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    Dark colors

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by guvamysigt, May 5, 2008.

  1. guvamysigt

    guvamysigt Newbie

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    http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cod4ry4.jpg

    This is a picture from cod4. Basically every dark color is completely black! How do i fix this? I have the same problem with Work In Conflict as well.

    Dell vostro 1500
    Gf8600m with 156.69 drivers from Windows update.


    Thanks!
     
    guvamysigt, May 5, 2008
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  2. shawnhao

    shawnhao Notebook Consultant

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    Oh...that's shadow mapping not being displayed correctly. Happens when you have shadow enabled but the lighting (HDR? I don't remember) is not able to "catch up" with the shadows, as you can see from the fact that most of the enviroments are "shadowless"...

    Try to turn down the shadow quality in CoD4 and see if it helps, if it doesn't, then try to get the newst driver for your GPU, that usually solves the problem with artifacts....
     
    shawnhao, May 6, 2008
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  3. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Looks mostly like a driver issue. Just get a new one from laptopvideo2go.com
     
    eleron911, May 6, 2008
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    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah... just try a different driver. :)
     
    Prasad, May 6, 2008
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    guvamysigt Newbie

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    No, still the same problem. Tried to turn off shadows and switching to the 174.74 drivers. I have no idea what to do about this :mad:
     
    guvamysigt, May 6, 2008
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    guvamysigt Newbie

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    Anybody? There's gotta be something to do about the shadows
     
    guvamysigt, May 8, 2008
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    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    You can try upping the brightness and lowering the contrast through the Nvidia Control Panel.
     
    XPS1330, May 8, 2008
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    guvamysigt Newbie

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    No that didn't do it either :(
     
    guvamysigt, May 8, 2008
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