This is tough to describe, but here i go. I have a Hercules GF2 Pro (not overclocked) that sporadically flickers (entire screen goes black for about 1 second; it starts from the bottom of the screen and goes up and then the picture comes back the same way). Sometimes it won't do it for hours, other times it will do it every few minutes or less. I've recognized no pattern to the madness. It can be while browsing the web or playing games, it doesn't discriminate. I have the refresh rate set to optimal in the display properties and i play Q3 at 800x600 at 120Hz refresh. When browsing the forums here, i get a couple lines that flicker on the screen, towards the bottom left 3rd of the screen, and its more prominent as i scroll the page. This symptom usually preceeds the big flicker.
Here's another catch. I don't get this problem at all ever when running nvidia reference drivers 6.31. I recently started playing some D3D games and wanted the newest drivers. The problem started when i updated to the 14.xx drivers. I've tried every subsequent version of nvidia reference drivers (up to the current 23.11 version) and experienced the same flicker problem. I've since formatted (due to another problem) and am still having the same problem. I'm running hercules 21.81 drivers now and its the same behavior.
what do you think?
Here's another catch. I don't get this problem at all ever when running nvidia reference drivers 6.31. I recently started playing some D3D games and wanted the newest drivers. The problem started when i updated to the 14.xx drivers. I've tried every subsequent version of nvidia reference drivers (up to the current 23.11 version) and experienced the same flicker problem. I've since formatted (due to another problem) and am still having the same problem. I'm running hercules 21.81 drivers now and its the same behavior.
what do you think?
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