Is my card dying?

[NinkobEi]

windows xp...yeah maybe your monitor has a driver. sounds crazy I know but win xp might not auto-install the driver like win7 would. or maybe xp is using your old driver. try uninstalling that if possible

 

[TC-man]

Where am i supposed to find that section ! i cant find any place in Catalyst Control Center which provides such a settings !

I didnt connect my HD4670 output to my brothers laptop , ! i just connected my brothers laptop to the LCD , so that i could compare the results in realtime . and doing that i found the game to be just perfect on both screens ( laptops and my lcd ).

Should be under "My Digital Flat-Panels", and make sure you use a hdmi cable.

 

[OneMoar]

a monitor driver would not cause this a monitor driver CANT cause this
this is a problem with the game one I had the exact same issue my self with a 5750 same symptoms include on pre 11.2 drivers
corrupt shaders > funky colors broken rendering pretty much FUBAR > and its been patched I believe
symptoms include:
flickering
black lines
random dots
its related to one of the game options I can't remember what one atm
I think its something related to shaders I believe

 

[Master]

windows xp...yeah maybe your monitor has a driver. sounds crazy I know but win xp might not auto-install the driver like win7 would. or maybe xp is using your old driver. try uninstalling that if possible

i now pluged in both HDMI and DVI cables , and unistalled monitor drivers from device manager . rebooted and the problem still persists.

Should be under "My Digital Flat-Panels", and make sure you use a hdmi cable.

i cant find such a thing in this version ,maybe its too old . do you want me to update to 12.1 anyway ? and see if i can find it there?

 

[OneMoar]

i now pluged in both HDMI and DVI cables , and unistalled monitor drivers from device manager . rebooted and the problem still persists.

i cant find such a thing in this version ,maybe its too old . do you want me to update to 12.1 anyway ? and see if i can find it there?

ALWAYS run the latest drivers when you can

 

[TC-man]

I cant find such a thing in this version ,maybe its too old . do you want me to update to 12.1 anyway ? and see if i can find it there?

What driver version are you using? Anyway, try using the most-up-to-date version, perhaps preferably the AGP hotfix 12.1, and use a hdmi cable. See if the pixel format setting becomes available in CCC.

 

[OneMoar]

http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/764775-Step-By-Step-Fix-for-16bit-colours-and-gfx-errors.
update your game and or your pc

 

[TC-man]

http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/764775-Step-By-Step-Fix-for-16bit-colours-and-gfx-errors.
update your game and or your pc

Nice find! But the links for download seem to be down after Megaupload is shut down and many others are gone with it.

I don't know if it works, I don't have Bulletstorm, but here it is, just found it somewhere else:

Always scan for malware/virus with anti-virus sofware before use

 

[Master]

a monitor driver would not cause this a monitor driver CANT cause this
this is a problem with the game one I had the exact same issue my self with a 5750 same symptoms include on pre 11.2 drivers
corrupt shaders > funky colors broken rendering pretty much FUBAR > and its been patched I believe
symptoms include:
flickering
black lines
random dots
its related to one of the game options I can't remember what one atm
I think its something related to shaders I believe

set all Video Settings inside the game to low , re started the game for the changes to take effect , nothing happened except when i set post processing quality to low , the pause/resume screen in game i visible , set all the settings back to medium and then high , still the same problem exists .
here is the picture when postprocessing is set to low :

 

[OneMoar]

disable light shafts as well
if that doesnt fix the issue well then you need to upgrade to a OS that supports DX10 game does not work correctly in dx9 mode

 

[Master]

ALWAYS run the latest drivers when you can

i was on the latest version , when it messed everything up , i unistalled it and installed an older version .

