My ATI settings are pretty default, no ATI Overdrive or overclocking of anything. I have messed with the vertical sync a little bit, both on the ATI Catalyst Control Center and on the Starcraft options itself, the one on the Control Center doesn't seem to have much of an affect, however the Starcraft vsync option reduces the flickering, however I would prefer not to have this option enabled, and it still flickered/froze eventually. I have also installed the most recent ATI driver, and that hasn't solved it. After googling for a bit, there was a suggestion about having too many things on one outlet, this may be the case for me and as of last night I recently added a small fan to the outlet to help cool the room, but once I thought of this I turned it off and the problem is still here, but I'm not sure if it needs to be unplugged. Hardware wise, everything's still the same. Software wise, nothing has changed since before this problem (yesterday). I assume this is a video card problem also because since I have two monitors, if it was a monitor issue I imagine that only the faulty monitor would be flickering, instead of both. I checked the temperatures of both my video card and processor and they're both around 60 degrees celcius. When I close SC2 the problem goes away, I assumed this was an overheating issue, but that's not the case. Processor: Intel i5-750 quad core 2.66ghz Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (Driver Date: ) However, applying some silicon paste has resolved this relatively recent issue.

I assume that this is a video card related issue because when my video card was overheating, it had similar symptoms. I have a borrowed one right now 'til I get the radeon ATI.As of today (this has never been a problem before), after I have Starcraft 2 open, both of my monitors will start to flicker and eventually leads to non stop flickering until vertical/horizontal bars come out and the audio/video both crash, leaving me to restart (the os/hardware seems to be still responsive/on however). My old video card fried when the tech that installed it forgot the screw and I bumped the monitor cable and it fell out to bottom of CPU and fried!! The monitor I'm using now is Sooooo OLD, it's 12-13', MegaIMAGE my foot! I'm running a Taxan 17' and an NEC MultiSync LCD on this box - both of which have been good to me. sooo, it will break eventually, and that eventually will probably be 1 day after your warranty expires. Remember, however, that all electrical equipment has built in obsolescence. the old saying of 'you get what you pay for' holds true.

What have you currently got in the computer? If you're not going to be gaming, I would imagine that the card you have at the moment is adequate.Īs far as monitors go.

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