overheating, artifacting, or just some anomaly?

Dark Lord · Nov 15, 2009, 09:11 AM

i just started playing mass effect, and came across this. i honestly have no idea wtf it is. it sure doesnt look/act like its artifacting.
doesnt show up in any other game, doesnt happen in cut scenes/menu, and only appears when im walking.

turned all settings off/low, dropped res to 1024x768. happened during a cut scene briefly, but isnt happening while im playing now. this ones really got my stumped. my card temps are below 65C, it doesnt appear in any other game, zero artifacting with atitool artifact scan.... driver issue perhaps?

deBelly · Nov 15, 2009, 10:23 AM

Probably a driver issue.

Dark Lord · Nov 15, 2009, 07:10 PM

thats what im thinking, which would put me at truly screwed. im on cat 9.3, the last drivers made for my card.

*turned cat AI off, seems to have eliminated the problem.

Nov 15, 2009, 09:11 AM	#1
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	overheating, artifacting, or just some anomaly? i just started playing mass effect, and came across this. i honestly have no idea wtf it is. it sure doesnt look/act like its artifacting. doesnt show up in any other game, doesnt happen in cut scenes/menu, and only appears when im walking. turned all settings off/low, dropped res to 1024x768. happened during a cut scene briefly, but isnt happening while im playing now. this ones really got my stumped. my card temps are below 65C, it doesnt appear in any other game, zero artifacting with atitool artifact scan.... driver issue perhaps? __________________ Last edited by Dark Lord; Nov 15, 2009 at 09:33 AM.

Nov 15, 2009, 10:23 AM	#2
deBelly HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Croatia Posts: 278 Rep Power: 43 System Specs	Re: overheating, artifacting, or just some anomaly? Probably a driver issue.

Nov 15, 2009, 07:10 PM	Thread Starter #3
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Re: overheating, artifacting, or just some anomaly? thats what im thinking, which would put me at truly screwed. im on cat 9.3, the last drivers made for my card. turned cat AI off, seems to have eliminated the problem. __________________ Last edited by Dark Lord; Nov 15, 2009 at 07:35 PM.*