Graphics Issues! Please help!

[IronMan50]

TO ALL USERS OF THE XFX 7900 GT:

BEWARE! This was largely due to the factory overclocks on the card. It was a heat issue, and also a power issue. The only way I got the game to run properly on my old rig was to "de-clock" the graphics card in nTune. Now that I have a new rig, I'm not worried about it, but if your game is looking like this at all...find out if your card manufacturer will send you a new one. My friend also had a 7900 GT, and he got it replaced with a 8800 GT because of the memory chip issues with the 7900.

[iwirthless]

LOL EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH ME WITH (almost) EXACT SAME EQUIPMENT!!!!

Still no solution.

[Jungle+=]

169.28 was the first set of drivers recommended for UT3...months ago

GeForce Release 178 WHQLVersion:178.13Release Date:September 25, 2008
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_178.13_whql.html

These drivers actually gave me a boost in responsiveness which I've sorely needed...

latest patch is 1.3 ---> http://download.beyondunreal.com/fil.../ut3patch3.exe

So far yur batting 0 for 2 ....so I'll link the latest directx patch in case....

August 2008 is the latest directx update http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


I would definately check the temperatures on the gpu ...to check temperatures, I use GPU-Z instead of rivatuner it doesn't interfere with UT3 like RivaTuner does. And requires no install to run.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

[D3L1R10US]

Ahh finally someone with the same problem. Well i had the same problem cept i wasnt able to take ScreenShots. But my problem was the nvlddmkm.sys error so if you dont have that then i dont know what is up

[-=TD=-DEMON]

Some of that seriously looks like overheating - the first pic though looks like the old issue in UT2K4 when you butt one bsp to another bsp changing the poly's on one of the planes. .. you could remove the one bsp perpendicular to the floor to see if it disappears - you can also convert the bsp to a static mesh - that WILL get rid of it. But, seriously - looks like overheating.

[IronMan50]

I realize this was a while ago...but I dug a little deeper and discovered that all XFX 7900 GT cards had some "serious issues" with factory overclocked memory on 'em. They replaced the card for free on my old rig...but now I've got a new one to play with...

[Madmanxan]

ive seen others have similar problems like that before...i think they had to reboot the computer then it stopped for a while...

[Skill]

that's how its supposed to look, i like it :P

[Taz2611]

If I may throw my suggestion into the ring for a sec, to me it looks like it could either be a heat issue with your card or maybe ... and I'm sorry to say this, your card might be having problems more severe than just heat. Possibly memory module probs or even the GPU could be starting to give up the ghost.

Have you tried reseating the card ?

How do other games perform ? Have you noticed any issues?

Do you have any overclocks?

Maybe look at getting a program to test the memory of both your machine and the card.

Oh , and good luck

[Cleary]

The Matrix is among us!

[jabo1SFH]

Maybe we can stop blaming Epic for every little thing?

lol, dont worry telzen, these forums are filled with negative wahhh. just ignore them.


@ironman, try different nvidia drivers(more than likely, NOT epics fault). make sure your directx is up to date, windows(if it is your os) updated and check your vid settings.


your vidcard may be bad/going bad if none of our suggestions help you resolve your issue.

[Telzen]

Maybe we can stop blaming Epic for every little thing?

[baz]

this game has more bugs than the Australian outback, you will probably have to wait a while until EPIC get most of them fixed lazzy gits. but a better graphic card would do the trick? radeon 3850 or nvidia 8600gts

[MTL]

that reminds me of my Crysis in DX9 mode back before the updates. somehow doing windows update fixed it.
have you done windows update recently? [if you are running windows that is..]

[Rajinn]

you have my applause, never seen that one before!