Arma2 free distorted graphics problem

[Bravo2255 1]

So my drivers are up to date and everything, and I get this error. (Note: I am playing Arma 2 Free)

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577836849416659660/192EB45621EC665431E4D13B7D8BB2F059484750/1024x640.resizedimage

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577836849416388583/4869FD385CEF2B59E62364EA7CCB87E98D8ABB4C/1024x640.resizedimage

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/577836849416394216/346DD403133BAFE1268DCEDE1D17D7876F8A47D6/1024x640.resizedimage

[W0lle 1045]

Have you even bothered to read the forum rules you just accepted? Obviously not, else you would have seen this:

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ArmA2 Free has nothing to do with ArmA1 you posted this originally in.

[Bravo2255 1]

Sorry, I am new, and it said Arma, so I figured it was the right spot.

Sorry again.

This is under Arma 2 though? I am confused here. Can you help me or not?..

[W0lle 1045]

It is under ArmA2 now because I moved it here.

It may help if you provide hardware details, preferable a dxdiag report. Have you installed the latest DirectX9? It is not included in DX11 as you may think.

Are your video drivers really up2date? What card you have? Does it meet the requirements?

[Bravo2255 1]

It is under ArmA2 now because I moved it here.

It may help if you provide hardware details, preferable a dxdiag report. Have you installed the latest DirectX9? It is not included in DX11 as you may think.

Are your video drivers really up2date? What card you have? Does it meet the requirements?

I do not know what "dxdiag" is.

I have Direct X 9.

My steam says all Drivers and clients are up to date.

My Graphics card is ATI Radeon 4500 (Far beyond the minimal requirements.).

I do not know why it is doing this, but I heard it was a recent patch, I find that hard to believe though.

[W0lle 1045]

Start Menu -> in the search field type dxdiag

Upon start you are asked to check if drivers are signed, say no.

Once the scan is done, click on "save all information"

Save the file on your desktop, open it with Editor and copy&paste the content of the file here.

Then put the link to the document here so we can review it.

[Bravo2255 1]

Ok, I pasted it.

I pm'd you with pastebin link.

Edited August 1, 2012 by Bravo2255

[[frl]myke 14]

My Graphics card is ATI Radeon 4500 (Far beyond the minimal requirements.).

It is not "far beyond", in fact it is inferior. Please remember that the first digit of the number only states the generation of the GPU and the second number defines is performance class.

That said, a 1800 is still superior to a 4500.

Just to compare a few numbers between these two.

Theoretically computing power (in GFlops, higher is better):

X1800 = 134

HD4500 = 96

Pixelfillrate (in GigaPixel, higher is better):

X1800 = 11.2

HD4500 = 2.4

Data transfer rate GPU<>Memory (in GB/s, higher is better):

X1800 = 51.2

HD4500 = 12.8

The X1800 is noted as the minimum required GPU so your system does not fulfill the minimum required specs.

Anyway, it might be that your GPU is overheating which may cause these artifacts.