Necros20 Posted January 28, 2010 I've been having a glaring issue with my display lately. Usually when I play certain games a weird circle will periodically appear in the center of the screen and sometimes distorts the area around it. This problem began after I upgraded to Windows 7. I upgraded the video card card and tried a different monitor but neither solution worked. Has anyone else here experienced something like this? 0 Share this post Link to post
DooMikE Posted January 29, 2010 Has anyone else here experienced something like this? No. Not me. I have a few qualified(?!) guesses though: 1. It´s the dreaded "artifact". Google it. 2. Your screen or GPU is about to die. 3. You need to go and see an eyedoctor. 4. You´re having a "close encounter of the third kind". 5. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane, 1967. One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small When men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow Go ask Alice I think she'll know When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said; "Keep YOUR HEAD" 6. Nah, it´s one of the above! 0 Share this post Link to post
Necros20 Posted January 29, 2010 1. seems to be the most likely cause since both my monitor and GPU are new. For 3-6 I call bullshit. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kagemaru_H Posted January 29, 2010 7) Whatever drugs you're on 8) You need sleep Also, I had my second IBM ThinkPad break from faulty GPU. Seriously, I'm sure it wasn't a virus or anything, when I tried to play a fullscreen game it would have these weird lines - even at startup, and sometimes it would take five minutes just to boot (turning it on/off until the right screen came up). Glad I'm over with those worries. 0 Share this post Link to post
Macro11_1 Posted January 29, 2010 Why does this sound like a fish eye effect to me? Perhaps you have your games on with an increased Field of View[FOV]? Maybe it is some setting in your graphics driver that is causing it? 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted January 29, 2010 You don't have any "magnifying glass" utilities activated now, do you? The shape, position and effect sure sound similar, by the way you described them. I hope you didn't deliberately forget to add an "Oh BTW, I'm using on-screen reading aids". 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted January 29, 2010 In Windows 7, the combinationWindows key and = apparently starts the Magnifier accessibility tool. Or, it may already be running; check your list of startup programs. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7desktop/thread/409861dd-c0c5-4d64-aaec-fb42f23647b7: Give this a try: Click on the Start button All Programs Accessories Ease of Access Center Then click on 'Make the computer easier to use' near the bottom. Then unchecked 'Turn On Magnifier'. Hit OK and you're done. 0 Share this post Link to post
Necros20 Posted January 29, 2010 Tried your suggestion Bloodshedder, but that damn circle still appears. May I also add that the link you posted is broken. 0 Share this post Link to post
Planky Posted January 29, 2010 Take the colon off the end of the URL and it works. Does said circle show up in screenshots? 0 Share this post Link to post
Necros20 Posted January 30, 2010 I'm starting to think it has something to so with my keyboard because it tends to happen whenever I press a key. 0 Share this post Link to post