sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT

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Q6600 @ 3GHZ
8GB SLI 5-4-4-15 @ 1100MHZ RAM
1.5 TB HARD DISK RAID-0
750WATT SLI CERTIFIED PSU
SLI x 8600GT 512MB EACH
22" LCD LG
OS VISTA X64 ULTRA WITH SP1

OK for any game under SLI mode either i get image tearing like dark black lines or the screen flickers and if in the game i change the REFRESH RATE TO ANY THING more than 60hz it gets worse! and i cannot sucessfuly tune any game to run more than 1280X 1024 or i have to even go lower to 1280 X 720 or even lower to 1024X768

i mean some games work ok on 1024 res but almost all of them still eith have a tearing or swear flickring i am new to dual cards and want to play on atleast a respectable 1280X 1024 res with out these issue i am honestly exsauted!! please help!
 

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Re: sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT $ 10$ via paypal if you solve the issue!!

If you imagine your problem as a golf ball and place that ball into a glass of water that represents everything else...then you will see that the problem does indeed seem rather large in comparison to everything else.

Now, pick up that ball and drop it into a swimming pool that represents everything else. you see now that the problem by comparison is much smaller and some might say insignificant.

You might be thinking but the problem is still there!

Of course!

But it is now so much smaller!

:)

Which games are you using with these graphics problems and are there any gams you play that don;t have these problems?
 

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Re: sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT $ 10$ via paypal if you solve the issue!!

Have you tried disabling SLi? It may have to do with lousy SLi coding for those games.
 

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Re: sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT $ 10$ via paypal if you solve the issue!!

personally I would first off disable SLI if that didn't do the job revert your OC to defaults that usualy helps for the most part. Check your temps while gaming see if they all are ok
 

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  • CPU
    C2Q 6600 G0
    Motherboard
    ASUS Extreme Striker 680i
    Memory
    CELLSHOCK 4x1GB PC2-6400CL4
    Graphics card(s)
    2 x ASUS 8800GT SLI
    Hard Drives
    2 x Raptor 37GB RAID 0
Re: sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT $ 10$ via paypal if you solve the issue!!

thanks super very much short after i posted the question ( essentially gave up! ) i found the problem to be common and was on hardware level, THE SLI BRIDGE caused the problems and it does so with the 8600gt cards and once you remove it they r super fine! you loose very little bandwidth! and almost no forseable performance difference so i am cool and called the super nice guys at XFX to ship me a new SLI bridgE! THANKS GUYS THANKS A LOT!!!
 

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Re: sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT $ 10$ via paypal if you solve the issue!!

to all the good people having flickers and other screen issusssessssssss.
You are not alone!!! Many people with this problem on the web.
And this topic has become very popular.
i've been digging around for i also have this very anoying problem.
the issue of flickers is mostly found in the 8000 series, some in the 9000 series too.
this bug came about with the release of newer nVidia drivers.
there is one driver wich i cant remember now that did not have any problems at all maybe 181 or 182 may even be 178 i dont remenber.
but as we all know updates and upgrades are always good.........not!!!!!
in this case the best solution for you will be to go driver fishing untill you find the driver that works best.
i'm also fishing for drivers so if i find one i'll let you know.
Sli is good!!! and i will not disable it for i pay $$$$$$$$ to have this performance.
my other suggestion is to keep writing to nVidia or your vcard manufacturer about this bug.

and last......NOTE!!!!
dont go buying another card if your cards are working (unless of course you are a 100% sure that your vcard is fried) if sli was working fine prior to updating your driver, then is the driver. do a roll back driver thing....or uninstall the new driver and then install the old that worked!
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Alien Tech
    CPU
    AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition
    Motherboard
    MSI K9N2 Platinum
    Memory
    OCZ PC6400 SLI Edition 8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX Force 8600GT x2 (sli configuration)
    Sound Card
    On board Realtek HD 7.1/ SRS Audio Sandbox 1.7 x64
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer H213H
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p 32bits
    Hard Drives
    SCSI\Disk____NVIDIA__STRIPE____74.53G Sea Gate SCSI\Disk____NVIDIA__STRIPE___298.09G Hitachi SCSI\Disk____NVIDIA__STRIPE___372.61G Hitachi
    PSU
    Power Up 550watts
    Case
    Alien Tech (new system in an old chassys)
    Cooling
    By Air 7 fans
    Mouse
    Logitech HID-compliant LX3 Optical Mouse
    Keyboard
    Microsoft USB Digital Media Pro Keyboard (IntelliType Pro)
    Internet Speed
    1mb
    Other Info
    This Rig is OC'd by 13% stock CPU is 2.5GHZ to 2.8GHz FSB (HT)225MHZ RAM is also OC'd Stock 800MHZ to 900MHZ Ultra Media Dash SD/USB/eSATA/Audio/1394/CM/SM/CF-MD/MS
Re: sli image tearing and flickering 8600GT $ 10$ via paypal if you solve the issue!!

Clevo said:
If you imagine your problem as a golf ball and place that ball into a glass of water that represents everything else...then you will see that the problem does indeed seem rather large in comparison to everything else.

Now, pick up that ball and drop it into a swimming pool that represents everything else. you see now that the problem by comparison is much smaller and some might say insignificant.

You might be thinking but the problem is still there!

Of course!

But it is now so much smaller!

:)

Which games are you using with these graphics problems and are there any gams you play that don;t have these problems?
Click to expand...

huh????????????
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Internet Speed
    8mb
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