pmcizhere Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hello, So I have an Alienware Aurora mALX, with the works. Basically, everything but the Blu-Ray drive. Dual 7950 GTXs in SLI mode, currently using 177.66 for Forceware, courtesy of this site. It seems that no matter what Forceware version I use, I always get weird artifacts while playing videos, even off of the SATA drive. For example, in the just-released 720p trailer for Midnight Club, I grabbed this screenshot of what can typically be seen when it messes up. The screenshot is following, and then my system info from the NV Control Panel afterwards. Thanks! NVIDIA System Information report created on: 07/30/2008 22:14:04 System name: ALIENWARE [Display] Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-44 (2412 MHz) Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, 32-bit (Service Pack 3) DirectX version: 9.0c GPU processor: GeForce Go 7950 GTX Driver version: 177.66 Core clock: 576 MHz Shader clock: 576 MHz Memory clock: 702 MHz (1404 MHz data rate) Memory interface: 256-bit Total available graphics memory: 512 MB Dedicated video memory: 512 MB System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 0 MB Video BIOS version: 5.71.22.38.31 IRQ: 19 Bus: PCI Express x8 GPU processor: GeForce Go 7950 GTX Driver version: 177.66 Core clock: 576 MHz Shader clock: 576 MHz Memory clock: 702 MHz (1404 MHz data rate) Memory interface: 256-bit Total available graphics memory: 512 MB Dedicated video memory: 512 MB System video memory: 0 MB Shared system memory: 0 MB Video BIOS version: 5.71.22.38.31 IRQ: 0 Bus: PCI Express x8 [Components] nvCplUIR.dll 1.5.2400.02 NVIDIA Control Panel nvCpl.cpl 2.2.220.04 NVIDIA Control Panel Applet nvExpBar.dll 1.5.2400.02 NVIDIA Control Panel nvCplUI.exe 2.2.220.04 NVIDIA Control Panel nvWSSR.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Workstation Server nvWSS.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Workstation Server nvViTvSR.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Video and TV Server nvViTvS.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Video and TV Server nvMoblSR.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Mobile Server nvMoblS.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Mobile Server nvDispSR.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Display Server NVMCTRAY.DLL 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Media Center Library NVOGLNT.DLL 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Compatible OpenGL ICD nvDispS.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Display Server NVCPL.DLL 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 177.66 NV4_MINI.SYS 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Miniport Driver, Version 177.66 NV4_DISP.DLL 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA Compatible Windows 2000 Display driver, Version 177.66 nvGameSR.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server nvGameS.dll 6.14.11.7766 NVIDIA 3D Settings Server Oh, I have the KLite Codec Pack installed, a mega/full version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV Logistics Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 A few questions if u don't mind. Are u using any filters or image enhancements in ffdshow video decoder? Does this artifacting occur in all videos like avi, mpeg2, mkv, mpeg4, h.264, Etc. And are u using any nvidia based enhancements such as inverse telecine? And last one, have you tried disabling sli then playing a video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcizhere Posted August 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2008 A few questions if u don't mind. Are u using any filters or image enhancements in ffdshow video decoder? Does this artifacting occur in all videos likeavi, mpeg2, mkv, mpeg4, h.264, Etc. And are u using any nvidia based enhancements such as inverse telecine? And last one, have you tried disabling sli then playing a video? No problem, whatever can get me closer to a solution. The installation of ffdshow has been untouched, so whatever are the default settings are what it has turned on. I'd say this happens for videos of all types, except web videos like YouTube... Oh and I haven't a clue what inverse telecine is, so chances are that is not enabled. I will try playing the video with SLI disabled (Moving a ton of files in preparation of a different secondary hard drive so I'll try it right after), but I'd much rather have it on so I don't have to remember to turn it on while gaming and of course run that risk that I'm required to reboot to re-enable it, such an annoyance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 (edited) What are your gaming/idle temps? Are you having problems with other games. This problem could be driver related. Edited August 4, 2008 by Andrew55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcizhere Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I cannot check temps for whatever reason, perhaps because of it being a mobile system? The only temp I get is that of the CPU, which will stay around 75-80 deg. C. when running games like Mass Effect, but cooler otherwise when playing video... Oh I just remembered this issue also doesn't exist for Joost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew55 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 As I said it looks driver related. Try these: http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/index....showtopic=19699 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcizhere Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) Well, I just tried 177.79, and now the video simply stops for a second or so every couple of seconds while the audio kind of stutters, so yeah this is most likely driver related. Should I just forgo extra performance and go back to what Alienware has, 86.14??? Edit: I just found 175.28 on their drivers page, going to try those and see what I get... Edited August 5, 2008 by pmcizhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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