Viewsonic 3ms tft 19inch on xfx 6800gt agp

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Hey guys just spent another £400 on my pc from overclockers :p and got new razor 1600dpi mouse , fans, zalman headset, more ram and finally a 19inch viewsonic (Viewsonic VX924 19" LCD Monitor (MO-040-VS) )

After setting it all up and removing my old existing 17inch tfts (flatrons LG) i used DVI cable supplied and for the first time my rig had DVI yay!

However over the last few days i have noticed the odd flicker in a horizontal line randomly appear for tiny second and disappear, like magnetism effect. i dont understand because my 6800gt is working fine and nothing was changed on it between changing monitors, so i cant see what could cause it? maybe the monitor needs wearing in? the dazzle of pixels (very small thin lines) only show up every now and again, but to me (and avid gamer) its noticable :(


any ideas? update drivers on 6800gt maybe? i dunno what to do or whether i should just accept it and bear with it

my system stands as following:
3.2ghz P4 prescott, 1mb cache with HT (478)
Gigabyte power pro heatsink 12cm fan !
Asrock P4s61 Mobo (socket 478)
1.5Gb of Corsair RAM pc3200
6800GT AGP 256mb
480watt ATX 2.0 tagan psu
Audigy 2 zs 24bit HD
160Gb IDE seagate 7200rpm Hard drive
Cd /Dvd rewriter combo A-open
Dvd rewriter - A-open
5.1 Eax philips sound system
Viewsonic 19inch dvi TFT 3ms
razor chameleon 1600dpi gaming mouse
Zalman 5.1 surround sound headset
Custom case with neons, led fans, ultra violet cables and 4 80mm fans/1 exhaust fan

DRIVERS for 6800GT = 81.26
 
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i notice it mainly in gaming, where my eye is looking for glitches and enemys lol

however i have seen it in bios and also on desktop too :S
 
ok guys i just got home and tried to play source and the No disguised swearing thing has stopped working now, like when it loads up game it goes black and says "OUT OF RANGE" but the pc is still running and the programs are still going too i think!!?! this is really annoying because i dont spend £400 everyday on pc for this to happen!!!!!

i am gonna unistall all my graphic drivers and then reinstall. ANYBODY got any advice before i go aehad with unistall?! say now
 
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well i have reinstalled new drivers and now getting things like , Battlefield 2 wont start up at all, just nothing happens once it goes into loading up start movies etc. DOOM 3 was put up onto 1280x1024 60 hz and it crashed 2 minutes into it. counter strike suffers from random lock ups...

temperatures are ok and i cant believe that its down to installing two control fans really. i am stumped to whats going on, and rather annoyed that i cannot play games now, other than counter strike with chance of crash.
 
right, i have tried V sync on and off (no difference) I am using rivatuner (latest)

Monitor wont change to any other of the supported modes, only 60HZ

i have re installed drivers (no difference)

moved my speakers incase of interference (no difference)

HOWEVER, i changed to analog connection with an old cable.... no flicker!!!

so its the DVI output/input that is causing this? can the people who posted with problems please tell me if same if for you, analog = no flicker, DVI = flicker?

however i am now getting random crashes in games, and my resolution doesnt wanna change from 1280 x 1024 60hz, when i open bf 2 it closes down immediatly and changes resolution to 640x480 and if i get it to work, it doesnt draw any floor textures, just invisible floor!!!!!

i am totally annoyed now
 
so what is the verdict guys? i havnt returned anything through overclockers before because they are so good :) is this a case for returning? or getting refund as i am not happy with the product because i cannot use DVi (the whole point of getting it...upgrade..) what else are my options, i am fed up with it and dont wanna run out of time for return so need help with suggestions..
 
yeh i have, unfortuntly no floor is visable, so what are my chances, my monitor is still within 30 days, my 6800gt i bought a while back in the summer, havnt overclocked, and its the dual dvi version, what do i do!!!?!
 
same, buts its weird how its only goes glitchy on DVI, my pc is suffereing from random stuff now... like one of my variable speed fans stay same speed (lowest) i cant explain how many time source crashes and what on but somtimes its a case of things not opening, like the program just ceases to exist as if i never double clicked icon..
 
after deleting and reinstalling drivers, the quirks have got better, like battlefield 2 now works :P but see the odd flicker every so often (when i concentrate) other than that i think i am sorted with this..for now..
 
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