Graphics problems

[4H_Ccrashh]

When dealing with older games, newer drivers are sometimes not the best thing to have.

I have an ATI 4870x2, the new drivers cause me all kinds of problems, including graphics hiccups.

for me the test is FRAPS, Normally I get outstanding FPS when recording. If my driver isn't working properly I can tell by starting FRAPS and try to record something.

IF the FPS during recording is low , and by low I mean it drops to 4, I know the drivers are an issue. I'm running the 8.5 driver and having no problems.

I had this same problem with my last ATI card a 3870x2.

Another cause of graphics issues can be trying to force the new cards performance onto an old program.

This is usually an Anti-Aliasing problem I actually received a dramatic increase in FPS by turning it down to 2 or 4. I can't see any difference in how the game looks and I lost the "geometric shapes floating in the sky.


This was a major problem with my IL-2 game until I figured it out.

Also try turning the Catalyst AI setting from "Advanced" to "Standard". This helped remove all of my graphics anomolies. Stuff like black sky, wierd rivers and wavy lines all over the ground.

Overclocking can cause issues with older games. Any of you who were around and computing back in the days of the old 8088 , 286, 386, 486, 486DX2 and 486DX4 days will remember that when you upgraded your computer sometimes the old games wouldn't work anymore. You had too much horsepower. Back then we did stuff like turning off emm386.exe and not using any extended or expanded memory functions to get old games to work.

Overclocking a video card to run an old game is like trying to run a Ferarri engine on 2 tablespoons of gas. Try turning the overclock down or off. You can create different profiles in you ATI CCC that will reconfigure you Graphics and even adjust fan speeds AND start the program you want to play. It's possible to customize the Grpahics horsepower and taylor it to each game whether new or old.


Hope this helps.

Ccrashh