Armed Assault & HD 4870 problem with glare effects

[evatanen 0]

Help!

I bought this new Radeon HD 4870 card by Sapphire to play armed assault and it doesn't quite work like it should.

These glare effects are awful! When ever I get in a vehicle, this effect keeps getting stronger and stronger, 'till I can't see outside at all..

They are bad enough when walking around, but in vehicles... I just can't play at all :-(

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ARMA 1.14 English, 505 games

System:WinXP, DirectX 9.0c, Catalyst version 8.7 Beta

GFX: Sapphire HD4870

CPU: Amd64 x2 4400+

MOBO: A8N-SLI & 1GB ram

using v8.6 catalyst drivers doesn't help, with or without that hotfix.

Tweaking with brightness & gamma doesn't help..

[mr.g-c 6]

When im looking a your first screen and see that the textures are also pretty weird, then i think maybe the card is broken overheated, whatever...

[evatanen 0]

When im looking a your first screen and see that the textures are also pretty weird, then i think maybe the card is broken overheated, whatever...

It's not allways that bright. When I move or look to a diffirent direction, the glare eases for a moment. Night missions are quite fine.

[Q1184 0]

I'm pretty sure it's the 'Alternate Pixel Centers' setting that's responsible for this effect. Install ATI Tray Tools, go to Direct3D page and uncheck 'Alternate Pixel Centers'.

[evatanen 0]

I'm pretty sure it's the 'Alternate Pixel Centers' setting that's responsible for this effect. Install ATI Tray Tools, go to Direct3D page and uncheck 'Alternate Pixel Centers'.

Yes indeed it was! GREAT! THANKS!

Btw. U don't need ATT for that, U can set it from Catalyst Control Center too.. But on a second tought, maby ATT is bith lighter program to run than CCC.

[Dwarden 1125]

This are most likely 8.7 from ASUS (or very close to official 8.7)

works like dream with HD series of cards

Vista x64

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ATI/ati8511_Vista64.zip

Vista x32

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ATI/ati8511_Vista32.zip

XP

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ati8511_winxp32.zip

XPx64

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ati8511_winxp64.zip

[odjob 0]

Official 8.7 now available at ATI homepage:

Vista:  http://game.amd.com/us-en....vista32

XP: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp

[hamis 0]

Well,i can't recommend official 8.7's.Take a look:8.7 problemsand here:8.7 problems 2.I'm using 8.7 beta's without issues.

[Dwarden 1125]

i get no problems on HD series card at all with these drivers ...

IMHO one of best sets so far ...

[odjob 0]

8.7 on HD4870 gives me no problems either.

[evilfury 0]

Its the performance of HD4870 good in arma? I mean would I benefit alot if I move from 8800GT to 4870?

[odjob 0]

My HD4870 is much faster than my previous 8800gts 640Mb.

Here´s a random vid i found: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=oyCaSi_TlKg&feature=related

Hes got a HD4870 on a E8400 and everything on max. His full spec is at the end of the vid.

He doesnt seem to like Arma though (Not my vid)

[Deadfast 43]

I just built a new rig (Q6600, 4GB Dual channel 800MHz DDR2 RAM

and Sapphire HD 4870 512MB DDR5).

Everything seems to be running really smooth on these settings:

[evilfury 0]

Can you made a little movie while you playing evolution? I want to see how its perform in battle. And fraps would be welcome to see how much fps do you get.

[Deadfast 43]

Nah, I don't play Evolution

Besides, I don't really think that capturing a video using Fraps is a reliable way of measuring performance, especially since Fraps cuts the FPS in half.

Well, I'll see what I can do, just don't expect anything from Evo .

[evilfury 0]

I got HD4870 now. But im not impressed with performance in arma. I reinstall vista to make sure that everything is clear for new GPU. Now i get low fps in arma with these settings as you have Deadfast. I have the same computer as you. I have a new 8.7 ati drivers.

[Deadfast 43]

That's weird, even though I gotta admit I turned off the AA (FPS drop by trees and I can't tell a difference anyway at this resolution).

[evilfury 0]

Which drivers are you using?

[odjob 0]

Im also running 1680x1050 and i cant really decide (AA)normal or off.

What really bugs me is when playing in bad (rainy daytime) weather and going into a forrest everything goes really bright. Looking down on the hands they are white as snow    but looking up makes it normal   .

[Deadfast 43]

Which drivers are you using?

Sorry for the late reply, but I couldn't get up the forums thanks to errors...

I'm using 8.7 and the OS is Vista Business 64.

[evilfury 0]

I have the same drivers and OS as you have. Can you take a picture of your settings in catalyst control center at 3D section?

[Deadfast 43]

I didn't change anything there.

It's set to balanced.

Have you tried some other games?

[sickboy 13]

Im also running 1680x1050 and i cant really decide (AA)normal or off.

What really bugs me is when playing in bad (rainy daytime) weather and going into a forrest everything goes really bright. Looking down on the hands they are white as snow    but looking up makes it normal   .

Try changing your hdrprecision setting to 16 or 32.

By default it's on 8.

You will find the setting in your arma.cfg, default location: My Documents\ArmA\ArmA.cfg

(Edit while game closed)

[evilfury 0]

I didn't change anything there.

It's set to balanced.

Have you tried some other games?

I did. And every single game is running great. But that arma doesnt want to run like others.

Also that stuttering happens when I enable AA of AF.

[odjob 0]

Im also running 1680x1050 and i cant really decide (AA)normal or off.

What really bugs me is when playing in bad (rainy daytime) weather and going into a forrest everything goes really bright. Looking down on the hands they are white as snow    but looking up makes it normal   .

Try changing your hdrprecision setting to 16 or 32.

By default it's on 8.

You will find the setting in your arma.cfg, default location: My Documents\ArmA\ArmA.cfg

(Edit while game closed)

Ya i tried 16 and it made it a bit better, will try 32 and see if that solves it. Thanks for the heads up.