Strange artifacts in graphics

13owman · 04-09-10, 05:19 PM

My system is composed of a Dual Loop water cooling system for CPU & Dual Cards, 2x EVGA SLI Quad nVidia GeForce GTX 295 &, i7 975 Extreme Edition Quad Core @ 4 GHz, an EVGA X58 SLI Classified MoBo &6GB DDR3 1866MHz Ram.
When I look at part like doors or railings or other things on most ships & my Sub I can see flickering black artifacts. As you can see from the picture the game was paused but the flickering goes along the side of the wall between the railing on 1 side & the railing on the other.

I have tried probably everything I can think of, I have tried 3 different drivers. Changed the refresh rate between 60 & 120, Tried Letting nVidia manage the 3D settings & adjusted all of them, letting the 3D application decide. & enabled, disabled or adjusted all for the graphic setting in the game. Set my CPU Affinity to 1 or 2 out of 8. & finally I have checked over this post on Video Card Settings Optimization by "McHub532" http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=167357
Nothing works so I give up. Is there an expert out there that can tell me what is wrong with it other than is a buggy game, I thought I would have seen something about it here in the forum if it was happening to a lot of people but I haven't seen it & it's out there I am sorry for posting this, I must have missed it somehow. Thank you for any help you can give me with this.

Nico71 · 04-09-10, 05:41 PM

Is that Z-Fighting? I have that too!

Decoman · 04-09-10, 05:46 PM

Why are the images linking to the same images at some other url?

7thSeal · 04-09-10, 06:54 PM

Looks like a sign of the memory on one of your cards getting to hot or not receiving enough voltage. You mention watercooling which I use as well but does the heatsink cover the memory chips on the card? With SLI I'm guessing the cards are stacked pretty close together and simply need better air flow between them.

As a short term check, try lowering the clock on the cards memory and see if it stops.

Ailantd · 04-09-10, 07:19 PM

zbuffer problem I would say.
I have that too in some ships.

ncorpuz34 · 04-09-10, 10:40 PM

Im sorry, it looks like your computer is OVER the maximum requirements to play the game.

...on a serious note, SH5 leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to optimization. Hopefully patch will fix it.

Magnetyk · 04-10-10, 05:13 PM

"My system is composed of a Dual Loop water cooling system for CPU & Dual Cards, 2x EVGA SLI Quad nVidia GeForce GTX 295 &, i7 975 Extreme Edition Quad Core @ 4 GHz, an EVGA X58 SLI Classified MoBo &6GB DDR3 1866MHz Ram."

You have a problem ? And why the informations about your configuration can help to the the resolution of your problem?
You have The Biggest CPU,allrihgt.
The Biggest Graphic Card and the biggest mobo and memory,fine.

Maybe just your OS and drivers version must be more usefull.

mcarlsonus · 04-10-10, 08:07 PM

Disable the, "dynamic shadows!" See if that takes care of it!

13owman · 04-10-10, 08:14 PM

Quote:

You have a problem ? And why the informations about your configuration can help to the the resolution of your problem?
You have The Biggest CPU,allrihgt.
The Biggest Graphic Card and the biggest mobo and memory,fine.
Maybe just your OS and drivers version must be more usefull

I Apologize. Your right I should have posted it & forgot to mention it. As a matter of fact it is windows 7 64 bit & the drivers are 197.13.
But if I get the feeling even if I would have put it in there you would find something else that I didn't post. I tried to put as much information about the problem as I could. If I offended anybody I apologize profusely

13owman · 04-10-10, 08:40 PM

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Disable the, "dynamic shadows!" See if that takes care of it!

Thanks, But I already tried that. Actually I enabled / disabled & adjusted every setting on the game. I think there is no fix for this on the settings or the configuration file cause it looks like there are a lot of people that have it & are just living with it. I think I'll adjust the GFXSettings.cfg with really different values than 1's & 1's & if I find any thing for the better I'll report back about it.
Thanks Again

Task Force · 04-10-10, 09:20 PM

Hmm... Its ither 3 things
1 your Gpu is haveing issues
2 The ingame model may have a texture issue, appears like it could be 2 surfaces,one just behind the other, untextured.
3 drivers.

