Another texture problem..

[mr reality 0]

I've been getting these odd texture/graphical glithes even when i had the demo. It's still occuring in ver 1.04 and 1.05. I'm not sure ArmA is totally to blame but it's the only game i see this glitch on.

Here's a screenshot i took within the editor, time set at 5am

Here's a screenshot i took within the editor, time set at 5.30am (it doesn't look as bad in game but it is very noticable)

The strange thing is that i'm getting similar textures on my media centre menu screen.

These images don't appear anywhere else. It seems the HDR effect has something to do with the problem as the brighter it is, the more the textures stand out. If i disable shadows the textures are much fainter also. I'm thinking it could be a Quad SLI issue but i'm no expert. I'd like to know if any of you guys have had similar issues.

My system specs

windows media centre SP2

Intel Core2 X6800 2.93Ghz

4GB ram

Quad SLI NIVIDIA 7950GX2

SB XFI fatality

I've got the latest drivers for MB, SC and GPU

[overkill1 0]

that fact that it appears on media center means it has nothing to do with the game.

Worst case scenario is your graphics card is overheating or dying, you could try to give it new drivers or tone down the performance settings. Try your card in another game, chances are it will still appear.

[mr reality 0]

Try your card in another game, chances are it will still appear.

Apart from media centre this does not happen in any other game i'm running. Also i have 4 7950GTX Gpus. Are you telling me all four of them are buggered. I've only had them 4 months.

I'm running Arma on normal settings   , I run Company of heroes, Silent hunter 3 and Call of Juarez on the highest settings with no problems.

[Speeeedy 0]

Not sure where you need 4 7950GTX's for . But that this problem shows up in more then ARMA indicates that it is a problem with your videocard, that does not nessecary mean that they are defect, it also can mean that its caused by the videodrivers your running. So i suggest you try different video drivers to see if that solves the problem

[mr reality 0]

it also can mean that its caused by the videodrivers your running. So i suggest you try different video drivers to see if that solves the problem

I was testing my problem some more and i found if i turn of shadows the problem is fixed. This is why i wasn't getting these textures when the time of day was set either early morning or late evening (no shadows). I assumed it must be driver related because of my media centre menu.

I'm putting it down to Quad SLI, or the fact that ArmA doesn't support SLI. Or it's a crap driver. I'm eagerly awaiting a new driver so i can test it.

The only problem with this is Vista. I wonder if NIVIDIA will now focus all there atention on this OS, as i still use XP..