HP laptop, Graphical Problem

I get strange graphical tearing and or lines when playing certain games, and they were running fine about 2-3 weeks ago

Hello Libagale,
I have read your post on how your notebook is displaying strange graphical tearing, lines appearing during gameplay, and I would be happy to assist you in this endeavor!
Since you mentioned that your system was able to run games just fine 2-3 weeks ago, I recommend following this document on Using Microsoft System Restore (Windows 8). This should help return your system back 3 weeks ago to when it was able to run the games successfully.
For more assistance, I will need to know:
The Product and Model Number of your notebook computer.
The version of Windows you have installed on your computer.
If your computer has completed all of its important Windows Updates.
If you have updated your HP drivers using the HP Support Assistant.
What games are you running when this incident occurs?
If this happens when viewing videos off of YouTube or Windows Media Player.
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, as well as the requested information above. I look forward to your reply!
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X230T - Major Windows 8 Graphics Problems

Hi all,
I own a X230 Tablet with the Intel HD4000 running Windows 8 Release Preview. I know it's still a beta but I was just wondering if anyone else has run into major graphics problems on Windows 8 Release Preview. I'm currently using the most up to date W8 64 bit Drivers from intel.
There is a huge amount of clipping, flickering and white backgrounds being shown as black. The apps I've noticed this in are OneNote MX (whenever pen input done), Windows Reader (All PDF white backgrounds are shown as black) and Internet Explorer 10 Metro (Tab previews have black bacgrounds). This is strange to me, though I've found at least one other X230T owner with identical problems.
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welcome to the community.
how do the intel beta drivers you're running compare to the beta lenovo drivers available in the matrix here:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=HT072084
actual video driver here:
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?&DocID=DS030728
posted 2 days ago.
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X220:Graphics problem with full screen videos

I have got my X220 laptop last month. I am facing problem while playing youtube videos full sceen.
videos can be seen best with smaller window but there is major graphics problem with full screen.
Can someone help on this?
I am using Windows 7 Enterprise edition.
Thanks

what do you mean by major graphics problem, please elaborate.
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Need help regarding graphics problem,!!!

Hi,
                I’m a Customer of your prestigious Organization, recently I bought a HP Laptop MODEL-15 D-103TX , everything is fine with my Laptop and Feeling proud to use this HP product , But I’m facing strange problem that my Laptop Graphics are running smooth when I connect to my AC power Charger , but as soon as I Disconnect the Power Cord , I lose the Graphics performance as I was getting it when I was connected to Power, and it makes me feel Very annoyed that HP product can give such a silly but headache problem,
                                I had even downloaded the HP drivers from the Official HP Website and Installed them Correctly as per the STEPS given in your Website, and even tried by Configuring the POWER PLAN to MAXIMUM performance, and even Calibrated the Battery according to the HP SUPPORT ASSISTANCE and it shows that Battery status is OK, but too I’m facing the same problem,
                I hope you respond to my mail ID as soon as possible, and help me to solve this problem and maintain the SERVICE STATUS and PRIDE of HEWLET-PACKARD, Please Don’t make me upset, and don’t make me to take any further sever Actions.
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Hi @Tajuddin_Hongal ,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I would like to take a moment and thank you for using the forum, it is a great place to find answers. For you to have the best experience in the HP forum, I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
I understand that while connected to AC power your performance is good, but once you disconnect and run on battery the performance drops.
You have updated the driver and checked the power plan.
Your system has switchable graphics.   HP 15-d103tx Product Specifications. Your processor has an integrated Intel 4600 and you have NVIDIA GeForce 820M (2 GB DDR3 dedicated).
When you are connected to AC it uses the high end to deliver the best performance, when you switch to battery, to save power, it switches to the lower end. You should be able to configure the graphics in the Catalyst Control Center to change this behaviour. Here is a link to assist you with that endeavor.
Switchable Graphics on Notebooks Configured with Intel and ATI GPUs
If you are still having an issue, I suggest contacting HP support for further assistance.
Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region Technical Support Sitemap .
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Graphic problems in OSX with following Crash

Hello
got my MacBook for one week and experience repeating very frustrating crashes with the same pattern.
After working for several hours with the Book the shadow of several Applications start beeing not rendered properly as semi-transparent gradient anymore but instead as opaque stripes (see picture below). In the following hour more and more Applications start behaving like that.
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Seems this is a widespread problem so I close this thread in favour of the existing one, accessible at:
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Colourful squares graphics problem

Hey folks,
I've got a recurring graphics problem where on certain applications green and purple squares/lines begin to hover and flicker on the screen. Also, graphics on games such as Civilization IV are distorted, and also exhibit said squares. I've seen this happen on PhotoBooth, Coverflow, Safari, and image heavy pdfs on Preview. I've never seen them playing movies or Photoshop.
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Dear all,
I bougt a T410 laptop two month ago. But there is always a graphics problem. When I use it to watch video (720P) or play games (DOTA), the video always lags, and is not fluency. I have set the lowest resolution (about 600, color is 16) when I play games. I also updated the drivers for BIOS and graphics. I even restored the system, and then updated drivers. These did not work.
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Hello firstcl,
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Graphics problem with mbp late 2008,nvidia geforce 8600m gt.any help?

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Reinstalling Mac OS X
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