April 27, 2011(!!!) - Beta Patch #2 - It's old thread

[IvanK]

The blocky textures thing. The devs are aware of it and the cause and it is being addressed.

[Wolf_Rider]

"Video card over utilised and thrashing is occuring"

[Blackdog_kt]

Thanks for the continued efforts. Since we don't have a live patch on Steam yet, i assume they are further tweaking things.

Would it be possible to have some clarification on the issue of Ati cards staying at low clock speeds? This has been improved for me with the last beta patch as it went from "desktop mode" 240Mhz up to 500Mhz when i'm in the sim, but it still won't go up to 850Mhz which is the maximum (non-overclocked) factory setting for my 4890. The difference is that it runs at 20-30 FPS at 500Mhz, while at 850Mhz it can easily go into the mid 50s.

The reason i'm asking is that maybe we could help resolve this faster. For example, is it something that will have to be patched in the sim to enable catalyst to recognize a game is being run and throttle up the GPU, or is it a driver issue and we're better off reporting it to Ati/AMD directly?

If any of you fellow with access to the Russian forums could tell us about any possible information on this issue it would be much appreciated

I used Ati tray tools to force the clock speeds to 850Mhz but i don't know what other settings to use (cooling fan? voltage? etc) to keep the GPU running stable.
I do get 50 FPS over most kinds of terrain, 25-30 over London and 20-25 in the Black Death track with the clocks set that way, but it ends up rebooting my PC after 40 minutes or so.

This doesn't happen in any other game where catalyst/drivers automatically runs the GPU at 850Mhz so i doubt it's an issue of overheating (GPU temps hover no higher than 60-65 degrees anyway), but i don't know what kind of other settings the drivers possibly change when throttling up the GPU.

Needless to say, seeing the improved performance when the GPU is running at the proper speed, i'm very eager to see a fix implemented so that we don't have to use manual GPU clock settings.

Enjoy your rest and keep up the good work when you come back to the office. I can certainly wait and have fun with what i currently have, i would just appreciate a bit of information on this, if any is available. Cheers

[timholt]

I have been hanging off applying any beta patches to the game but it looks as though the actual patch is now going to be some time away.
Can I just apply the latest patch or does the previous one need to be installed first.
If I apply it and it is worse than what I have now, how do I uninstall it, by updating files through steam, is that all that is required?