W1NDOWL1CKER 10 Posted October 30, 2009 After installing my new XFX Radeon HD5870 I got these strange blocky effects as soon as the game starts running. Objects show almost no detail and most of them seem to hover over the ground. It makes no difference if I select lowest or highest graphics settings, I've tried them all. At first I thought that maybe my psu is not sufficient (Coolermaster Realpower Pro 520) but that does not seem to be the problem: I can run Prime 95, Unigine Heaven DirectX 11, 3DMark06 benchmarks and other games without any trouble and at the highest settings... I've got the latest driver installed (Catalyst 9.10), and even reinstalled the game, all to no avail. Before with my Radeon HD4850, although at low settings it ran smoothly. See my system specs below, as I said, the game ran well until I installed the 5870. Please, does anyone know a solution? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RKSL-Rock Posted October 31, 2009 try the -winxp modifier in your shortcut eg: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\arma2.exe" -nosplash -winxp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kklownboy 43 Posted October 31, 2009 8GB ... You had no issue with your 4xxx card? Did you install a new OS for your new card? You had XP before and now your on the Vista64? You did just insatll the DX11 for vista, so that is different... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W1NDOWL1CKER 10 Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) try the -winxp modifier in your shortcuteg: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\arma2.exe" -nosplash -winxp Somehow I don't know how to add the extension to my shortcut, I've tried "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\arma2.exe-nosplash -winxp" but all that happens is that Vista tells me the program doesn't exist or has been moved. @kklownboy: I did not change anything except the graphics card... Never had any issues before. PLEASE, I NEED HELP Edited October 31, 2009 by W1NDOWL1CKER Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RKSL-Rock Posted October 31, 2009 Somehow I don't know how to add the extension to my shortcut, I've tried "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\arma2.exe-nosplash -winxp" but all that happens is that Vista tells me the program doesn't exist or has been moved. Seriously? Right, find your ArmA2 icon on you desktop. Right Click on it and click the "properties" option from the menu. In the new window that pops up find the Target box, and click in it. You should have something like: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\arma2.exe" Right at the end of it and outside of the quotes type: -winxp So you should have something that looks like this: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\arma2.exe" -winxp Now click apply. Then try the game again. http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma2:_Startup_Parameters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
W1NDOWL1CKER 10 Posted October 31, 2009 seriously?Right, find your arma2 icon on you desktop. Right click on it and click the "properties" option from the menu. In the new window that pops up find the target box, and click in it. You should have something like: "c:\program files\bohemia interactive\arma 2\arma2.exe" right at the end of it and outside of the quotes type: -winxp so you should have something that looks like this: "c:\program files\bohemia interactive\arma 2\arma2.exe" -winxp now click apply. Then try the game again. http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/arma2:_startup_parameters thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U must be a genius, that worked! Thanks again man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
