Horrible Graphic Bugs

[WaffelO 10]

I´ve still the Graphic Problem.

The Game looks like this:

I have a q9550, 8gb DDR 3, 4870.

Since a Arrowhead Patch the Game just looks like shit and is full of texture/lod Bugs.

And since the newest one I can´t even set the Texture/Vram above normal.

I reinstalled the game like 3-4 Times, applied every Patch I can find. Testes out aprox. 6(!) Different ATI Drivers. Nothing helps.

Vanilla Arma 2 was running fine as the game came out, with Arrowhead + DLCs I´ve got this huge Graphic Problems.

I tried every combination with the startup Parameters, looks like this now:

arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7 -maxvidmem 2048 -winxp

arma2oa.cfg: Here too, tried various option. nothing helps.

language="English";

adapter=-1;

3D_Performance=1500000;

Resolution_Bpp=32;

Resolution_W=1920;

Resolution_H=1080;

refresh=60;

winX=16;

winY=32;

winW=800;

winH=600;

winDefW=800;

winDefH=600;

Render_W=1920;

Render_H=1080;

FSAA=0;

postFX=2;

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;

HDRPrecision=8;

lastDeviceId="";

localVRAM=525340672;

nonlocalVRAM=2147483647;

vsync=0;

AToC=7;

FXAA=0;

Windowed=0;

Arma2OaProifle.cfg (Here I changed the texture to high, cause in the Ingame Options I just can set it to normal. But even else on low there bugs are there)

version=2;

blood=2;

singleVoice=0;

shadingQuality=10;

shadowQuality=2;

maxSamplesPlayed=128;

anisoFilter=4;

TexQuality=4;

TexMemory=4;

useWBuffer=0;

tripleHead=0;

class Identity

The Stick Threads won´t help me anymore. I am clueless :(

[[frl]myke 14]

-maxvidmem 2048

Might happened while copy/pasting into the forum but shouldn't there be a = ?

-maxvidmem=2048

Also -nosplash is twice there.

And can you confirm that the bug also exist without any startup parameters?

:EDITH:

Was there really a 2GB version of the HD4870 available?

[WaffelO 10]

Myke;2187244']Might happened while copy/pasting into the forum but shouldn't there be a = ?

It doesn´t matter if there is a "=" or If I put 512-2048. I tried everything.

Myke;2187244']

And can you confirm that the bug also exist without any startup parameters?

Sure. I thought the parameters could fix the bug. It doesnt change anything.

Myke;2187244']

:EDITH:

Was there really a 2GB version of the HD4870 available?

There is a 512 & 1024. I´ve got the 512MB Version :).

[WaffelO 10]

+ a video from last year

[WaffelO 10]

No ideas? :/

[chrisb 196]

Make a copy of your config and put it safe on one side, then try changing and using these:

3D_Performance=93750;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1

localVRAM=2135339008;

nonlocalVRAM=1877766144

Below that; these are personal pref

AToc=6;

PPAA=2;

PPAA_Level=2

(with the PPAA’s set to above, in-game set AA to ‘Low’ should give you the effect of high to very high AA i.e. this)

If it doesn’t work, put the original back..

Just how mine reads out at the mo..:)

Edited July 13, 2012 by ChrisB

[Neopas 10]

I had some similar issues when I had a 4870 512mb . Setting textures to low was helpful in my case.Also increasing size of virtual memory might help.

[WaffelO 10]

Make a copy of your config and put it safe on one side, then try changing and using these:

3D_Performance=93750;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1

nope

localVRAM=2135339008;

nonlocalVRAM=1877766144

nope :(

Really I don´t know whats going on there. Nothing helps. Damaged graphic card?!

I had some similar issues when I had a 4870 512mb . Setting textures to low was helpful in my case.Also increasing size of virtual memory might help.

Nah, it was possible (without ANY texture/lod bugs) to run Arma 2 on Very High Textures. That doesnt seem to fix the problem at all :<.

[chrisb 196]

Have you tried any other games with the card ? probably the next thing to do, if it’s the same, then the card looks like its given up..

[tonygrunt 10]

There is a 512 & 1024. I´ve got the 512MB Version :).

Why are we even discussing of setting up vram to 2gb?

Try to limit your ram to 4GB from msconfig.

Boot tab, click Advanced options, checkmark Maximum memory with 4096. Reboot after setting up and test.

