Flickering and poor performance in games, old but solid rig

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > Flickering and poor performance in games, old but solid rig

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

Crossfire won't work with older cards and newer games so at best you're seeing no gains from it, and more likely it's hurting performance. Disable it and try again. If that doesn't help enough, upgrade to a supported videocard.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2016 15:53

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 10:42

Alereon: Feb 6, 2004; Dehumanize yourself and face to Trumpshed; College Slice

You can try uninstalling your drivers, using Display Driver Uninstaller to remove the remnants, then reinstalling the latest beta drivers. Honestly I think your card may just be too old to work with modern games because AMD isn't maintaining drivers for older architectures. nVidia and AMD are currently launching the Geforce 1000 and Radeon 400 series respectively, so you might want to look into getting a decent mid-range card, even if you don't buy an expensive card five generations will give you impressive gains.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2016 18:56

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