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Ok, so i got this computer a week ago. fantastic. btw, i have the g53sx-a1. got it from amazon, and was happy installed black ops and all my other steam games and played them all on high settings. never have i owned a computer that can do that.
now last thursday i was curious to see how this beast of a machine could handle GTA IV. so got it installed, and ran it. now something weird started to happen, suddenly all the objects in the game flicker, like let's say i'm in the car, and there is a mailbox on the road next to me and a building across the street, the mail box would flash black and then goes back, and one of the building does that too, and it's a non stop cycle, it just does it with everything. i was stumped. so i exited out of gta, and went back into black ops. suddenly my black ops is doing the same thing. objects flicker in and out.

now i have been browsing around. i cant really google this problem, because it comes up with searches that are not relevant to mine.

what i have done.
1) made sure all my video card drivers were up to date....still the same
2) Reinstalled windows and upgraded my drivers....still the same
3) upgraded my nvidia driver to the beta 285.69....still the same

please help, i have no idea what to do anymore. i tried calling asus, but they just told me to go where i got it and get a new one, and then amazon is telling me they don't carry this model anymore, because there is a newer one....

A thousand thanks to anyone who helps!!!! :D:D:D
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ok, so after a couple weeks of not being able to figure out this problem, i am gonna send it back to amazon. sad part is it's not in stock anymore, and if i want to get this computer again i have to go for the model up, that comes with an updated processor, for an extra $300..... so might have to wait on that one. thank you guys for all your help, and if i get another ASUS G series i will def come back here.

Zabuza wrote:
ok, so after a couple weeks of not being able to figure out this problem, i am gonna send it back to amazon. sad part is it's not in stock anymore, and if i want to get this computer again i have to go for the model up, that comes with an updated processor, for an extra $300..... so might have to wait on that one. thank you guys for all your help, and if i get another ASUS G series i will def come back here.

If that one was just "troubled," probably best to send it back and start over. But don't be so sure you can't get your A1 model again....Amazon's availability of the various configurations comes and goes frequently, so I'd be surprised if it doesn't show up again, at an even better price than you originally paid. If you'd really like to try another one like that, just keep checking.

JRd1st
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Sorry to see you go and sorry your RoG experience wasn't great.. 🙂
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