My 3 guesses

13owman · 04-10-10, 09:48 PM

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My 3 guesses

"Thanks a lot" And here I thought my GPU was in the clear LOL. Are you having any problems when you look @ the ships?. It's not all of them & only a few objects on some of the ships, such as doors & landings
I hate to say this but isn't always one of those 3 things LOL

04-09-10, 05:19 PM	#1
13owman Seaman Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 37 Downloads: 332 Uploads: 0	Strange artifacts in graphics My system is composed of a Dual Loop water cooling system for CPU & Dual Cards, 2x EVGA SLI Quad nVidia GeForce GTX 295 &, i7 975 Extreme Edition Quad Core @ 4 GHz, an EVGA X58 SLI Classified MoBo &6GB DDR3 1866MHz Ram. When I look at part like doors or railings or other things on most ships & my Sub I can see flickering black artifacts. As you can see from the picture the game was paused but the flickering goes along the side of the wall between the railing on 1 side & the railing on the other. I have tried probably everything I can think of, I have tried 3 different drivers. Changed the refresh rate between 60 & 120, Tried Letting nVidia manage the 3D settings & adjusted all of them, letting the 3D application decide. & enabled, disabled or adjusted all for the graphic setting in the game. Set my CPU Affinity to 1 or 2 out of 8. & finally I have checked over this post on Video Card Settings Optimization by "McHub532" http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=167357 Nothing works so I give up. Is there an expert out there that can tell me what is wrong with it other than is a buggy game, I thought I would have seen something about it here in the forum if it was happening to a lot of people but I haven't seen it & it's out there I am sorry for posting this, I must have missed it somehow. Thank you for any help you can give me with this. __________________ This is my Submarine. There are many others like it, but this one is mine

04-09-10, 07:19 PM	#5
Ailantd Bosun Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ganimedes Posts: 64 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	zbuffer problem I would say. I have that too in some ships. __________________ Ailantd www.Ailantd.com

04-09-10, 10:40 PM	#6
ncorpuz34 A-ganger Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 72 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Im sorry, it looks like your computer is OVER the maximum requirements to play the game. ...on a serious note, SH5 leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to optimization. Hopefully patch will fix it. __________________

04-10-10, 09:20 PM	#11
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Hmm... Its ither 3 things 1 your Gpu is haveing issues 2 The ingame model may have a texture issue, appears like it could be 2 surfaces,one just behind the other, untextured. 3 drivers. My 3 guesses __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

04-09-10, 05:41 PM	#2
Nico71 Medic Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 168 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Is that Z-Fighting? I have that too!

04-09-10, 05:46 PM	#3
Decoman Frogman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 306 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Why are the images linking to the same images at some other url?

04-09-10, 06:54 PM	#4
7thSeal Samurai Navy Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 592 Downloads: 199 Uploads: 0	Looks like a sign of the memory on one of your cards getting to hot or not receiving enough voltage. You mention watercooling which I use as well but does the heatsink cover the memory chips on the card? With SLI I'm guessing the cards are stacked pretty close together and simply need better air flow between them. As a short term check, try lowering the clock on the cards memory and see if it stops.

04-10-10, 05:13 PM	#7
Magnetyk Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: France,St Etienne Posts: 14 Downloads: 671 Uploads: 0	"My system is composed of a Dual Loop water cooling system for CPU & Dual Cards, 2x EVGA SLI Quad nVidia GeForce GTX 295 &, i7 975 Extreme Edition Quad Core @ 4 GHz, an EVGA X58 SLI Classified MoBo &6GB DDR3 1866MHz Ram." You have a problem ? And why the informations about your configuration can help to the the resolution of your problem? You have The Biggest CPU,allrihgt. The Biggest Graphic Card and the biggest mobo and memory,fine. Maybe just your OS and drivers version must be more usefull.

04-10-10, 08:07 PM	#8
mcarlsonus Weps Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 362 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Disable the, "dynamic shadows!" See if that takes care of it!