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Graphical glitches

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:30 pm
by SSJBardock
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Anybody has any idea why I'm getting these glitches when playing Giants? I never had them before and I did not recently change my hardware configuration...

Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:56 pm
by Trust Kill
Might be that your disc is dirty/scratched or plain old.

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:02 am
by Exploderman
Try reinstalling giants?

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:46 pm
by SSJBardock
no, no.

Anybody who really knows what's going on?

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:32 pm
by Glude
That's a graphics card problem.
Try to clean it's heatsink, and check if the fan is still working.

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:40 pm
by SSJBardock
It's clean. All other games work fine...

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:44 pm
by Exploderman
Did you change your color or resulotion settings? or did you get a new monitor?

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:10 pm
by GibLit
The Giants community is indeed a reliable source of tech help. :|

I honestly don't have a valid answer either, but I'll just say that I have seen this exact glitch a while ago when I overclocked my old video card to (most likely) exceed its limit. I'm sure you wouldn't do that though, and as you stated, all other games work fine, so I'm rendered as clueless as you are here.

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:47 pm
by Tasiin
Exploderman wrote:or did you get a new monitor?
Sigh.

What video card do you have? The only thing I can think of for you to try (if you haven't already) would be different drivers. It does look a little bit like overheating, but if you're not having any problems with other games that's not too likely to be it, either.

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:02 pm
by SSJBardock
I got a ati radeon 9800 pro with normal catalyst drivers. I also had the bug once when I overclocked my gf2mx (heating problem indeed) but right now it only seems to occurs on textures that are not 100% opaque (or possible have other kinds of effects applied to them). I guess I could try some alternative drivers.

Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:12 pm
by Glude
It seems to be an overheating graphical memory error...
You should check the temperature in the drivers.

Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:34 pm
by SSJBardock
My bad, the glitches don't occur just in Giants, they are just less noticeable in other games. I tried the Omega Radeon drivers, but that didn't help...I guess I'll take a look at my gpu fan sometime soon...