Massive Crysis Artifacts...Possible GFX Card Death?

dabooga · 11-08-2009, 05:45 PM

Not sure if this is the correct forum but I've recently installed Crysis again after a year of when i used to play it on the same hardware with no problems.

I install it this time, and to my dismay, artifacts galore.

I have tried all graphic settings, I have reapplied thermal grease to my cards heatsink, reinstalled the game and drivers with no luck.... Does this mean my card is finally dying???

SPEC:
CPU - Q6600 : 2.40GHZ
RAM - 2GB DDR2 Ballistix
GFX - ATi Radeon X1950Pro AGP
MOBO - ASrock 4coredual-sata
PSU - Corsair 620w

PS. i dont overclock
PS2. i have also installed Crysis Warhead with the same results. No other games give/gave me artifacts apart from these two.

Jstn7477 · 11-08-2009, 05:48 PM

What graphics driver version are you using? I've usually seen issues with missing textures on older ATI cards with driver problems.

LittleLizard · 11-08-2009, 05:51 PM

agree with jstn. its more likely to be a driver problem than a dying card.

RaPiDo987 · 11-08-2009, 05:51 PM

I get the same problem in my system....

AthlonX2 · 11-08-2009, 05:52 PM

i dont see artifacts i see missing textures,try updating Direct X and Drivers

Meow9000 · 11-08-2009, 05:58 PM

Same here, looks like a texture problem, but judging from the specs you posted your running everything on low/med ?

To be honest i dont think an X1950Pro AGP is ideal for this kinda game

Jstn7477 · 11-08-2009, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Meow9000

Same here, looks like a texture problem, but judging from the specs you posted your running everything on low/med ?

To be honest i dont think an X1950Pro AGP is ideal for this kinda game

Yeah, an X1950 Pro is a little bit faster than the 7800 GS that I played Crysis on, and it was so slow. If you have to stick with that somewhat icky motherboard, I would suggest a 3850 AGP which is loads better. Yes, i'm sure that your board has a PCIe slot, but it only has 1/4 of the lanes of a real PCIe x16 slot. However, if you buy a new card and then expect to buy a new motherboard, I would go PCIe.

dabooga · 11-08-2009, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jstn7477

Yeah, an X1950 Pro is a little bit faster than the 7800 GS that I played Crysis on, and it was so slow. If you have to stick with that somewhat icky motherboard, I would suggest a 3850 AGP which is loads better. Yes, i'm sure that your board has a PCIe slot, but it only has 1/4 of the lanes of a real PCIe x16 slot. However, if you buy a new card and then expect to buy a new motherboard, I would go PCIe.

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I can play Crysis on med - high @ 1280 surprisingly well, i did about one year ago... All thats changed since then is my drivers and on Windows7 its almost impossible to downgrade drivers but ill give it a shot... And are they missing textures? As i move my mouse around the anomalies change shape drastically and all come from the island as you are sky diving from the plane... Ill report back when i get the older drivers back on. Thanks

dabooga · 11-08-2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RaPiDo987

I get the same problem in my system....

You do? What are your specs?

stuartb04 · 11-08-2009, 09:12 PM

i had the exact same card and the same problem with crysis

all i did was uninstall gfx drivers...this link may help you
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=52502

then reinstall the latest ones....good luck

dabooga · 11-09-2009, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuartb04

i had the exact same card and the same problem with crysis

all i did was uninstall gfx drivers...this link may help you
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=52502

then reinstall the latest ones....good luck

Tried it..... Didnt work!!! grrrr

bigtye · 11-09-2009, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dabooga

... All thats changed since then is my drivers and on Windows7 its almost impossible to downgrade drivers but ill give it a shot...

Are you running win 7 and a 1950? I understood that ATI was not officially supporting directx 9 for win 7 as it is a different architecture. I think you can still you Vista drivers for it.

Can anyone clarify if this could be an issue.

Tye

KainXS · 11-09-2009, 01:09 AM

it could be a motherboard issue I had that board and I remember with some games its not stable and will give artifacts, make sure the motherboard bios is up to date.

11-08-2009, 05:45 PM	#1
dabooga Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4 (0.32/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Massive Crysis Artifacts...Possible GFX Card Death? Not sure if this is the correct forum but I've recently installed Crysis again after a year of when i used to play it on the same hardware with no problems. I install it this time, and to my dismay, artifacts galore. I have tried all graphic settings, I have reapplied thermal grease to my cards heatsink, reinstalled the game and drivers with no luck.... Does this mean my card is finally dying??? SPEC: CPU - Q6600 : 2.40GHZ RAM - 2GB DDR2 Ballistix GFX - ATi Radeon X1950Pro AGP MOBO - ASrock 4coredual-sata PSU - Corsair 620w PS. i dont overclock PS2. i have also installed Crysis Warhead with the same results. No other games give/gave me artifacts apart from these two.

11-08-2009, 05:48 PM	#2
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11-08-2009, 05:58 PM	#6
Meow9000 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wales, Uk Posts: 123 (1.00/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 21 Times in 20 Posts System Specs	Same here, looks like a texture problem, but judging from the specs you posted your running everything on low/med ? To be honest i dont think an X1950Pro AGP is ideal for this kinda game

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11-09-2009, 01:09 AM	#13
KainXS Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,641 (3.35/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 208 Times in 184 Posts System Specs	it could be a motherboard issue I had that board and I remember with some games its not stable and will give artifacts, make sure the motherboard bios is up to date.

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