i know ive had this same problem before but with a different PC game, but i dont remember what i did to fix it.

Basically, my problem is, once i get to the main menu of AC3, i start seeing these randomly moving beams, going in all different directions

Heres a screenshot of what I'm talking about

http://www.flickr.com/photos/55998247@N04/8433393687/in/photostream

I have a nvidia graphics card, and ive played all the other AC games on this laptop with a problem like this. I've checked for updates for it too, but nope.

anybody know how to fix this?

That to me seems like artifacting which tends to mean the graphics card is dying but it could be for some other weird reason such as driver conflicts but if i had to picks i'd say graphics card is on its way out.

i hope its not my graphics card :0 i just got this laptop for christmas, and plus when it happened to me before it was on a different computer.