Anyone had this problem?

[WeeViL]

I keep getting these red circles in DOD:S, I also get green ones in CS:S but I can not replicate this kind of artifacting in other games.

Anyone had this kind of thing or perhaps know what is causing it??

I have a Sapphire x850 XT, with no overclocking. The catalyst driver version has made no difference, it has been doing this for a while but was not as obvious in CS:S.

 

[staticprimer]

Hmm peciular... What kind of video card do you have and are you overclocking it?

 

[WeeViL]

I guess no one else has had this kind of problem. I might email one of the Valve guys, maybe they could shed some light.

 

[ashmanuk67]

I have your same card sorry but i do not get that fault.
that is a stange one, do you mod the comand lines in any way..
Also what fps do you get and at what settings just nice to know thanks

 

[WeeViL]

I have not used any commands, I tried deleting and re-downloading the content but the results are the same.

I am currently running it at 1280*960 everything set to max except AF and AA. Most of the time it hangs around 90-100 fps... firefights I am sure it will be a different matter.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

Hmmm possibly overheating of the graphics card... It doesnt' really appear to be though because usually you end up getting "snow flakes" when overheating graphics cards

 

[WeeViL]

I can't get this or any other artifacting to occur in other games, here is something else I have seen in CS:S and DOD:S which is equally odd....



I thought something must be wrong with the card but couldn't prove it if you know what I mean, BF2, GTASA etc none of which showed signs of artifacts. I was thinking of programs to use which were quite stressing, then I remembered the real-time HDR program http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/. Low and behold artifacting! Pretty good for testing while overclocking, I used to use it on my 9800pro.

 

[philb1]

I think your graphics card RAM is bad or marginal. I had similar rows of dots on a non-overclocked 9800Pro; after a week or so they got worse & the card was effectively junk. Maybe Source games stress the RAM more than the other games without artifacts?

 

[CookieCuttah]

Have you tried different resolutions?

 

[kaikisjew9]

i think aliens are sending you signals.....

 

[AlecRazec]

Those specs are not on your computer but actually your eyes

You have the plague.

 

[Javert]

Have you validated your files, turn off graphics settings?