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[BUG/GRAPHICS]

Glitchy graphics with ATI X1900

September 18, 2009 10:39:51 PM from Elemental ForumsElemental Forums

I'm running Windows 7 64 RC 7100 with 8800GTX, Windows Vista 64 with NVIDIA 8800GTX, and also Windows XP Pro with an ATI X1900. I have had a couple of crashes on my 8800GTX machines, but nothing major.

On my ATI video card on windows XP, I'm getting artifacts/graphical glitches, looks similar to other screenshots with ATI graphics cards. I also had a lockup during end of turn, and the game would not respond.

Screenshot links:

http://img134.imageshack.us/i/elementalwinxpati1900xt.jpg/

http://img14.imageshack.us/i/elementalwinxpati1900xt.jpg/

Debug.err link:

http://pastebin.com/f4466882d

DirectX Diagnostic link:

http://pastebin.com/f6e4ada36

 

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Reply #1 September 18, 2009 10:46:50 PM
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Yep, looks like my problems here and here.

Someone did say they had an nvidia card that had the tiling problem though, so I'm not sure if it's just ATI.

I fixed the tile issue by setting mipmap levels to 1, and the other issue by turning the resolution to the lowest possible (1024x768 in my case).

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Reply #2 September 19, 2009 2:59:05 PM
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I have the same issue on my laptop which is using an ATI x1600. I'll already tried setting the mipmap levels to 1 on both machines which seems to have fixed the tiling, have not tried using a lower resolution yet.

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Reply #3 September 20, 2009 12:24:19 PM
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Setting the resolution to 1024x768 on both of my ATI graphics machines fixes the graphics glitches. At any other resolution, I get the artifacts.

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Reply #4 September 22, 2009 12:14:27 PM
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Stevty2889,

Do the artifacts you get at other resolutions stay "fixed" on the screen as you move the camera around the map?

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Reply #5 September 22, 2009 6:08:04 PM
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Yes, the artifacts stay fixed on the screen as I move the screen/camera around.

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Reply #6 September 24, 2009 8:32:56 PM
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Both issues appear to be fixed after the patch. I changed mipmaps back to default, and increased my resolution, and neither the lines, nor the artifacts are showing up on my x1900. I will also verify this on my x1600 as well.

UPDATE: Confirmed, fixed the graphics glitches on both of my ATI graphics cards!

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