HELP*little White dots/squares aka Artifacts

[Ze-Jamz]

This isnt an issue with Overcocking or heat fellas..

i kinow this because:

A) 3DMark11 was the first program i used when installing this card to make sure everything weas working ok and it had these Artifacts then but as everything else worked ok i wasnt concerned

B) I can play Crysis2 on Hardcore GFX settings on a resolution of 1920x1200 with VSync enabled with no problems whatsoever apart from a slight decrease in FPS when there is loads going on

Its damm annoying because like i said before i knew i would come across a game where i would haver to put up with it, it was inevitable just didnt think it would be THIS one!

All other versions of 3DMARK work fine, all other games work fine so im hoping someone else has this card and OS so i can get some feedback..i dont want to return the card and be without one for a few days if i can help it OR do i want to change my OS..

This card is in the list of supported cards so what testing did they do to come to that decission and on what OS's i wonder....

the fact that it only happens on 3d mark11 and this game leads me to believe its not the GPU cuz that just doesnt make sence..its conflicting somewhere along the line so im not sure wether this card should be in the 'supported list' or not :S

[Ze-Jamz]

Lol after firing up thje buggy mess that is ClOD..joystick decided not to work when i went into external view..gota love this game

i had AMD Overdrive runing in the background..standard frequencies with max fan speed and temp was 39C when i checked it and right from the start i have artifacts, they dont get worse as i play so its not heat related im sure of it..

in my other thread someone is running this card but has the 64win7 version and doesnt have any issues, im running 32bitWin7..

just dont get it

[Ennosigaios]

I have those artifacts as well, but only in the rearview mirror. Nowhere else as far as I can tell.

My system:
P7P55D PRO, i7 860, 2x 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600, HD5870, SB X-fi, Win7 64, TM HOTAS Warthog, CH Pro Pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip Pro
Everything on stock clocks...

BTW. AA doesn't seem to work at all, no matter what settings I try in game or in Catalyst

[doghous3]

This is interesting. I can confirm it's at least not a heat problem. All I can do is tell you my situation at that time.

Ati HD5970. Core clock/mem not ramping up for CoD.

There was a thread about using ATI tools to lock the clock/mem. As the standard CCC didn't offer this option for me. I did this, but found it utterly unstable, lock-up, freeze.. had to reboot.

I did get into the game at some point, and soon as I got in the cock-pit I had the small white dot artefacts as described.

I don't know why. The card was forced at stock speeds.

Anyway, a friend told me to check that Flash Player doesn't have "enable hardware accelaration", this in itself for some reason with CoD forced a lower clock speed.

I unchecked this, and disabled the ATI tool option of force clock, and now my clock/mem is as it should be in a 3D app, and no artefacts.

[Ze-Jamz]

what flash payer are you refering too?

and from what i can tell i only hear of ATI cards having these Artifacts..

ive tried clocking/unclocking..forcing DX9 ingame, nothing seems to work..its Pi$$ing me off tbh

[Ze-Jamz]

*UPDATE*

Ok so ive uninstalled everything to do with ATI on my system through registry and driver cleaner and ive installed an older Catalyst driver from Dec2010

now the strange thing is i now have no water but just a green mess which i didnt have before BUT the artifacts have now gone, i do see water clearly in my rear mirror though..

I thought id sorted it but on installing 3DMark11 again and running it i still have the artifacts on that program *shake the head is confusion*

I can bet if i update my GFX drivers now il have water back and the artifacts will return..

il keep you posted

[Ze-Jamz]

New drivers installed (new catalyst) and i still dont have artifacts which is a good thing..having no water though isnt

[kingpinda]

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