Crysis 2 Multi GPU support causes insane flickering. : Crysis

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:56 pm

dual GTX 480 with no prblems

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:55 am

dual GTX 480 with no prblems

I wonder why it's so hit and miss. I tried with 3 way as well as 2 way SLI of my 480's and 2 way just made the flickering even worse and full-screen.

1.2 better address this issue.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:37 am

u can turn off crosfire or multi gpu mod via ure software for ure graffix card or u can simply runn the game in windowed mode it works for me over 3 screens so its just great.
also heard that by reenaming the *.exe file to shift2.exe it also workes ...

Good luck

We're not looking to run the freaking game in windowed mode at 1/2 the FPS or turning off our GPU's.
That's not a fix and if you can play games at 1/2 the FPS in a window and be happy then good for you, but some of us are a bit less tolerant of mediocrity.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:28 am

nVidia have released beta 270.51 drivers.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-64bit-270.51-beta-driver-uk.html

Will see if these help...

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:39 am

nVidia have released beta 270.51 drivers.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-64bit-270.51-beta-driver-uk.html

Will see if these help...

Just tried those. Didn't change any thing for me. Still flickering and broken motion blur if I enable SLI.

Though they really helped a few other games run very very well now with 3d vision and 3-way SLI.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:39 am

and where is the new driver of ATI?

grrr

i won't play until solve this issue.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:14 am

and where is the new driver of ATI?

grrr

i won't play until solve this issue.
ATI released driver 11.3 yesterday but that's not a fix

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:56 am

and where is the new driver of ATI?

grrr

i won't play until solve this issue.
ATI released driver 11.3 yesterday but that's not a fix

They said they will have an update for CAP4 today, we will see...

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:32 pm

still waiting for that CAP

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:10 am

nVidia have released beta 270.51 drivers.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-64bit-270.51-beta-driver-uk.html

Will see if these help...

My PC doesn't recognise the file. It's says 'unknown file' for some reason. There is no Nvidia icon either for the executable...Strange.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:01 pm

nVidia have released beta 270.51 drivers.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7-winvista-64bit-270.51-beta-driver-uk.html

Will see if these help...

My PC doesn't recognise the file. It's says 'unknown file' for some reason. There is no Nvidia icon either for the executable...Strange.

Sounds like your DL got corrupted.

THe new driver doesn't fix it anyhow

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:12 am

Confirmed from me too that the new nvidia driver does not stop the flickering with Geforce 280m GTX in SLI

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:13 am

SO basically we need crytek to fix whatever it is they broke accidentally with the 1.1 patch.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:31 pm

Fix for ATI steam users haven,t tried it out but here you go anyways. http://www.rage3d.com/index.php?cat=75#newsid33975741

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:36 am

Just did it a quick run with the new CAP, works for me

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:17 pm

dual GTX 480 with no prblems

I wonder why it's so hit and miss. I tried with 3 way as well as 2 way SLI of my 480's and 2 way just made the flickering even worse and full-screen.

1.2 better address this issue.

dont know. do you have the most current drivers?

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:02 pm

Just did it a quick run with the new CAP, works for me

what kinda drivers are you using? 11.2 or 11.3? whith that CAP4.

i am trying 11.4 drivers (beta) with CAP4 and this doesnt work for me

(

I got 4870x2 card.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 5:00 pm

I googled this problem last night (as I have 2x ati 5770 X-fired) and the flicker from the tables, windows etc was insane, I checked to see if there was anything I could've either done wrong or alter (in the settings) but nothing,

This was what I found (via Google) from:-
http://tehparadox.com/forum/f18/crysis-2-crossfire-flickering-*fix*-1813331/

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Crysis 2 crossfire flickering *FIX*

No sure how many people have been having the same problem as me with serious amounts of flickering in game when using multiple GPU's but if you are having this problem here's a simple fix!

Updated 3/29/2011 WORKING BEST FIX!!!
NEW FIX using the Crysis2 profile
Originally Posted by McDo (via guru3d.com)

"This may be the answer to flickering and fps issues. I am running 2x6950's and had to disable crossfire to get rid of flickering. Tried replacing crysis2.exe with rift.exe and bioshock.exe and got crossfire to run but at 50fps! Seems the problem may not be with ATI or Nvidia drivers but with the Crysis 2 ver 1.1 auto update. Open Crysis 2 root file, open backup folder copy Crysis2.exe.bak and rename as Crysis2.exe. Open Bin32 folder (if you are using 64bit OS) and Replace Crysis2.exe file with the one you have just renamed from the backup folder. Seems it works perfectly - running at 90fps no flickering!! Hope it helps you all"
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Single player game now seems OK to me, (no flicker at all), so until the official FIX comes out, this will do for me...

Good Luck & Hope it works for you.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 1:40 am

Fix for ATI steam users haven,t tried it out but here you go anyways. http://www.rage3d.com/index.php?cat=75#newsid33975741

Just tried this and still have the flickering, using the Steam version with a 5970 and the latest 11.3 drivers. Maybe it was a fluke but when i updated to 11.3 the first time i just installed over 11.2 and did a reboot, then other games that never flickered before started to have the same problem. Final Fantasy XIV, Bulletstorm, and Dead Space 2 are the only ones a tried, so i did a fresh install of 11.3 after uninstalling and sweeping and the other games stopped flickering. I don't know what to think anymore, maybe this is a problem on both Crytek and ATI's side. On a side note the steam overlay while fullscreen in game flickers as well, almost like a strobe type effect.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 4:31 pm

I've tried every driver since dirt and all the beta ones.

It's not a driver issue. It's the game.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:41 am

Just installed CAP 11.3 from Rage3D . Didn't help. Still horrible flickering. My setup 5770 CF.
Did this work for anyone ?

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:38 am

I'm running the 11.4 preview drivers, just installed the 11.3 CAP that was released today, and I'm still getting flickering. 4870X2 here.

Clearly, we need a patch from Crytek.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:53 am

Same here 11.4 preview drivers, 11.3 CAP update made no difference for me. Still insane amounts of flickering, to the point is unplayable :-(

* Running ATI 5970

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:53 am

March 23 Catalyst 11.4 Previews + 11.3 CAPs + with and without renaming to Fear.exe like CatalystCreator said to do via Twitter, and the result?

without renaming: Still flickering
with renaming to Fear.exe: Large dark blobs all over my screen. WORSE than the flickering!

WTF!!! Someone needs to get fired, for real.

» Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:28 am

If I still can't play my game within 2 weeks of release I'm gonna be one pissed off gamer. I'm not sure if steam can do it, as I've never tried, but there better be a provision for refunds in the case of completely unplayable games.