Screeching graphics card

Raven434th · 01-31-07, 01:28 PM

In DW I'm getting screeching sounds comming from the graphics card at certain view stations.I have the x850xt ATI card running the latest drivers.It seems to do this when encountering 16 bit graphics?32 bit seems to make the screeching go away.Anyone have an answer for this one,and more importantly is this something thats damaging the card?Cause MAN IT HOWELS!!

Dr.Sid · 01-31-07, 01:33 PM

How did you test DW in 32 bit mode ?

porphy · 01-31-07, 02:53 PM

Hi Raven

This is an old issue with Dw, that some people experience. Including myself. I have tried two Nvidia cards (6800Gt & 7900Gtx) with Dw and both of them make noise in the 2d stations. It is gone when switching to 3d. There was a thread about this sometime during 2006 and Jamie one of the developers did answer. They had asked some questions to Nvidida, but I'm not sure any definitive answers about this issue ever came. So the issue lives on... some people suffer more from it than others.

Cheers Porphy

Raven434th · 01-31-07, 03:06 PM

Well,I dunno if this will help anybody but the same thing happens in other games running 16 bit,the difference is however that when I switch to a different desktop bit depth,it goes away.NOT SO in DW though,it still screeches.

Strange thing is...SUB COMMAND doesn't make the screeching noise at all??

goldorak · 01-31-07, 03:53 PM

Are you using an optical mouse ?

porphy · 01-31-07, 05:07 PM

Read about it here
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ight=squealing

and

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ight=squealing

Cheers Porphy

01-31-07, 01:28 PM	#1
Raven434th Watch Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 30 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Screeching graphics card In DW I'm getting screeching sounds comming from the graphics card at certain view stations.I have the x850xt ATI card running the latest drivers.It seems to do this when encountering 16 bit graphics?32 bit seems to make the screeching go away.Anyone have an answer for this one,and more importantly is this something thats damaging the card?Cause MAN IT HOWELS!! __________________ "Line'em up and Bam!...right to the kisser!!"

01-31-07, 02:53 PM	#3
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Hi Raven This is an old issue with Dw, that some people experience. Including myself. I have tried two Nvidia cards (6800Gt & 7900Gtx) with Dw and both of them make noise in the 2d stations. It is gone when switching to 3d. There was a thread about this sometime during 2006 and Jamie one of the developers did answer. They had asked some questions to Nvidida, but I'm not sure any definitive answers about this issue ever came. So the issue lives on... some people suffer more from it than others. Cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

01-31-07, 03:06 PM	#4
Raven434th Watch Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 30 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Well,I dunno if this will help anybody but the same thing happens in other games running 16 bit,the difference is however that when I switch to a different desktop bit depth,it goes away.NOT SO in DW though,it still screeches. Strange thing is...SUB COMMAND doesn't make the screeching noise at all?? __________________ "Line'em up and Bam!...right to the kisser!!"

01-31-07, 05:07 PM	#6
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Read about it here http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ight=squealing and http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ight=squealing Cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

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01-31-07, 01:33 PM	#2
Dr.Sid The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	How did you test DW in 32 bit mode ?

01-31-07, 03:53 PM	#5
goldorak Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,320 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Are you using an optical mouse ?