oh noo i didnt mean it was the issue,
was just something to test
sometimes people run all sorts of widgets n such and yes this seems like an odd gfx issue,
but I haveeee seen it before,
normally with dying video cards, incompatible os's in terms of dx (really old games use REALLY old dx) some of those still run on win7 even without emulators or compatibility some.. dont
I have indeed seen this issue, and even something like task manager running in the background even minimiszed can cause flickers and gfx issues in some games,
just curious what is your desktop resolution, and what is your windowed res?
if i play with 2x filter the window is so small, its not playable, as i run high res in windows,
4x filter makes the window much larger (thats 4x neighbor filter)
I had more thoughts in terms of what might be the issue or solve it, like seeing if say raptr is running
or gfx or any acceleration aps or such, even active scanning on hds can conflict with gfx at the moment
to me though my first step would be to do a clean DRIVER install, not just uninstall the driver but read up on how to do clean driver installs ( and watch out.. there are aps for nvidia that will remove the chipset drivers also, as they are in the same pack) so dont use that one
"nVidia installer method before you 'drive sweep' method
start install of nVidia [size=100%]
drivers[/size] then select custom install / clean install option. "
thats just without an ap
or I used to use many that dont work on win7 now, but this one does, and its a great program for finding left over files so that one can test drivers properly
[url=http://www.guru3d.com/content-page/guru3d-driver-sweeper.html]http://www.guru3d.com/content-page/guru3d-driver-sweeper.html[/url]
PLEASE note that this app will not work anymore for new os's im just point it out
the link below is the one everyone should use to do a clean gfx install
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.htmlalso, sometimes beta drivers, cause issues or solve them(usually the first one)
annnd in some cases you MUST use old drivers to play games
Psychonaughts is a perfect example of a driver causing huge gfx problems, only fix is to install older drivers of the games ERA
odd but true! textures vanish, issues like posted are seen
check the screenshots by the OP to see what I mean, and the devs at doublefine have indeed said on their forums to install 13.2 for ati to get the game to work
http://steamcommunity.com/app/3830/discussions/0/558747287594985726/eXceed 1 2 and 3 if you have anything open even a folder or txt file, the screen will flicker, when closed it doesnt! pretty odd
and thats a game on par with gfx oldness that ags uses,
but yea for sure this is .. a strange one, and as Bt said, id try to use directdraw, but even then some have so many installers or versions of things that conflict.
(not that its in qfi) but for example games that run with physx (even on ati cards) need the physx drivers installed or the game wont run most of the time, even if you have ati and no physix (I use hybrid physx and there is almost no diff in newer ati visuals)
annyway long post sorry
what I would do as an old tech guru
1. Disable any apps running in background (yes its said a LOT but! true most times ESP raptr)
2. I have to ask what settings the poster is using for QFI and if in windowed or what res monitor is at and what hz vs the games res and filters
3. Disable aero to make sure its just not causing issues
4. Reinstall directx OLD ver not just new!!!
5. if this fails Clean Uninstall video driver
6. Install standard not beta driver
7. Make sure acceleration is turned down if the above steps didnt work
see nvid control or ati cat control for how to do that
8. unplug controllers if you have one in ! odd but these also can cause issues esp if emulating a ps3 controller for example as I do
9. stop reading this its to long, I need a long nap
hope something helps!
let us know here if you are tech savvy enough to try a few options and please anyone let me or the poster know if the options sound unnecessary
PS
example of another though is that I have sooo many versions of
C++ redists from 2005 2008 2010 2012 2013 ( 20 installers total !)
as well as many frameworks
xna 3.0 3.1 4.0 4.0 refresh
physx and physx legacy
sometimes these can help or hinder
I find they help
lol
zz sorry!
trying to help and i get on a geek rant!
bed time