Flashing Objects in Q3 Engine Games in Win7

[Zathu]

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with Boot Camp 3.0 on a MacBook Pro 2.8GHz with the GeForce 8600M GT 512MB graphics card. When I run games such as Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, I have consistent flashing of the objects rendered by the game (UI and 3D). Anyone have a fix?

 

[Infrared]

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit with Boot Camp 3.0 on a MacBook Pro 2.8GHz with the GeForce 8600M GT 512MB graphics card. When I run games such as Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, I have consistent flashing of the objects rendered by the game (UI and 3D). Anyone have a fix?

The usual cause of such symptoms is a graphics driver problem.
I would suggest trying a different graphics driver for your card.

 

[Zathu]

On that thought, I tried going to Nvidia's website and downloading the latest driver for the 9600M. I downloaded 186.81_notebook_win7_winvista_64bit_international_whql.exe, which claims it isn't compatible with the system.

I was guessing that Apple has done something to disallow graphics driver updates outside of Apple Software Update.

 

[Zathu]

Problem solved! Needed to install 186.82 drivers but that required a modified INF found here:

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/24999-v18682-windows-7vista-64bit-nvidia/