IL2 and ATI 4870
 

This is what i see:

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...Nero/Italy.jpg

Someone can help me please.

THX 4S_Nero

Turn off S3TC texture compression in the IL2 setup video option. Set it to off to eliminate this problem.

If it ain't that, try setting Catalyst A.I. to Standard

THX guys problem solved :grin:

4S Nero,

I'm thinking of picking up this card...how are you finding it so far (and at what settings)? What's the IQ like? FPS?

Any info you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Hedge

What fixed the problem?

Probably Catalist AI.. with last few releases of drivers AI caused nothing but problems on my 3870X2... And not only in IL2. Question to original poster, what OS are you using? XP or Vista?

Hi Hedge,

I upgraded from an 8800GTX to an HD 4870 recently. In IL2 the only problem I have is the one Nero showed. It is fixable by turning texture compression to none but at the cost of some pauses as textures load after the map has finished loading. Overall the experience in IL2 is extremelly fluid and none of the higher GPUs from the past two years have FPS problems in IL2. I have reported this issue to ATI/AMD but don't expect anything done about it (after all it isn't the latest POS FPS).

In other games/sims the HD 4870 totally outperforms the 8800GTX. Armed Assault has more details enabled and is smoother/faster to boot. FSX allows for higher settings on the water for no FPS hit. In short I can enable more AA/AF with more details set in games for better FPS.

All in all the 4870 is a great card and that means better choice for us gamers/simmers. While the GT260 and GT280 are also great cards I would never recommend them because of what Nvidia did. The fact that NVidia where happy to massivley overprice theses cards because they assumed ATI/AMD were not going to be in the running tells how much they appreciate us (ie fleece the fools). Here in the UK the GT280 was released for £480 including delivery, that is pure and simple daylight robbery! They would still be that price if Nvidia still had the monopoly on high performance GPUs.

Hi all.
I upgraded from an Ati 1950pro 512 to an HD 4870 and this card is great. Is a little bit hot but with new AtiTryTool the problem can be solved easaly. The FPS are always very good with the exception of a low fly over Berlin, now i'm testing and seems the new map of 4.09 runs better then older map. The driver are not optimised and probably need to wait next release. To ICDP: where i can disable Texture Compression?

This is my settings
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...Nero/SetUp.jpg

My PC:
Win XP
Processore: QuadCore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 3000 MHz (9 x 333)
Scheda madre: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R
Scheda Video: ATI Radeon 4870 Sapphire 512 Mb
Alimentatore: LC Power Hyperon 700W v2.2
Dissipatore: ARCTIC COOLING FREEZER 7 PRO
Monitor: Iiyama ProLite E2003WS
Memorie:2xTeam Group Team-Elite-800 (2Gb)

My OpenGL conf:
[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=3
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=1
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=2
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=2
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

Tellme if you think there's something wrong in my conf.

THX 4S_Nero:grin:

Thx to Crazyivan 1970. Disabled Ctalyst a.i. and problem with texture is solved.

Now another prob this time with shadows:

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/n...Ju88shadow.jpg

You can see shadow lines