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    Far Cry II - Graphic Glitch (White Beam)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sepharite, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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  2. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    That first one looks creepy...
     
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Those look like artifacts. Check your temperatures/vents(NBR cooling central) and try updated drivers(trial and error). If you are overclocking your GPU, undo those changes and also ATItool(works for NV cards) can check for artifacts.
     
    Kdawgca, Oct 23, 2008
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  4. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    You can try driver versions 177.92, 177.98, 178.15 or 179.13. I haven't tried the 180.xx drivers yet myself but all the ones I listed have worked well for me, despite the similar generation but different GPU difference between us.
     
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    That gleam happened to me before but not in that game. [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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    I'm hearing mixed reviews about the 180.42 drivers. I suppose I should just test them for myself.
     
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    I tried one of the 180.XX drivers, but they had less overclocking tolerance than the 177.92 drivers, so I went back to 177.92.
     
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    Sweet. I installed that and it works perfectly now. I'm even getting Med-High settings with 2x. It looks AMAZING. Thanks all.
     
    Sepharite, Oct 23, 2008
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  10. vinceboiii

    vinceboiii Animals are friends, not food.

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    are you guys running vista or xp pro?

    *EDIT*
    im using 177.98

    trying to play crysis and bioshock and i get 15-20 fps average

    does that sound about right or i could get more?

    no OCing, imma install 180.42 and see if i get more fps

    res: 1280 x 800
    settings: med
    aa: off
     
    vinceboiii, Oct 23, 2008
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