Radeon Mobility WoW Troubles. :(

OtakuMartin · Mar 26, 2006, 02:55 PM

Hello Everyone I am very new to DriverHeaven.net and I have been searching for a solution to a big problem I am having. I have been searching for about a week now, and a good friend led me here.

I have a Hp laptop with a 3.2ghz p4 It has a shared vid-ram memory (512?)
It is a Mobility radeon 9100.

Here is the problem. I have sucessfully run games like C&C generals, Half Life, CS, and others with no problem, but when I run World of Warcraft, some graphics just disappear and reappear at rapid and random times... Almost a flicker it is. As I move my characters view around the graphics( Shrubs, Trees, Tents, other players, etc) will disappear & reappear. I believe this to be a driver issue.

Can anyone help me with my problem? I am about to go on a trip to Washington D.C. And would love to bring my addiction with me. It has been eating at me for weeks. Thank You,
Martin

::Edit:: It is a Mobility 9000 IGP

Lt. LoMein · Mar 27, 2006, 11:59 AM

hey there, I think I've seen what you are describing, maybe.

are your graphics vanishing or flickering badly?

Last night I was changing video modes, and one such change was to select 16 bit color depth instead of 24 bit from the dropdown in the video section. 16 bit caused all kinds of odd flickering of distant graphics like trees and where different rocks intersected. as soon as I went back to 24 bit depth it was fine.

maybe you can check that setting

bidz · Mar 29, 2006, 02:34 AM

I have the same problem with my Mobility X1600, this is especially visible in WoW, but also in NFS: Most Wanted and Oblivion. I have tried many different drivers, and still have the problem.

Thread i made about it: Problems with Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB

Lt. LoMein · Mar 29, 2006, 01:13 PM

I reloaded Windows 2 weekends ago, realoaded WoW and started playing it again last week. I installed the Omega drivers from the get go, had been using several month old ones prior to the reformat, and the last time I'd played WoW. Never had an issue.

Now, I lock up constantly. 10 minutes ago, I was in the addons section deciding what to load and not load on my Hunter, and the computer simply locked up. At first, I thought it was my sound card, SB Audigy2 NS notebook model, but I've pulled that card so I'm using the Dell sound card now, and the same issues are happening. It's rarely a BSoD, but almost always a straight lockup sometimes with the sound getting stuck in a loop. This has happened before and after installing F-Secure anti virus/security software, with and without Trillian running, w/ & w/o Ventrillo, w/ & w/o other programs like Firefox running.

Anyone else have any experiences like this? I'm running a Dell 9100 P4 3.2 1g ram, mr9800 at both stock and oc speeds. doesn't seem to matter. I'm gonna try the 6.3's now, but if this continues I'll have to try the older ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

alexl55 · Mar 30, 2006, 12:55 PM

The vanishing and flickering graphics in WoW were caused by old drivers for my IGP320m. I also had distorted ground textures before I updated my graphics driver. Omega Drivers are primarily meant for desktops models, the laptop support is kinda just slapped on. Here is a site that links to the official ATI Mobility drivers. http://www.station-drivers.com/page/...20mobility.htm. All of them should work for 9700 or better. For anything before the 9700, such as the 9000 IGP, i suggest Catalyst 5.13 from that site. And for video playback probelms with the new driver, check the sticky about the IGP 320m chipset. There is a solution for that on page 5. Hope this helps

bidz · Mar 30, 2006, 01:03 PM

This is apparently a bug in also the newest drivers from ATI. Some people at the WoW forums have apparently got the graphical bugs fixed by using Omega drivers.

Read from post 7 in this thread, there is alot about it, people having lockup problems and graphical bug problems (black spots, flickering textures, etc): http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...9142&p=1&tmp=1

Mar 26, 2006, 02:55 PM	#1
OtakuMartin DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Radeon Mobility WoW Troubles. :( Hello Everyone I am very new to DriverHeaven.net and I have been searching for a solution to a big problem I am having. I have been searching for about a week now, and a good friend led me here. I have a Hp laptop with a 3.2ghz p4 It has a shared vid-ram memory (512?) It is a Mobility radeon 9100. Here is the problem. I have sucessfully run games like C&C generals, Half Life, CS, and others with no problem, but when I run World of Warcraft, some graphics just disappear and reappear at rapid and random times... Almost a flicker it is. As I move my characters view around the graphics( Shrubs, Trees, Tents, other players, etc) will disappear & reappear. I believe this to be a driver issue. Can anyone help me with my problem? I am about to go on a trip to Washington D.C. And would love to bring my addiction with me. It has been eating at me for weeks. Thank You, Martin ::Edit:: It is a Mobility 9000 IGP Last edited by OtakuMartin; Mar 26, 2006 at 10:13 PM.

