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<blockquote data-quote="justinteract" data-source="post: 256599" data-attributes="member: 59831">Hi guys,I think the source of the flickering problem is that the graphic card runs out of resources. I cant comment on nvidia, but with ATI cards since 7.11 ATI has done a great job using the cards ressources (UVD, shaders) in a way that you easily hit the limits, mainly on the 2x00 series. For example with drivers 7.10 and below I was able to play Blu-ray without reg tweaks (see AVS forum) with a CPU load of 10% on my HD2400pro. Now with the newer drivers the CPU maxes out AND the GPU is at its limits (thanks ATI, great job).The flickering problem that you see in MP is related to the load of the GPU (not the one shown by ATI tool monitoring). You can verify this using Cyberlink PDVD7 codec playing h.264 content (especially 720p content). Cyberlink uses already lots of resources from the CC (UVD). When you turn HW deinterlacing on (done with the shadres) you see all MP GUI elements flickering. When you turn it off, all flickering is gone.Time to upgrade to the 3x00 series <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> (just wondering if they do this on purpose or if its their incompetent out-source cheaply paid developers)justinteractive</blockquote>

[QUOTE="justinteract, post: 256599, member: 59831"] Hi guys, I think the source of the flickering problem is that the graphic card runs out of resources. I cant comment on nvidia, but with ATI cards since 7.11 ATI has done a great job using the cards ressources (UVD, shaders) in a way that you easily hit the limits, mainly on the 2x00 series. For example with drivers 7.10 and below I was able to play Blu-ray without reg tweaks (see AVS forum) with a CPU load of 10% on my HD2400pro. Now with the newer drivers the CPU maxes out AND the GPU is at its limits (thanks ATI, great job). The flickering problem that you see in MP is related to the load of the GPU (not the one shown by ATI tool monitoring). You can verify this using Cyberlink PDVD7 codec playing h.264 content (especially 720p content). Cyberlink uses already lots of resources from the CC (UVD). When you turn HW deinterlacing on (done with the shadres) you see all MP GUI elements flickering. When you turn it off, all flickering is gone. Time to upgrade to the 3x00 series :growl: (just wondering if they do this on purpose or if its their incompetent out-source cheaply paid developers) justinteractive [/QUOTE]

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