artifacts in crysis

Slinkie · 16 Sep 2008 at 22:02

Hi folks,

I have just started playing crysis and have noticed a few areas where I am getting artifacts, mostly inside shacks and buildings. I play a lot cod4 and have never seen artifacts, nor have I seen them in and benchmark programs. I do have my gfx card overclocked but only as far as ccc will let it go (it's a 4870 with a accelero s1 on so its nice and cool). Does anyone know how I can sort this problem out ?

Thanks

Matt

Dr_Fartypants · 16 Sep 2008 at 23:37

Slinkie said:
Hi folks,

I have just started playing crysis and have noticed a few areas where I am getting artifacts, mostly inside shacks and buildings. I play a lot cod4 and have never seen artifacts, nor have I seen them in and benchmark programs. I do have my gfx card overclocked but only as far as ccc will let it go (it's a 4870 with a accelero s1 on so its nice and cool). Does anyone know how I can sort this problem out ?

Thanks

Matt

Yes - you can lower the clocks on your GPU.

Artifacts are the result of incorrect data processing. This is a result of the transistors in the GPU or memory being forced to update faster than they can handle. The fact that you only see them in crysis simply shows that the region of the GPU which is being over-stressed is used more intensely in crysis than in the other programs you have tested.

A stable bit of silicon can handle anything thrown at it without error. Artifacts in any program are indicative of pushing too far. You can reduce the clocks (could be GPU, memory or both), up the voltage, or live with the artifacts. The choice is yours.

AWPC · 16 Sep 2008 at 23:38

It ATI drivers causing it. 8.9 betas some are saying fixes it.

Gerard · 16 Sep 2008 at 23:38

Slinkie said:
Hi folks,

I have just started playing crysis and have noticed a few areas where I am getting artifacts, mostly inside shacks and buildings. I play a lot cod4 and have never seen artifacts, nor have I seen them in and benchmark programs. I do have my gfx card overclocked but only as far as ccc will let it go (it's a 4870 with a accelero s1 on so its nice and cool). Does anyone know how I can sort this problem out ?

Thanks

Matt

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17920520