Don't forget to remove it the 4GB to get your memory back.

[ast65 10]

set TexQuality to 3 (instead of 4) and your VideoMemory to default (instead of very high)

[WaffelO 10]

I disabled VSynch in the AMD Driver to always off. On Utes it works on High/High. Other Islands are horrible messed up..

Have you tried any other games with the card ? probably the next thing to do, if it’s the same, then the card looks like its given up..

Other games run fine. I´ve the Bug since a Arma 2 Patch OR a AMD Driver.

Why are we even discussing of setting up vram to 2gb?

Try to limit your ram to 4GB from msconfig.

Boot tab, click Advanced options, checkmark Maximum memory with 4096. Reboot after setting up and test.

Don't forget to remove it the 4GB to get your memory back.

Why should I remove ram? This can´t be a solution, I need my 8GB :D.

And even if this works, I can´t remove/limit my RAM everytime to 4GB If I want to play Arma 2.

set TexQuality to 3 (instead of 4) and your VideoMemory to default (instead of very high)

I can´t set anything above Normal in the Options I have to change it via .cfg whats the number for default?

Don´t know if this is a new "feature" of Arma or a stupid AMD driver Bug.

And as I said, I tried everything. I tried every combination of numbers in the .cfg, every comandline..

Just look at the old Video I posted. Last Year the same problem.

€ It´s impsossible. I played aprox. 30 minutes, and even on low textures the bug appears :<.

€ Okay set the Ram lower. Hud flickering is gone even on Very High textures. But most of the time the ground/grass texture is blurred..

Edited July 14, 2012 by WaffelO

[WaffelO 10]

Well.. If I limit my ram to 7.9 there Hudflickering is gone. But the texture leak is still there. Even on low settings.

[ast65 10]

when you can´t set texture/ video memory above normal in options, the game´s not detecting your GPU correctly;

have you tried deleting your config and let the game write a new one?

[WaffelO 10]

Sure, as I said: reinstalled the game often. Deleted the .cfgs... I even switched Mainboad/CPU/RAM.

[ast65 10]

Deleted the .cfgs... I even switched Mainboad/CPU/RAM.

...my ass, then I´m at my wits´end besides buying a new graphics card :p

I remember I had it once that textures were not completely loaded, ´twas because I had video memory set to 'very high' instead of 'default'

Edited July 18, 2012 by @ST

[WaffelO 10]

That´s so weird.

I limit my RAM via msconfig to 7.9 (In Use 6.2 ?!).

Disabled for testing the Virtual Memory. I set everything to VH and the textures are looking great, I thought I found a solution!

But after a restart of the PC the bug was back... it´s depressing :(.

[ast65 10]

is your virtual memory controlled by windows?

[WaffelO 10]

No I disabled it.

[WaffelO 10]

:|

[ast65 10]

well, I have the best experience with windows controlled virtual RAM in ArmA...

[WaffelO 10]

I disabled it, I limit it to 512-1024-6000-12k, let Windows controll the Virtual Ram. Nothing works.

To limit the ram in the MSconfig to 7.9GB (In Use ~6) fix at least the Hud flickering.

It seems like I am the only person who have this problem..?

[WaffelO 10]

I don´want to crow too soon, but I think the new Patch 1.62 fixed all of my problems :D!

[BasileyOne 10]

I disabled it, I limit it to 512-1024-6000-12k, let Windows controll the Virtual Ram. Nothing works.

To limit the ram in the MSconfig to 7.9GB (In Use ~6) fix at least the Hud flickering.

It seems like I am the only person who have this problem..?

did you turned off AMSP/PCIe power saving in motherboard firmware/BIOS/OS ?

did you turned off anything named "xxx Spread Spectrum xxx"-alike in motherboard firmware/BIOS ?

did you DISABLE "Memory [Hole]Re-Map" feature in motherboard firmware/BIOS ?[thing, affecting majority of IO, starting from GART/IOMMU/PCIe for only 384 Kb of RAM re-gain/recover]

Edited July 30, 2012 by BasileyOne

[Horus 83]

I don´want to crow too soon, but I think the new Patch 1.62 fixed all of my problems :D!

This fix your problem :rolleyes:

[94912] Fixed: Video memory detection on W7/x64 sometimes wrong because of bug in IDirect3DDevice9::GetAvailableTextureMem.