can anyone help me with this oblivion problem?

Langlest · 22 Oct 2008 at 11:07

i just upgraded from a 8800gt to a 4870x2 but for some reason oblivion is running worse on the new card than it did on my old one

it also has a weird graphical problem where there is a sort of flickering blue shadow around things

i tried my best to capture it on video so you can see

if you watch in high quality then you will see it on the right edge of the ruins

there is also a problem when i hilight a button to load or save, the text vanishes so its just a blank button, i can live with that one but this is really annoying

here is my spec

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
ATI 4870 X2
SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX
Abit IP35
Corsair HX 620W Psu
120gig Maxtor SATA
300gig Maxtor SATA

Langlest · 22 Oct 2008 at 11:18

im starting to think its a problem with the new card because i just tried again and it didnt happen, its still performing worse too

matt_fsr · 22 Oct 2008 at 11:45

Hmmmm, not seen that before - which catalyst drivers are you using?

Have you tried using an older driver, or the Omega Ati drivers - see if you get the same fault? Could narrow it down a bit as to whats wrong.

Dark_Angel · 22 Oct 2008 at 11:48

Have you tried other games, like crysis, or even just running 3d mark ?

Is anything overclocked?

Langlest · 22 Oct 2008 at 11:59

well im using the latest drivers & its all at stock speeds, i also notice a strange sound when i run games, i dont think its the fan because when i rest in oblivion it sort of ticks each time a hour passes & the sound stops when oblivion starts to stutter

ill run 3dmark and post the score, any idea what sort of score i should be looking to get with my system?

Langlest · 22 Oct 2008 at 12:20

well i started to run 3d mark but the graphics were a complete mess, there is definetly something wrong here, ill make a video of it
ok here are the videos

i also got some problems with the quantmn of solace demo, the screen would flicker black every now and then

Apopcalyptic · 23 Oct 2008 at 15:14

RMA it tbh.

Sleepery · 23 Oct 2008 at 15:33

Well run drivercleaner first to make sure there are no traces of the old nvidia drivers, reinstall the ATI drivers, and if it's still doing it, then yeah, RMA it.