What driver version are you using? Anyway, try using the most-up-to-date version, perhaps preferably the AGP hotfix 12.1, and use a hdmi cable. See if the pixel format setting becomes available in CCC.

ok . i'll be updating it in a moment . i'll be back when im done.

http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/764775-Step-By-Step-Fix-for-16bit-colours-and-gfx-errors.
update your game and or your pc

thank you very much, but this bug is not specific to bulletstorm only , i had this issue less intense in mass effect 3 too . but ok , i 'll try it and report back .

Nice find! But the links for download seem to be down after Megaupload is shut down and many others are gone with it.

I don't know if it works, I don't have Bulletstorm, but here it is, just found it somewhere else:

Always scan for malware/virus with anti-virus sofware before use

thank you verymuch

i'll update the vga to 12.1 , test the game , if it didnt work out , i try the patch .
i'll be back soon

disable light shafts as well
if that doesnt fix the issue well then you need to upgrade to a OS that supports DX10 game does not work correctly in dx9 mode

do you want me to test it under win7 ? tell me please .

 

[OneMoar]

i was on the latest version , when it messed everything up , i unistalled it and installed an older version .

ok . i'll be updating it in a moment . i'll be back when im done.

thank you very much, but this bug is not specific to bulletstorm only , i had this issue less intense in mass effect 3 too . but ok , i 'll try it and report back .

thank you verymuch

i'll update the vga to 12.1 , test the game , if it didnt work out , i try the patch .
i'll be back soon

mass effect 3 also uses a modified UT3 engine hench similar bugs related to running in dx9 mode
TL;DR your pc sucks time for a upgrade

 

[temp02]

So it's a game shader compatibility issue, I mean the game is running at true color mode (24/32bit) but the shaders "produce 16bit results"? If that is the case I guess there is very little I can do to help, since I've never played that game nor do I own it.
The best I can recommend, as others have said is updating both the video drivers and the game.

I hope you get it fixed, good luck.

 

[OneMoar]

So it's a game shader compatibility issue, I mean the game is running at true color mode (24/32bit) but the shaders "produce 16bit results"? If that is the case I guess there is very little I can do to help, since I've never played that game nor do I own it.
The best I can recommend, as others have said is updating both the video drivers and the game.

I hope you get it fixed, good luck.

the issue from what I have looked into it is that older version of the uT3 engine simply don't like direct x 9 and or older gpus as for what the problem is I don't know but I have seen the 'bug' on several older machines with pre dx11 class hardware on quite a few games

 

[Master]

Nice find! But the links for download seem to be down after Megaupload is shut down and many others are gone with it.

I don't know if it works, I don't have Bulletstorm, but here it is, just found it somewhere else:

Always scan for malware/virus with anti-virus sofware before use

Sir, this file solved the BulletStorm problem , the game is now perfect with the graphics effect i have'nt seen before. i didnt update the graphics driver though (its the old 8.6 version i wanted to make sure which part is faulty) .

mass effect 3 also uses a modified UT3 engine hench similar bugs related to running in dx9 mode
TL;DR your pc sucks time for a upgrade

yes i do have a similar problem with MassEffect3 , here are some screenshots :

i tested the game under windows 7 and directx 10 and yes the issue persists there too, if this is the case ( the compatibility issues) there is no problem and i can live with that .

So it's a game shader compatibility issue, I mean the game is running at true color mode (24/32bit) but the shaders "produce 16bit results"? If that is the case I guess there is very little I can do to help, since I've never played that game nor do I own it.
The best I can recommend, as others have said is updating both the video drivers and the game.

I hope you get it fixed, good luck.

I dont know how i can thank you guys . i really appreciate your help , and the time you kindly spent to help me .God bless you and thank you

the issue from what I have looked into it is that older version of the uT3 engine simply don't like direct x 9 and or older gpus as for what the problem is I don't know but I have seen the 'bug' on several older machines with pre dx11 class hardware on quite a few games

if thats the problem , it means it is not that important and i can live with that .
anyway thank you for the info .



Guys i want to thank every one of you for your help and time , i'm truly grateful
God bless you all