Mar 27, 2006, 11:59 AM	#2
Lt. LoMein DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	hey there, I think I've seen what you are describing, maybe. are your graphics vanishing or flickering badly? Last night I was changing video modes, and one such change was to select 16 bit color depth instead of 24 bit from the dropdown in the video section. 16 bit caused all kinds of odd flickering of distant graphics like trees and where different rocks intersected. as soon as I went back to 24 bit depth it was fine. maybe you can check that setting __________________ ---- God Bless Rogueone Dell 9100 ATI mr9800 OC@450/702 via Omega

Mar 29, 2006, 01:13 PM	#4
Lt. LoMein DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	I reloaded Windows 2 weekends ago, realoaded WoW and started playing it again last week. I installed the Omega drivers from the get go, had been using several month old ones prior to the reformat, and the last time I'd played WoW. Never had an issue. Now, I lock up constantly. 10 minutes ago, I was in the addons section deciding what to load and not load on my Hunter, and the computer simply locked up. At first, I thought it was my sound card, SB Audigy2 NS notebook model, but I've pulled that card so I'm using the Dell sound card now, and the same issues are happening. It's rarely a BSoD, but almost always a straight lockup sometimes with the sound getting stuck in a loop. This has happened before and after installing F-Secure anti virus/security software, with and without Trillian running, w/ & w/o Ventrillo, w/ & w/o other programs like Firefox running. Anyone else have any experiences like this? I'm running a Dell 9100 P4 3.2 1g ram, mr9800 at both stock and oc speeds. doesn't seem to matter. I'm gonna try the 6.3's now, but if this continues I'll have to try the older ones. Any help would be greatly appreciated. __________________ ---- God Bless Rogueone Dell 9100 ATI mr9800 OC@450/702 via Omega

Mar 30, 2006, 12:55 PM	#5
alexl55 Ninja of the Net Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 21 Rep Power: 0	The vanishing and flickering graphics in WoW were caused by old drivers for my IGP320m. I also had distorted ground textures before I updated my graphics driver. Omega Drivers are primarily meant for desktops models, the laptop support is kinda just slapped on. Here is a site that links to the official ATI Mobility drivers. http://www.station-drivers.com/page/...20mobility.htm. All of them should work for 9700 or better. For anything before the 9700, such as the 9000 IGP, i suggest Catalyst 5.13 from that site. And for video playback probelms with the new driver, check the sticky about the IGP 320m chipset. There is a solution for that on page 5. Hope this helps __________________ Laptop ~~~~~ Compaq Presario 2100 series AMD mobile Athlon XP 2200+ @1.8GHz Infineon 2x256MB PC2100 2.5-3-3-? @ 133MHz ATI Radeon IGP 320m w/ 32MB Shared ram Laptop LCD @ 1024 x 768 Hitachi 5400rpm 80GB HDD Windows XP Home SP2 Desktop ~~~~~ AMD Opteron 146 @ 2.80GHz (10x280MHz) + Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU Cooler OCZ Gold 2x512MB PC3200 2-2-2-7 1T @ 233MHz 5/6 divider DFI Lanparty-uT nF4 Ultra-D 256MB X800GTO@12p PCI-E Flash modded to X800XT@16p 540/560 + ATI Silencer 5 VGA Cooler Dell 2001 FP @ 1600 x 1200 x 32bit @ 60Hz Thermaltake Sviking Chassis + Antec Smartpower 500W 250GB Hitachi T7K500 SATA300 + 320GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA300 + 200GB Maxtor IDE NEC ND-3240A DVD Burner WIndows XP Pro SP2 + Mac OSX 10.4.7 JaS install (99% working) Last edited by alexl55; Mar 30, 2006 at 01:14 PM.

Mar 29, 2006, 02:34 AM	#3
bidz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	I have the same problem with my Mobility X1600, this is especially visible in WoW, but also in NFS: Most Wanted and Oblivion. I have tried many different drivers, and still have the problem. Thread i made about it: Problems with Mobility Radeon X1600 256MB

Mar 30, 2006, 01:03 PM	#6
bidz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	This is apparently a bug in also the newest drivers from ATI. Some people at the WoW forums have apparently got the graphical bugs fixed by using Omega drivers. Read from post 7 in this thread, there is alot about it, people having lockup problems and graphical bug problems (black spots, flickering textures, etc): http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...9142&p=1&tmp=1