Weird FarCry graphics problem

[tdean]

sometimes when im playing, the entire screen becomes unreadable with crazy colors, blurred walls and big triangular shapes. if i shut down and restart, its fine. just sucks when you're 10 ft from a save point and it happens. i have an ATI 9800 pro. (oh, and i dont do drugs)

Itchy and Scratchy #1325,Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone; strikes the same rib twice but clearly 2 different notes sound. are we to believe that this is some sort of magic xylophone?

 

[BigMac]

Which Catalyst version are you using?

There was a known issue with Cat4.3, and their problem database says that it's solved in Catalyst4.4. However the description of the problem is different than what you describe.

Here is the <A HREF="http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/4465.html" target="_new">problem description</A> of the known issue in Catalyst4.3.


BigMac

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[tdean]

damn, mine were 3.8. i updated to 4.4 and i'll let you know!!! thanks!!

Itchy and Scratchy #1325,Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone; strikes the same rib twice but clearly 2 different notes sound. are we to believe that this is some sort of magic xylophone?

 

[Titanion]

Slow the ram or gpu down on your overclocked video card... that was my problem and my solution... if you are not overclocking, ya, try the other drivers...

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Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.</b></font color=red>
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[Titanion]

BTW, I went from 3.7 to 4.3 last night because I read 4.3 worked well with NWN, but now FarCry is, indeed, messed up... I want to bed before trying to get rid of the distortion by changing settings... but if it is a 4.3 problem, that is good to know...

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210x12.5 1.8V
1GB XMS PC3200
9500np modded to 9700np</b></font color=red><font color=green><b>
NF7-S/Unlocked Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76V
512MB XMS PC2700
Ti4200

 

[tombance]

I had this problem on my overclocked Geforce 4 Ti4200. Even when every other game was stable at 300/600 On FarCry I would get those graphical errors after about 30 minutes of playing. In the end I put the card back down to default speeds and it worked fine.

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[arkus]

I had the *exact* same problem with my first R9700Pro in any 3D game (<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=381844#381844" target="_new">thread</A>). Hercules RMAd the card and the replacement is fine - most likely thought for the cause from the posters here at Tom's was long term heat damage. Of course, if you're o/c then try it at default first.

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[PhiLoc]

I'm having a similar problem. Also, at the same time the screen freaks out, I hear high pitched, garbled sounds. I had the 4.5's installed, but after several occurrences of the above I switched back to the 4.3's. I guess I'll try the 3.9's again for the hell of it. I never had a problem on my nForce 2 machine. Any ideas would be appreciated.

specs.
Athlon 64 2800+
MSI K8T Neo FIS2R
Radeon 9800 AIW Pro
2x 512 Corsair XMS 3200LL
2x Hitachi 7K250 80gb as RAID 1
Audigy 2
etc.

 

[Titanion]

My problems were with the Demo... so far with the complete game, I have had no problems... I am using 4.4

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.824v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200

 

[mrmonsoon]

I have a 5900 and when I oc'd it did the same thing. When I went to stock timing, everything was ok.

 

[Titanion]

Well, I am overclocking this card at 352/306 and no distortion so far... I think I was getting some at 360/308.25...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.824v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np@9700np</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200