[Ursin]

Ok heres the deal.

One week ago i made a new clean install of WIN XP. Installed the new Catalyst 4.7 driver (My gfx card is a Hercules 9800 Pro). If you look at pictures (link below) you will see the flickering textures that drives me nuts. The screenshots are from Farcry but this also affects other games
like Knights of the old republic for instance.

http://www.geocities.com/ursin_the_evil/games

I have tried installing different Catalyst drivers but nothing helps. Does anyone have any idea what i should try next to get rid of this crap? Before my new XP install everything worked perfect no new hardware added. Plz help me or this will be the death of me.

[Ursin]

Anybody got an idea?

[jvd]

never seen this before

[Sage]

you have installed DX9 and AGP drivers?

[Ursin]

Originally Posted by Sage

you have installed DX9 and AGP drivers?

Yepp i have DX9 installed and tried several Catalyst drivers if thats what you mean by agp drivers? This is a very annoying problem=(

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Ursin

Yepp i have DX9 installed and tried several Catalyst drivers if thats what you mean by agp drivers? This is a very annoying problem=(

no, i mean the drivers for your motherboard chipset. like Via 4in1's

[Ursin]

Originally Posted by Sage

no, i mean the drivers for your motherboard chipset. like Via 4in1's

hmm..You may be on to something there. After i made my new install of WIN XP i only installed DX9 and Catalyst 4.7. I have a Asus p4c800 Deluxe and i have updated the BIOS but that did not solve my problem.
Im kind of a rookie at this so what should i look for at the asus download page?

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Ursin

hmm..You may be on to something there. After i made my new install of WIN XP i only installed DX9 and Catalyst 4.7. I have a Asus p4c800 Deluxe and i have updated the BIOS but that did not solve my problem.
Im kind of a rookie at this so what should i look for at the asus download page?

you have the Intel i875P chipset, so you'll need the intel drivers. try http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ProductID=1043

[Ursin]

Originally Posted by Sage

you have the Intel i875P chipset, so you'll need the intel drivers. try http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ProductID=1043

Thank you for the tip but i used the link and downloaded and upgraded the chipset but i didnt help. What is the next step i should take?

[Sage]

did you change anything else at all? looks like you're getting z-errors. could your cards RAM be getting too hot? you havnt overclocked teh card have you?

[Ursin]

Its not overclocked i installed it default right away.

One other thing i noticed is that it dosent affect all textures. In games like Farcry ,KOTOR and BF1942 only specific texture is affected like water and moutains/hills and a few others. The larger part of the textures looks fine but then suddenly the flickering is there when i look at specific places. Think im losing my mind =((

[Sage]

perhaps try uninstalling the cats, using a catalyst remover to clean up any left-behind files, and then reinstalling them?

[Ursin]

Originally Posted by Sage

perhaps try uninstalling the cats, using a catalyst remover to clean up any left-behind files, and then reinstalling them?

Tried that several times. But no success =(
Dont know but feels like im down to try installing XP from scratch once again.

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Ursin

Tried that several times. But no success =(
Dont know but feels like im down to try installing XP from scratch once again.

yeah it's worth a try. maybe something just got buggared up.

[Ursin]

Have now installed everytinh from scratch...again. But the problem remains. Im thinking of using the warranty to get a replacement card.
Can anyone else think of a better idea than returning the card and try to get a new one?

[François]

Originally Posted by Ursin

Have now installed everytinh from scratch...again. But the problem remains. Im thinking of using the warranty to get a replacement card.
Can anyone else think of a better idea than returning the card and try to get a new one?

Ursin,

just a shot in the dark here but;

have you tried re-seating the card in the agp slot? Are you sure you vga conector from your cable monitor is firmly connected (screwed) to the connector on your videocard? I experienced a similar problem last week and I think it was due to these factors.


François

[Dutch Guy]

Aren't those just sparklies you get when overclocking the memory too far?

If you get them at stock it maybe the memorychips on the card that are broken, have you tried underclocking the memory?