Getting shot in the dark

MORPH1155 · 08-08-2008, 03:03 AM

I'm not sure if this is posted in the right place. So Appologies now if its isnt.

I'm playing call of duty 4 at the min and for the first 4 or 5 mins of game play the game runs fine. Then after a while the screen flicks to black, the game carries on as usual but the screen flicks to black for about a second or two. As the game continues this keeps going on more and more often until your in complete blackness and getting a flicker of the game every now and again. The same is happeneing with frontlines: fuel of war although not as serious as when playing COD4.

All other games seem to run perfectly ok without the flickering.

I'm running a quad core processor with a geforce 8600 (could be wrong on the card type, will check it when I get home as I'm at work)

Anyone have any suggestions? As you can tell I'm a complete newbie for the technical stuff.

**lazareth1** · 08-08-2008, 03:22 AM

Go to www.nvidia.com and download the latest drivers for your GFX card.

08-08-2008, 03:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
MORPH1155 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1 OS: VISTA	Getting shot in the dark I'm not sure if this is posted in the right place. So Appologies now if its isnt. I'm playing call of duty 4 at the min and for the first 4 or 5 mins of game play the game runs fine. Then after a while the screen flicks to black, the game carries on as usual but the screen flicks to black for about a second or two. As the game continues this keeps going on more and more often until your in complete blackness and getting a flicker of the game every now and again. The same is happeneing with frontlines: fuel of war although not as serious as when playing COD4. All other games seem to run perfectly ok without the flickering. I'm running a quad core processor with a geforce 8600 (could be wrong on the card type, will check it when I get home as I'm at work) Anyone have any suggestions? As you can tell I'm a complete newbie for the technical stuff.

08-08-2008, 03:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
lazareth1 Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hong Kong, previously Fife in Bonnie Scotland Posts: 1,294 OS: Vista SP1, Ultimate My System	Re: Getting shot in the dark Go to www.nvidia.com and download the latest drivers for your GFX card. __________________ Prime95\|Everest Ultimate Edition\|How to do a repair install of XP\|Bench Testing "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"