Odd flashing problem in Act Of War

MiranoPoncho

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Oct 7, 2004
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Alrighty, My friend has had a new computer setup and was wondering why the screen in Act Of War: Direct Action, was flickering every so often? The specs are below
Sempron 3100@ 2.6ghz
1gb cosiar value select
saphire x800gto 512mb(unlocked and stable at x850xt speeds)
thermaltake true power 500watt
Random optical bay,
80gig maxtor ide hdd
Asrock geforce 6100 mobo
17" crt monitor
Windows xp home sp2

The system Plays at the default max resolution with absolute fluidity, doom 3, unreal 2k4, command and conquer, Mech warrior and a host of other games, perfectley. However, whenever AOW:DA loads, there is a screen flickering that occurs, depending on the load of the onscreen graphics, but dissapears if at the default screen. Does anyone have any idea of what could be causing the problem, as it's driving my friend up a wall. I've an idea that it may be a vsync issue, however Ati Control Center does not have the option to change that refresh rate, nor does AOW. Thanks a bunch!
 

BassBomb

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Nov 25, 2005
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i think it might be that the game is resetting refresh rate to really low in the menus, causing the flickering as you are still on CRT

you should press the status button or something like taht, on your monitor during the flickering, to see what output of resolution and refresh rate is