4870 grapic glitches in FSX

[motoadve]

After about 15 minutes of playing I get this artifacts
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1242853962/0

Any ideas?
The card is not overclocked

System

Intel i7 920
Gigabyte EX58 UD4P
OZC DD3 4 gig Ram
Catalyc version 09.1

 

[RazberyBandit]

Sounds as though either the card is going bad or the drivers don't support the title properly.

Have you tried updating to Catalyst 9.3 or 9.4 and playing? I'd start there. I'd also monitor the card's temperature. You can use HWMonitor from CPUID.com to do so. If you get the same problems while using the new drivers, I'd contact the card maker and see what they have to say about it. If you notice the card's temperatures exceeding 80C while playing, that could be the issue right there. You can try speeding up the fan to cool it using RivaTuner or SpeedFan, but that may not be an actual solution. It could instead be much more like a patch or band-aid on a far deeper wound - a defective or failing video card, which may have a defective cooling solution installed upon it.

You may also consider making sure the card is dust-free by blowing it out with some canned air.

 

[EXT64]

All of the above plus maybe reinstalling the game and/or windows. Also, be sure to be running DX9 mode if not already.

 

[motoadve]

The whole PC is new and the temperature is 54C when playing which is cool.
Will try new drivers.

 

[mrbobc]

is this the only game this happens in?

try reseating the card, also you may have installed the game on an unstable overclocked cpu or you have an unstable oc now.

 

[rags_20]

Try Catalyst 9.4/9.5

 

[motoadve]

Direct X is 9.0C
Is this the latest ?

Temps are even lower now that I open the case 45 C
Might try 9.4 or 9.3 drivers

 

[rags_20]

DX9 means you're using XP right?

 

[motoadve]

Yes Im using XP