GTX 285 World of warcraft shadow problem <corruption?>

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:05

GTX 285 World of warcraft shadow problem <corruption?> [Solved]

[Solved - see post]

Sorry for the stupidly large image mainly taken up with white space...

So the above shows my problem. I have only noticed this shadow thing in Stormwind although i might have missed it in other places.

I can solve the problem by setting the shadows at 2 notches and the problem goes away - but it's just a bit of an insult to the GTX...
Everything else is on ultra with x8AA (i have changed this value and it made no diff)
System is Overclocked but i have tried underclocking it and tried a numerous amount of drivers which have made no effect.

I really wish there was a phone number i could call BFG on, as I have been waiting for a reply for 3 days now

System specs
GTX 285 OC edition
Q6600 3.0GHz
4GB Cellshock 1333MHz CL6
Blackops x48 Motherboard

Leeroy123 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:07

play a proper game and not a girly game like wow lol!!! nah seriously its poo.

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:11

lol >.<

Leeroy123 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:12

To be honest mate i get problems with my 295 on some games too, sims 3 for instance whatever i do cant play that without fps lag, even on lowest settings!!! must just be nvidia eh

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:15

This is what I was thinking - Then after trying about 6 different driver releases and having the display driver crash all over the show...
A friend of mine has almost the same system with the only diff is he is running DDR2 and a 9600GT - Yes it is SERIOUSLY underpowered for crysis etc but it runs wow without any glitches and tbh thats the only game i have sat down to play in a long time.

That and a few RTS games which certainly dont need a GTX285 to run them

Al least folding on this thing is quick

Leeroy123 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:17

yeah funny that cos i used to have an 8800gtx and it ran sims 3 perfectly, but my 295 wont!!! funny things nvidia cards lol.... runs other games like crysis, res evil 5. operation flashpoint dr, deadspace, grid, etc etc all on full everything but wont run sims 3 lol

Locke · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:19

Revert back to the 186 series of drivers.

Leeroy123 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:20

that might work for you aries, but didnt help me, i tried every driver that there was in the archive haha.

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:26

I'll give it a shot lol

This is insane that I have to go back so far in terms of drivers...
If this doesn't work this thing is being RMAed again. So this will be the 2nd time I have had to do this.
Last time it was squealing unbearably when folding.

but wont run sims 3 lol

play a proper game and not a girly game

joking joking XD

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:38

Right gonna give these a try - see what happens

GeForce/ION Release 186 WHQL 186.18 June 17, 2009

chaparral · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:44

aries2580 said:
joking joking XD

You got Leeroy123 well & truly there

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 13:58

Locke said:
Revert back to the 186 series of drivers.

Right drivers installed.
Loaded up wow and it didn't make a difference :mad:

Guess there are two things
Either it's the card.
Or its the game.

What makes me think its the card is that win7 has popped up a few times saying that the desktop manager has suffered in performance and you need to lower your visual settings which are tweaked anyway!!!
If i go into the event log it says about video memory degradation...

And still no reply from bfg...

chaparral · 29 Nov 2009 at 14:10

Are there any World of warcraft forums ??

If there is then you could ask if anyone uses a GTX 285 with this game ???

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 14:12

I asked and got no replies

Wow community = mean lol
posted the question here and got an answer in about 20 seconds...

chaparral · 29 Nov 2009 at 14:25

aries2580 said:
I asked and got no replies
Wow community = mean lol
posted the question here and got an answer in about 20 seconds...

You most likely get even more replys if you post a thread in the PC games part of this forum

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 14:26

chaparral said:
You most likely get even more replys if you post a thread in the PC games part of this forum

Will do - cheers

Datamonkey · 29 Nov 2009 at 16:25

This happens to me with 2 x 4890's fella. with shadows on full

Like you i have to knock the shadows down to 2 notches up from the bottom.

I have a feeling its to do with setting AA and AF using drivers and also using the in game settings.

Its the game not your card.

At least thats some good news for you

Locke · 29 Nov 2009 at 16:28

Yeah, it's the game then..

aries2580 · 29 Nov 2009 at 16:41

Datamonkey said:
This happens to me with 2 x 4890's fella. with shadows on full

Like you i have to knock the shadows down to 2 notches up from the bottom.

I have a feeling its to do with setting AA and AF using drivers and also using the in game settings.

Its the game not your card.

At least thats some good news for you

/love

Seriously, thanks for the reply. I wasn't looking forward to the whole rma experience again. The windows video settings thing i'll just ignore for now as i havent noticed any slowdown.

Again thank you! /thread

AtreuS · 29 Nov 2009 at 19:24

It does it it on my 275 as well occasionally. I just assumed it was the game.