Sun glare

EAGLE_01 · 07-03-07, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Major Johnson

Oh man, and I'm thinking of buying an ATI card to replace my piece of junk NVIDIA 7800GS! Should I stick with the NVIDIA line?? 7950GT? I have to stick with AGP, I'm not upgrading my mother board, it's less than 2 yrs old.

Absolutely. AMD makes great processors, and since ATI is with them now, maybe their cards will get better in the future, but if I were you...
I know my next card will be NV. This is the first ATI card I've had since before 3DFX went out, and I won't buy another one.

BlackSpot · 07-03-07, 06:40 AM

I think this is all swings and round-a-bouts.

Wasn't there a problem with the sea spray graphics on SHIII with NVidia cards? (Which I think was resolved)

Fish40 · 07-03-07, 10:19 AM

The really odd thing is that in SH3, the sunglare effect/bloom is overkill. For some reason since I upgraded my 9800pro for an X1650pro, the sunglare effect in SH3 is literally blinding. Before, if you looked at the sun, you would see the "disc" shape of the sun along with the rays of sunlight emmanating from the sun. Now all I have (unless the sun is right on the horizon) is a blinding light. In SH4, all I get is a dull disc, with an aura glare effect.

BlackSpot · 07-12-07, 06:13 PM

Ok, now I KNOW for sure this is a hardware issue. I've been running on an ATI X1800XT and I haven't seen any sun glare. Today I fitted a new ATI Radeon 2900XT 1024MB (nice card BTW). This was PRE 1.3 patch running on the same 7.6 drivers the X1800 was on. Low and behold, sun glare! So there you have it - it' a hardware issue.

Capt. Shark Bait · 07-13-07, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackSpot

Ok, now I KNOW for sure this is a hardware issue. I've been running on an ATI X1800XT and I haven't seen any sun glare. Today I fitted a new ATI Radeon 2900XT 1024MB (nice card BTW). This was PRE 1.3 patch running on the same 7.6 drivers the X1800 was on. Low and behold, sun glare! So there you have it - it' a hardware issue.

seer...?see...? i said here it's hardware and not a driver issue, but would anyone listen? nooooooooo. now i can say i told ya so:p

BlackSpot · 07-13-07, 05:55 AM

Nothing worse than a gloater:p Where's you dignity, man?

Capt. Shark Bait · 07-13-07, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackSpot

Nothing worse than a gloater:p Where's you dignity, man?

it's somewhere

, just havn't found it yet:p

EAGLE_01 · 07-14-07, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackSpot

Ok, now I KNOW for sure this is a hardware issue. I've been running on an ATI X1800XT and I haven't seen any sun glare. Today I fitted a new ATI Radeon 2900XT 1024MB (nice card BTW). This was PRE 1.3 patch running on the same 7.6 drivers the X1800 was on. Low and behold, sun glare! So there you have it - it' a hardware issue.

Yep.. cause AMD got into it! AMD ROCKS

I'm a dollar-limited person, so I'm runnin on an old ATI 1050 series card, and I get playable framerates, and decent visuals, w/o Volumetrics, but it's good to see ATI is catching up..

And yes, there was a NVIDIA issue when SH3 came out, and thats what made me opt for ATI when I got this card! Figures

07-03-07, 06:40 AM	#2
BlackSpot Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 266 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	I think this is all swings and round-a-bouts. Wasn't there a problem with the sea spray graphics on SHIII with NVidia cards? (Which I think was resolved) __________________ Do nothing which is of no use.

07-12-07, 06:13 PM	#4
BlackSpot Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 266 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Ok, now I KNOW for sure this is a hardware issue. I've been running on an ATI X1800XT and I haven't seen any sun glare. Today I fitted a new ATI Radeon 2900XT 1024MB (nice card BTW). This was PRE 1.3 patch running on the same 7.6 drivers the X1800 was on. Low and behold, sun glare! So there you have it - it' a hardware issue. __________________ Do nothing which is of no use.

07-13-07, 05:55 AM	#6
BlackSpot Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 266 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Nothing worse than a gloater:p Where's you dignity, man? __________________ Do nothing which is of no use.

07-03-07, 10:19 AM	#3
Fish40 The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yonkers, NY U.S.A. Posts: 1,507 Downloads: 154 Uploads: 0	The really odd thing is that in SH3, the sunglare effect/bloom is overkill. For some reason since I upgraded my 9800pro for an X1650pro, the sunglare effect in SH3 is literally blinding. Before, if you looked at the sun, you would see the "disc" shape of the sun along with the rays of sunlight emmanating from the sun. Now all I have (unless the sun is right on the horizon) is a blinding light. In SH4, all I get is a dull disc, with an aura glare effect.