Black bug, outside only - Page 3

Caltone · 04-28-11, 09:13 PM

bigduke, slide it over to performance. That's what I had to do. I have a crossfire setup as well, so I also had to disable crossfire to get this to work.

bigduke666 · 04-29-11, 01:54 AM

hi caltone.

i did what u said and nothing changed - still the black view. does clicking enable surface format change anything?

RedMonkey · 04-30-11, 02:09 PM

Hi bigduke,
Had this problem myself with my 5970 and ATI drivers,the only solution I've found is reverting to the 10.10 drivers and disabling catalyst AI in the catalyst control panel. Hope it helps mate.

Grouchy · 05-01-11, 04:23 AM

Had the same problem (Because of the low price I gave in this week and bought SH5)

Have a 6990 with 11.4 update/beta drivers and finally solved the black screen issues by turning vertical sync off in the SH5 option screen.

bigduke666 · 05-02-11, 02:01 PM

Hi Grouchey

i unclicked vert sync but still no change?

Caltone · 05-05-11, 09:17 PM

Hmm, unchecking vsync worked for me, Here's what I have selected currently:

* Vsync turned off in game and in CCC
* Catalyst AI to performance
* Crossfire enabled in CCC

Seems pretty laggy at the moment but at least I can see

Oilsmoke · 05-06-11, 08:23 AM

I did this and i can see in the 3-d world.but there is no GPU usage when i run afterburner to monitor the 2nd card.

bigduke666 · 05-12-11, 01:00 PM

installed new latest 11.5 drivers and still black

Jan Kyster · 05-12-11, 01:54 PM

A few comments from a 5970/5870 owner...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragnet

In my case I just turn ATI "A.I." off and the problem went away.

That's the same as disabling one gpu. Your 5970 is now a 5870... read on!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oilsmoke

I i rolled my ati drivers to version 10.8 and the game runs fine... i would say the ATI drivers set 10.10 & 10.11 are cuase the problem I have not tried the newest set 10.12 yet.

Through a series of tests I've narrowed it down to 10.9 as the latest flawless driver for 5970 owners...
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh....php?p=2177158

Quote:

Originally Posted by kvbrock82

The problem is because the game doesnt support XFire.

I am running on an HD5970 which has 2 GPU cores. When Calatalyst AI is on it means it is using both cores but many visual glitches and bugs arise due to its incompatability. It was the same with SH4.

Driver 10.9 makes SH4 run flawless - all drivers above this version till current date gives me some issues in SH4.
ATI drivers allows me to run games without CrossFire support and still let me have an even load on each gpu.
This goes for GTR2, GTL, rFactor and Silent hunter so far.

Which btw. are the only games I play...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigduke666

No i dont have crossfire - just the one 5970

Which actually is two 5870s running in CrossFire

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedMonkey

Had this problem myself with my 5970 and ATI drivers,the only solution I've found is reverting to the 10.10 drivers and disabling catalyst AI in the catalyst control panel. Hope it helps mate.

Roll back one more version to 10.9 and you can run with A.I. enabled = using both gpus and with even load.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigduke666

installed new latest 11.5 drivers and still black

Weep no more! See above!

All issues could be solved in all drivers by cranking AA and MSAA up to max settings, but even the 5970 is being brought to it's weeping knees when it comes to Silent Hunter's graphics.
With 10.9 I can run all settings as desired and have no issues at all.

Standing by for incoming flak, roses and what not!

Caltone · 05-13-11, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jan Kyster

A few comments from a 5970/5870 owner...

Thanks for the research and testing Jan Kyster!. I decided I wanted to stay with the 11.3 drivers and be able to play SH5. Disabling Catalyst A.I. seemed to do it for me. I think I was incorrect earlier when I said moving the slider to performance disabled A.I. It turns out the correct position to disable is "Quality"

I don't think this disables Crossfire anymore, but don't have any way to tell.

bigduke666 · 05-17-11, 02:28 PM

Jan

Thank you for the help - clean uninstall of 11.5, then downloaded 10.9 and all is fine. I am now able to play sh5

StayingPower · 07-01-11, 01:57 PM

Sorry to bump this thread, but I'm having the same problem. Before I roll back my drivers (don't really want to do that) I'd like to know if anyone has had this problem with a 5870? It seems most people have this problem using 5970s or Crossfire, but I just have the single 5870.

05-01-11, 04:23 AM	#34
Grouchy Swabbie Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 5 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Had the same problem (Because of the low price I gave in this week and bought SH5) Have a 6990 with 11.4 update/beta drivers and finally solved the black screen issues by turning vertical sync off in the SH5 option screen. __________________ A cavalry general should be a master of practical science, know the value of seconds, despise life and not trust to chance.

04-28-11, 09:13 PM	#31
Caltone Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 19 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	bigduke, slide it over to performance. That's what I had to do. I have a crossfire setup as well, so I also had to disable crossfire to get this to work.

04-29-11, 01:54 AM	#32
bigduke666 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	hi caltone. i did what u said and nothing changed - still the black view. does clicking enable surface format change anything?

04-30-11, 02:09 PM	#33
RedMonkey Nub Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: England Posts: 4 Downloads: 254 Uploads: 0	Hi bigduke, Had this problem myself with my 5970 and ATI drivers,the only solution I've found is reverting to the 10.10 drivers and disabling catalyst AI in the catalyst control panel. Hope it helps mate.

05-02-11, 02:01 PM	#35
bigduke666 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Hi Grouchey i unclicked vert sync but still no change?

05-05-11, 09:17 PM	#36
Caltone Watch Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 19 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Hmm, unchecking vsync worked for me, Here's what I have selected currently: * Vsync turned off in game and in CCC * Catalyst AI to performance * Crossfire enabled in CCC Seems pretty laggy at the moment but at least I can see

05-06-11, 08:23 AM	#37
Oilsmoke Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Utah Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I did this and i can see in the 3-d world.but there is no GPU usage when i run afterburner to monitor the 2nd card.

05-12-11, 01:00 PM	#38
bigduke666 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	installed new latest 11.5 drivers and still black

05-17-11, 02:28 PM	#41
bigduke666 Watch Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 15 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Jan Thank you for the help - clean uninstall of 11.5, then downloaded 10.9 and all is fine. I am now able to play sh5

07-01-11, 01:57 PM	#42
StayingPower Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 8 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Sorry to bump this thread, but I'm having the same problem. Before I roll back my drivers (don't really want to do that) I'd like to know if anyone has had this problem with a 5870? It seems most people have this problem using 5970s or Crossfire, but I just have the single 5870.