flickers with my e-gforce 6200 card

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Jonnyg

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hi i recently instald a e-geforce 6200 graphics card on my pc and have had no troubles so far except that my screen flickers when i play world of warcraft. It only does so when im in fullscreen mode, if i run it in windowed mode it works perfectly fine is there something or someway i could resolve this. i recently bought a 32" lcd hdtv i use as a monitor, my pc is an intel 2 duo 2.8ghz processor, 1 gig ram and i also recently instaled windows vista home premium 32 bit versoin if specs on my pc help with an ansewer any. this is my first time asking for help ion any forum and would be great if i got some help with this.

thank u very much, jonny
 

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Jonnyg said:
hi i recently instald a e-geforce 6200 graphics card on my pc and have had no troubles so far except that my screen flickers when i play world of warcraft. It only does so when im in fullscreen mode, if i run it in windowed mode it works perfectly fine is there something or someway i could resolve this. i recently bought a 32" lcd hdtv i use as a monitor, my pc is an intel 2 duo 2.8ghz processor, 1 gig ram and i also recently instaled windows vista home premium 32 bit versoin if specs on my pc help with an ansewer any. this is my first time asking for help ion any forum and would be great if i got some help with this.

thank u very much, jonny
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Hi Jonnyg...& welcome to the forums!!

when was the last time you updated your video drivers...??

NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search
if you already done so please disregard..

do you have any idea what resolution your card pushes through that TV...?

:) SK
 

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Hi jonny,

The 6200 is quite old as regards graphics cards go. You might get some improvement by updating to the latest driver, but the only real way to get any sort of improvement is to upgrade the card itself. A card from either the 8 or 9 series should do the job (I currently have an 8800GT).
 

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I agree with dwarf, johnny, your graphics card is bottlenecking that CPU of yours like hell. Remember that your pc is always as fast as it's slowest component (something dwarf taught me:p)and a x200 card from nvidia is like even older then mine and mine is crap already... If you can scrape together some cash maybe you should go for an 8800GT like dwarf, they're not that expensive anymore and very good cards (will see much better results! Gee I wish I had a 32"...). And if you want another performance boost you should maybe get another stick of ram, definitely now they've gotten so cheap... If you plan to buy a new GPU, post it here, we'll comment your choice (if you like of course...:))

Cheers,

Amplid
 

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am i the only one who notices the OP has 1 gig of RAM? I do believe you would be suffering massive paging, and possibly that could be causing the flickering? I think 2 gig is really the minimum RAM you could have and claim Vista to be able to play happily.
 

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thanks guys i figuered that ram was my major problem i try getting more when i have the cash. altho downloading the drivers off the website alowed me to play without the flicker i was still getting incredible lag cause of that ram problem so thank u all for your helpfull advice and if i have any other problems i willl let u all know
 

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Hi Jonny,

Whilst increasing the amount of RAM in your system will give you some improvement in its performance, the main cause will remain. You are unlikely to get any improvement graphically unless you upgrade your graphics card. In fact, given the choice, I would upgrade your graphics card first and then, when you have the necessary funds, your RAM.
 

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I agree to the fullest with Dwarf once again!

Amplid
 

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With an MMO, a lot of problems with gameplay lag can be caused my RAM.

If I was you, then I'd go for RAM first, especially as you have Vista. You would notice an increase in overall computer performance, not just games.

Also take in to account what type of motherboard you have. The 6200 is an old card, so there's a chance it could be AGP. If it is, then you will be limited to only being able to upgrade to an Geforce 7 series (if you stick with Nvidia) without upgrading your motherboard.
 

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