ATI sun glare issues

Sledgehammer427 · 03-10-08, 08:30 AM

now, i know for a fact that ATI cards have no sun glare, and people have gone into extensive detail over this, but i cannot find it, so can somebody please let me know if there are any fixes?

DrBeast · 03-10-08, 08:36 AM

This post might help. A word of warning, however: you might suffer an FPS hit, depending on your machine's specs. I know I can't use it on my old rig, cause it plummets my FPS from low 20s to low 10s.

mikehcl · 03-10-08, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

now, i know for a fact that ATI cards have no sun glare, and people have gone into extensive detail over this, but i cannot find it, so can somebody please let me know if there are any fixes?

Hi, ati it does not have fixed this problem with the new catalyst 8.3???

DrBeast · 03-10-08, 09:52 AM

As far as I know, no ATi drivers will fix that problem. Then again, I haven't checked for new drivers for a while. I'm quite happy with the Omega 7.12 drivers I'm using, and the new ATi I'll be getting this week (hopefully!) does show sun glare (a HD3650, in case you wonder)

Sledgehammer427 · 03-10-08, 12:33 PM

im running ATI X1650, if i remember correctly

kapitan_zur_see · 03-10-08, 06:05 PM

Great, it seems it works. I got the sun glare too. However, it seems this feature mess up with the reflections ingame. I got some artifacts following my sub path etc.
You earn something, you lose one lol
I suspect forcing z test on old ati card is messing up with something used to generate the reflections. Would make sense why they never corrected it in a patch.

Could someone confirm he has this issue too?? i'm using an x800 pro.
Not that big of FPS dropped though, if any.

gimpy117 · 03-10-08, 07:37 PM

what do ya think, 2600xt (512mb supercolck) can it handle it??

03-10-08, 08:30 AM	#1
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	ATI sun glare issues now, i know for a fact that ATI cards have no sun glare, and people have gone into extensive detail over this, but i cannot find it, so can somebody please let me know if there are any fixes? __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

03-10-08, 08:36 AM	#2
DrBeast The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Somewhere Out In Space Posts: 1,408 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	This post might help. A word of warning, however: you might suffer an FPS hit, depending on your machine's specs. I know I can't use it on my old rig, cause it plummets my FPS from low 20s to low 10s. __________________ Let the Beast inside you free!

03-10-08, 09:52 AM	#4
DrBeast The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Somewhere Out In Space Posts: 1,408 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	As far as I know, no ATi drivers will fix that problem. Then again, I haven't checked for new drivers for a while. I'm quite happy with the Omega 7.12 drivers I'm using, and the new ATi I'll be getting this week (hopefully!) does show sun glare (a HD3650, in case you wonder) __________________ Let the Beast inside you free!

03-10-08, 12:33 PM	#5
Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	im running ATI X1650, if i remember correctly __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

03-10-08, 06:05 PM	#6
kapitan_zur_see Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Posts: 614 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Great, it seems it works. I got the sun glare too. However, it seems this feature mess up with the reflections ingame. I got some artifacts following my sub path etc. You earn something, you lose one lol I suspect forcing z test on old ati card is messing up with something used to generate the reflections. Would make sense why they never corrected it in a patch. Could someone confirm he has this issue too?? i'm using an x800 pro. Not that big of FPS dropped though, if any. __________________ Last edited by kapitan_zur_see; 03-10-08 at 06:38 PM.

03-10-08, 07:37 PM	#7
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	what do ya think, 2600xt (512mb supercolck) can it handle it?? __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army