white dots and tearing in quake 3

johnny_raindanz · Apr 11, 2004, 10:51 PM

anyone know what causes white dots or broken white lines in the edges of the walls or floor in quake 3...
have good cooling , 9800xt 256 , good system , never had it before only change was driver updates .. omega or ati cat
been happening since cat or omega 4.2 to now 4.4.. system winxp pro.. latest updates running amd atlon 2500 ,with 1gig ram...... still the same and always ran q3 great...
thanks

PolygonParadox · Apr 12, 2004, 03:47 PM

Those are T-Junction artifacts. It happens when there are spaces between polygons, a game issue, not a hardware one. Tearing can be fixed by turning on V-Sync.

Apr 11, 2004, 10:51 PM	#1
johnny_raindanz DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	white dots and tearing in quake 3 anyone know what causes white dots or broken white lines in the edges of the walls or floor in quake 3... have good cooling , 9800xt 256 , good system , never had it before only change was driver updates .. omega or ati cat been happening since cat or omega 4.2 to now 4.4.. system winxp pro.. latest updates running amd atlon 2500 ,with 1gig ram...... still the same and always ran q3 great... thanks

Apr 12, 2004, 03:47 PM	#2
PolygonParadox DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 110 Rep Power: 0	Those are T-Junction artifacts. It happens when there are spaces between polygons, a game issue, not a hardware one. Tearing can be fixed by turning on V-Sync. __________________ 3200+ XP (400) A7N8X Deluxe 2.0 1 GB OCsystem DDR 3200 LL BBA 9800