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02-06-06, 11:44 AM
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Swabbie
 Join Date: Nov 2005
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Flashing colours then lockout
Recent problem with SH3. Currently on 10th patrol out of Kiel.
Screen breaks up into flashing coloured sections and I can't use any keys/mouse commands. It appeared after I'd panned round on Shift/F4 view on the way out of the base. I can Escape to closing screen, but flashing persists and I have to switch off the computer. Everything OK up to now. Sorry, but I've done a search and can't find anything about this. Asus P4P800 Pentium P4 2.6 1Gb DDR SDRAM (Generic/Kingston mix) ATI Radeon 9600SE 128Mb with latest drivers |
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02-06-06, 11:53 AM
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Silent Hunter
 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Germany
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Did this happen only once? If so, ignore it. If not maybe the card is overheating (check if the fan is running correctly, clean the fan, don´t overclock the card), or maybe your card is about to die. Try some other games or let 3DMark05 run for a while.
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02-06-06, 11:56 AM
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Sea Lord
 Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, , Argentina.
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Re: Flashing colours then lockout
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I was experienced some flashing textures and solve it droop down muy Core and Memory video card frecuencies a little, about 10 MHz. Did you overclocked your card ? |
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02-06-06, 01:33 PM
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Mate
 Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Duluth, MN
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Sounds like youre getting artifacts. This is a sign of an overheating videocard many times.
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02-06-06, 02:13 PM
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Sea Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, , Argentina.
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I made the check for artifacts, and the check let me to run the card with no artifact at very higest frecuencies, but in SH3, ONLY in Sh3, i need to reduce the factory settings a little bit to have not artifacts. Extrange, but happens only in SH3....... 
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02-06-06, 02:44 PM
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Weps
 Join Date: Dec 2004
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 I thought I was teh only one that experienced this paradox - I can OC my card benchmark it ok, run artifact tester with ATi Tray Tools no problems, Run other games for hours, done burn ins with Sandra - nada, nothing, not a blink or whimper. I play SH3/SH3commander/IUb and even though temp not exceed 47 to 48 I get artifacts. I thought maybe it was my drivers - currently using Omega set (untweaked) 3.8.205 based on 6.1 ATi on a X800XT PE card... Any chance some issue with the game itself and not our cards/systems? 
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02-06-06, 03:24 PM
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Sea Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
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I solve it droop down Core and Memory frecuencies Core 520 to 510 Memory 560 to 550 and problem was solved. My test give me i can run the card with no ertifacts up to 545/585 if i dont remember bad....... but in SH3 it was not posible, even at default settings i get artifacts and was enforced to reduce frecuencies. Try that.....
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02-06-06, 04:45 PM
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Weps
Join Date: Dec 2004
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:hmm: Underclock?
Yes I understand the concept; it is just that I have never done that. My artifacts are not always consistent but do seem most likely to happen around sunset with heavy clouds and choppy seas. One time I surfaced to watch a storm that had just passed over at sunset and I had definite artifacts (mega-triangulated pixels) that lasted even after a GPU cool down and reboot. thanks for the advice....
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02-06-06, 05:02 PM
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Sea Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, , Argentina.
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Try underclocking a little bit...... with my underclock ammount i cant note any in FPS. Look at this..... http://subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.ph...ti+x800+series Remember our video card it is souposed to be an X800 XT wich pass a high quality test and then it can be "overclocked" in factory, to be an XT PE. May be ATI looks at side when do the tests ...... :hmm:
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02-06-06, 05:28 PM
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Weps
Join Date: Dec 2004
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OK I try to lower the cycles on the GPU a little sometime... TY
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02-06-06, 05:47 PM
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Medic
 Join Date: Apr 2005
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Make sure you have 'Syncranization' on in video settings.
Check that first
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Sir! What was that noise?  Ironically the Shorts Sunderland is code letter U of No. 461 Squadron, and the submarine is U-461. |
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02-06-06, 06:57 PM
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Weps
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02-07-06, 02:28 PM
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Weps
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Ran it last night with synchronization on...never even realized it was off, does seem to give me a bit of improved image quality.
If I run into the triangulated pixels or any artifacts will crank down the gpu from the stock speeds. TY
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02-07-06, 02:56 PM
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Sea Lord
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: San Martin de los Andes, Neuquen, , Argentina.
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If you have 60 Hz refresh rate, the game will generate in example 10, 15, 20, 30, 60....... if i am not wrong, if your game droops down 60, it sudently will jump to 30, and if it droops down to 30, it will jump to 20, and you note some cuts in the image, but may be it can release the video card from some job. Any body with good knows about it ? |
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