Posts by danton

Quote: Originally Posted by Pirx Anyway, that PowerMizer solution is kind of surprising. I checked, and it turns out that I had it set to "Maximize Performance" when plugged in, and I was of course plugged in...

I experienced the same thing on my 2500M with all Dell and non-Dell drivers except the original ones, 84.29 (which will probably not work with 3500M anyway). I've tracked the problem down to PowerMizer. Switch it off, and flickering goes...

If you liked Far Cry you'll probably enjoy STALKER. Not as good as Far Cry (and significantly shorter), but still a very good game.

Hard to beleive it's still an excellent game after so much time in developement 2nissanztt90: Ever seen a perfect games? or a perfect piece of software in general?

Quote: Originally Posted by nissanztt90 All the same, 1440x900 is still almost twice the pixels. It doesn't seem that STALKER is a very well coded game either. Buggy - yes. But performance-wise, it's actually...

Yes, it definitely could be the game. But I haven't had any noticeable issues with my FX2500M @ stock clocks (1024x768/full dynamic lights/everything on max sans grass shadows). And your system should be actually faster than mine...

Could it be your overclock? STALKER with dynamic lighting extremely stresses video hardware.

Quote: Originally Posted by cstradling24 danton, FSX is just like this game in terms of it only really using one core. It is so bad that I just choose not to play it and hope a patch comes out for it. I havent had time...

Quote: Originally Posted by cstradling24 Hey denton, thank you for sending me that. My Task manager look just about the exact same as yours and thats with everything turned up. Thats good, I though maybe my second core...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryotaro New patch out for it that might help. Fileshack link Beware! The patch will kill your save games.