Vibrating Video Screen in Game

Is this happen only in the game...or the entire session of Windows starting from boot...are vibrating?

If it is entire session ill sugest you to check your monitor's connector including your power cable through the socket of power supply..maybe in some reason there is a leak (grounded in my terms) of power that causes the current to fluctuate and affect the monitors output. In most cases flactuation is the common source of this problem, so having a surge protector is advisable. Magnetic device such as speakers too close to monitor can also cause to vibrate the monitors output, so make sure monitor is good in place.

Swaping your monitor is a best way to check, so if there is available unit....used it. for checking and you will find your way..

So far..in my experience i did'nt encounter software problems that causes the monitor to vibrate.

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Pinoy_Teknik

I would check the game video options settings in relation to the 3D Effects/Glide and similar settings. Sometimes these settings can cause cinflicts between the video drivers, DirectX and the operating system giving weird graphics.

I've had this problem when the monitor was not adequately shielded from interferences from other devices, like the TV, or the computer itself.

One other time I had this issue when the video card was too close to the power supply.

Try moving the location of the computer and the monitor.

Or try a different refresh rate.

As stated by dpetrk, do you have any other electronic devices near the machine, fans, speakers, radios, ... move them away from the monitor. If it's only happening in the games you may be pushing your system further than it is willing to go betweenthe fsb of the board and the speed of the video card. Turn some of the special affects off and see if it continues.

Sure sounds like a bugger of a problem, the hardware you have is all good quality as is the software. i have heard of no incompatabilities with any of this gear. I take you you have checked the Nvidea website FAQs and support people.

Since the video worked well with everything else, it indicates a problem between the video drivers and the game software. Try reloading the games and see what happens. If they have video testing during the game loading run it.

Shame about it not being the 3D effects settings, the only time I had a problem like this was with Star Trek Elite Force when I set the video resolution too high (1024 x 758) the 3D effects went crazy and gave me overlapped screens, I reloaded with a lower resoultion (800 x 600) for the game play and has been OK since.

When you mention latest DirectX do you mean 9.0?
If so that may be your problem. The Nvida cards mainly the MX series do not run well with the DX version 9.0. The cuttent drivers for the GeForce MX cards are as of yet not compatible with that DirectX version. I've seen this mentioned on a couple of gaming message boards.
Also your CPU is a little on the "lean" side for running these games. If you did not install DX 9.0 then look into the confgs. for your video card. Try by setting the cardto "defaults" in both The card direct 3D and Open GL settings. Set the adapter refresh rate to "adapter defaults.
By the way have you installed th Windows XP service pack 1? If not you should for game play.

Maggot is right. Its the DX 9 drivers almost for certain. Btw, with your card you'll gain NO benefit with DX 9, I'd stick with 8.1 if you are keeping your Geforce 2mX400. Get DX 9 when you get a modern video card.

are these games that you are playing real-time over the internet? if so, what is your connection speed? my son plays these games and he has a g4 card and sometimes with his system (which is the best one in the house) 1 gig processor, i think it may have to do with your internet connection speed. my son is looking forward to the cable modem two way to get finished being built so he an quit getting mad at the thing. never know, it came to mind for some reason... peace good luck

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