core i7 920 @ 3.4 (stable for months on end)
6 gigs of ram
windows 7 beta
I play eve, l4d2, crisis no problem but this game i get some crazy artifacts, that make this game unplayable.
no love for ati?
ive tried turning off all the effects with no benefit
I've never seen that problem on my Sapphire 4870. Normally this is instantly indicative of GPU instability from high temps or a failed overclock, but to have it only affect STO... odd.
It's like playing an acid trip, you are virtualy blind most of the time. Unplayable. I came looking to see if other ATI users are having it this bad, maybe not?
I'm not getting this with a system more or less identical to the OP's - Core i7 920-D0 @ 3.5GHz, 6GB RAM, Win7/64 Home Premium and a 4870 (albeit with 1GB RAM rather than 512).
Two things come to mind: Ones is the Catalyst version - I'm using 9.12. The other is that I'm running on the stock 750/900 clock.
I updated my driver and catalyst control center yesterday, perhaps an older version might work better despite the game warning me to update my drivers?
I also was getting artifacts in game, and the VPU recovered twice during the mission on the Khitomer. I also have been getting the same thing, (bad artifacting until game jams and VPU recovers (sometimes)) in Borderlands. no overclocking and the max temp for the video card CPUID Hardware Monitor tells me is 80 for the CPU and 70 for the video card.
only some of the area's i have been in are bad, some of them i can play in, which leads me to think that there is some badly coded item that is effect some ati cards
Ah Ha! Others! I've been having this same problem with my Radeon HD Mobility 4530, I went so far as to delete the device from my system, then reinstall it using the latest drivers, no effect. If anyone has any ideas I'd be most interested in hearing them, the game is at times playable, but hardly enjoyable.
Two options that did seem to help in certain rooms were Post processing to OFF and Cinematic Focus to OFF; Helped in the Very first room (mess hall?) and the transporter room, but made little to no diference in the Bridge, or the Medical bay on the Khitomer.
I am also having this problem. I have 2 X1950XTs in Xfire and am getting major artifacts anywhere I go. They get better if I look straight up at the ceiling or the floor. I even tried removing one of my cards and going single GPU for a while, and it made no difference. I am running the latest drivers.
I've got the same problems with my ATI Radeon HD 4830. I can't see anything and am tired of pretending I'm Geordi in a crazy nebula. The game looks awesome and I'm excited to play. Made it as far as the planet beam down site. If this could be fixed asap I'd appreciate it.
Champions Online worked MUCH better than STO for me though.
I'm very annoyed that Cryptic are disabling AA for ATI cards. In Champions Online I had full 8 x AA and it was beautiful ! So I see no reason why I can't use AA for STO.
I've tried setting AA to application controlled and also in the Catalyst Control Center but iI don't think it ever works in STO.
the thought just occured to me, and this may be redundant to post, but make sure you all are bugging this thing, that way Cryptic sees it, it might not hurt to post in the "Showstoppers and critical issues" thread in the bug report forum as well. I feel like until the problem at least gets acknowledged we have to be kinda loud about it.
the thought just occured to me, and this may be redundant to post, but make sure you all are bugging this thing, that way Cryptic sees it, it might not hurt to post in the "Showstoppers and critical issues" thread in the bug report forum as well. I feel like until the problem at least gets acknowledged we have to be kinda loud about it.
good idea, will definately try it. however, i think we might get a better response if there was a way to do in game tickets...
Yes, AA is disabled for all ATI cards at the moment to prevent some major graphics issues. If you're having artifacting make sure you're not forcing AA in the control center.
Also post the grapics card driver version that you're using. I'm using a 4850 with 0 problems.
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I've never seen that problem on my Sapphire 4870. Normally this is instantly indicative of GPU instability from high temps or a failed overclock, but to have it only affect STO... odd.
i rebooted just to see if it would would and didn't.
play any other game max with no problems
however i still get artifacts while loading... but not playing. i have a feeling its not just the card.
Two things come to mind: Ones is the Catalyst version - I'm using 9.12. The other is that I'm running on the stock 750/900 clock.
All graphic options are cranked.
I made sure everything was application controlled and AA turned off in the control panel.
I have a 4670 1Gb card.
Drivers are 9.12
Here's a DXDiag of my system http://pastebin.com/m7aac72ab
Any help would be wonderful.
Also, I'm not "forcing" AA through the Catalyst Control Centre. Settings are:
AA: App controled
AAA: Disabled
AF: App Controled
Catalyst AI: Disabled
Mipmap: Performance
I have taken some screen shots if any of the Dev team would like them mailed in.
also happens in borderlands sometimes and Champions online when i played that.
i dont know what it is .. but its ****ing me off .. this game seems great from what i have done so far.
Ram: 4 GB
Graphics: HD 4870 (1GB)
OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit
Catalyst: 9.12
Artifact problems here too. The game never crashed though.
I tried using older drivers, but same problems there.
Hope they will fix this soon,
bye
Q6600 @ 3GHz
4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz (CL6)
ATI Radeon 4870 1GB (default clock settings)
OCZ Vertex Turbo 120GB SSD
Windows 7 x64
Champions Online worked MUCH better than STO for me though.
I'm very annoyed that Cryptic are disabling AA for ATI cards. In Champions Online I had full 8 x AA and it was beautiful ! So I see no reason why I can't use AA for STO.
I've tried setting AA to application controlled and also in the Catalyst Control Center but iI don't think it ever works in STO.
good idea, will definately try it. however, i think we might get a better response if there was a way to do in game tickets...
ATI RADEON HD 4650 is what i got, and i've tried everything. trust me, everything.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=58653
is where i listed my complete list of wtf's, but no response yet.
help?
In fact it runs the game like a star with only an E6600 CPU to feed it.
That said, it also sounds like a jet engine under my desk...
I have tried turning everything off or to a low setting(when no option) and it does not help at all
yeh, i'm just hoping its because they turned off aa on certain cards... i wish they were specific on which cards though...
Also post the grapics card driver version that you're using. I'm using a 4850 with 0 problems.