started by: MistressArianna on March 14, 2016, 10:49:02 AM
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so i know its my monitor for most games i can only run them at 1280 x 960 windowed fullscreen if i try to run the games at anything else other than those settings it will stay black until i press the windows button on my keyboard then it will minimize and i click to bring it back up and it will flicker between black and the picture i can still click buttons and that is how i usually setup the graphics so that it will run properly.
i dont know if its a graphics card issue or what but i know my pc can support this game with no problem here are my specs.
2 AMD 6870 video cards
Dedicated Memory 2.0 GB
Total Memory 3.1 GB
Pixel Shader Version 5.0
Vertex Shader Version 5.0
Hardware T & L Yes
Memory 3.0 GB
8 Gb RAM
AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor quad core quad core 3.4 Ghz
Sound Device 2 Creative SB X-Fi
Sound Device 3 AMD High Definition Audio Device
1 Tb Hard Drive
Cooler Master 750w power supply
what can i do to get this to stop doing this on just about every online game i play? and yes my graphics cards are up to date
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Does it perform better at lower than 1280 x 960? I have seen where some monitors will act this way when set to the max and they struggle, going down 1 resolution size can sometimes fix this.
I have an old Dell monitor that is acting like this and going back 1 resolution setting fixed it. When setting it to the max that it will display before black screen no sync it will do just like your problem. But going lower 1 more from the max that it will display at fixed the issue of having to use the windows key and flicker between picture and black screen.
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it does tend to run a little smoother sometimes but really depends on the game but yes it does seem to be a resolution problem maybe my monitor is just going bad which i have already suspected but i can run games like skyrim and really any downloaded or disc game but when it comes to mmo's thats when i seem to only be having the issue
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Thinking your in same boat as me with having to get a new display. I lowered mine to 1152 x 864 it was 1280 x 960 prior and because its not a wide screen monitor the settings in between 1280 x 960 and 1152 x 864 caused pixel stretching since they are for wide screen ratio.
You might find that it will behave better at 1152 x 864 like my old Dell flat screen.
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so the guy who built my computer came over to fix the problem with my problem yes my monitor is going bad but that wasnt my issue as it turns out i was playing some older games and with me having 2 graphics cards i had them set up for crossfire so they both ran well some of the games i was playing dont support crossfire because they are older games and that was causing my issues i disabled it and instant fix just have to enable when i play newer games that can support crossfire