swtx 42 Posted April 7, 2007 I'm going to keep this short and sweet I have been researching this LOD problem and I may have found a solution. I have tried everything from updating my drivers to the current version (7.3) to using the latest Omega drivers and still no luck with solving the LOD and corrupt textures bug until now. I rolled my drivers all the way back to the 6.11 version (Nov. 2006) and for the last 48 hours I have been playing completely error free. Thats right, error free. It's been absolutley amazing.  My FPS are running between 20-30 fps and the lods are not popping in and flickering like they were with no corrupt textures. You can download the 6.11 drivers right here Unfortunatley they do not support the X1650 card. I hope this solves some problems for everyone as it did with me  My specs: Intel P4 3.4 Gig 2 Gig 533 Mghz memory Asus p5gd2 Mainboard WD 105 gig HDD ATI X800 256 Meg series GPU w/ 6.11 Catalyst drivers Apple 23" Cinema Display monitor Ingame settings: Visabilty: 1200 Resolution: 1600x1200 Refresh: 60Hz Terrain: Very High Object detail: Very High Texture detail: High Shading: Very High Post PP: Low Anistropic Filter: Disabled Shadow detail: Disabled Antialiasing: Disabled Blood: High Again I hope this solves some problems for everyone.  Please post your feedback below. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-UK 0 Posted April 7, 2007 Thanks for the heads up But this has already been identified in the stickies! 6.7 is the latest version of Catalyst without a handle leak and without the LOD bugs... It also supports more cards. But if anyone is still getting problems with 6.7 try using 6.11 if ur card is supported Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deevius 0 Posted April 10, 2007 ^ the LOD bug doesn't have ANYTHING to do with a memory leak. It's an IN-GAME BUG that NEEDS TO BE FIXED. You still haven't figured that out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainbow 0 Posted April 10, 2007 In ATI Tray Tools is something like "Geometry Instancing" (Tweaks\Standard Tweaks). It helps with "memory leak" on all versions of drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwarden 1125 Posted April 10, 2007 erm how GI can help memory leak ... handles leak exists even with it on or off ... GI enabled helps as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry_instancing all drivers from 6.8 up to 7.3 including 7.2 beta and 7.3 Stalker hotfix contain handles leak (yet since 7.3 only Intel platfrom users are affected) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deevius 0 Posted April 10, 2007 I just installed 6.11 drivers and can confirm that the LOD bug doesn't seem to be as bad now... not sure if im getting the memory leak with these drivers but i don't think so. still very poor performance though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brophmeister 0 Posted April 10, 2007 I have a Radeon X1600 with 6.7 drivers and 512mb of memory. It STILL gives me the Blue Screen Of Death! I will give the 6.11 drivers a try... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brophmeister 0 Posted April 10, 2007 Just gave the 6.11 drivers a try. The problem has worsened! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thr0tt 12 Posted April 10, 2007 Ok, are you removing the drivers first or just installing over the top ? Use Drivercleaner to remove the drivers before you change them or you may have newer or older files left on the system that could effect performance. Also, a great way of helping although I find it odd as it works 80% of the time is to put -maxmem=512 BEFORE the -mod=beta statement on your shortcut or batch file which ever you use. Performance seems to increase with this. Drivers hopefully will be fixed in the coming months... anyone from BIS care to comment ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deevius 0 Posted April 11, 2007 yeah personally I made sure i done a completely clean driver install... since ive been installing about 10 different driver versions over the past few days if you dont clean out old drivers things can get muddled up... so try clearing out ALL old ati files, registry files (check this guide if you need help: http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html ) THEN do a clean, fresh install of 6.7 like i said though the problem is still there, just not as bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hit-man 0 Posted April 11, 2007 Maybe it helps one of you guys with ATI Xseries. Have a look at my topic here: graphic problem... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brophmeister 0 Posted April 12, 2007 Ok, are you removing the drivers first or just installing over the top ? Use Drivercleaner to remove the drivers before you change them or you may have newer or older files left on the system that could effect performance. Yep, I made sure I did a complete uninstall/reinstall of the drivers. And I tried the maxmem=512 command. The graphics looked very slightly poorer, my framerate stayed the same and it still crashed! My specs are ATI Radeon X1600 with 512mb vid ram and 6.7 drivers. 1gb RAM 250gb HDD (90gb free) Pentium D processor at 3.2 ghz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swtx 42 Posted April 12, 2007 Quote[/b] ]The graphics looked very slightly poorer, my framerate stayed the same and it still crashed! Try disabling your Catalyist AI. I read some where that it can cause blue screens and fatal errors. Hope this helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brophmeister 0 Posted April 12, 2007 Yep, catalyst AI disabled. Thanks anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
