Chronicles of Riddick graphic corruptions

Prelude · Feb 15, 2005, 05:29 PM

Hi guys, got a problem when playing Chronicles of Riddick, all the 'dynamic' objects (like the actor models) are being torn apart. It looks like this :

Anyone that can help me out as to what is causing this corruption? Thx in advance
I'm running a P4 2.4Ghz, 512mb RAM, 9800 Pro 128mb with official 5.2 Drivers.

Spyre · Feb 15, 2005, 07:56 PM

Looks like the effects you get when the card is overheating

As the game uses lots of pixel shaders and stuff it tends to make the chip get hotter as it has to work more

Zardon · Feb 15, 2005, 07:59 PM

As a test try underclocking by 50mhz on the ram and same on the core. if this resolves the issue its overheating as sprye says.

Dark Lord · Feb 15, 2005, 08:06 PM

so thats what that is.... i wonderd why that was happening for a bit.
i used to have that happen to me when doom3 first came out and i was running it on ultra settings. some where along the way a driver came out and i never saw those effects again.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 16, 2005, 12:05 AM

thats just messed up, somethings seriously wrong a
and this is the 1st i've herd of any such issue with the the game

I'd Reinstall direct X 9C, Re install your chipset drivers, re install your video drivers re install the gameif push come to shove try formating and re installing windows...does this happen only in that one game?

You could try runing with your case side off see if that has any effect... but over heating seems to be the more likely couse of your problem. Check the fan on your video card for proper operation...

Dark Lord · May 22, 2005, 08:12 AM

hate to bring up a dead subject, but im sort of haveing the same problem.
i actually just found out tonight that there was a demo for butchers bay so i gave that a try tonight. within literaly 5 seconds i started artifacting, and it happend through the entire demo. i was running at 1024x768@90hz, 4xaa? 16xAF, everything maxed, shader set to auto - 2.0, everything else was maxed.

i checked my video temps with the overdrive tab in the CP, it said i was at 58C *edit, just checked again when i was ingame and it was in the high 60s. i saw some place on here that these x800's could do 100c before any problems occured* cpu temps maxed at 45C and ambient is 28C.

i just threw in doom3 ROE to see if i could get that to artifact (havnt played it till now with the 5.5's) and it ran flawlessly. actually it ran really damn well...

this is the first time ive ever seen artifacting in any game, in a long long time. (saw a little something like this when D3 first came out. it just disapeard as fast as it came and ive never seen it since)

so as of right now, everything may up to date for me. ive got the cat 5.5's, DX 9.0C, and i dont know if theres any new VIA drivers, i updated like 6 months ago.

id really like to get the game some time, but if this is the way its gonna be, i dont think i will. any body know if this artifacting has been eliminated with a patch thats come out?

specs
X800 pro @ stock
A64 3200+ @ stock (clawhammer)
2x512 Kingston Hyper-x DDR400
AC97 (onboard)

*edit - i was just messing around with changeing the refresh rate ingame and it seemd to have a direct coralation between how much artifacting appeard. any one know anything about this?

redsolar · May 22, 2005, 04:59 PM

This is graphics memory issues from what it looks like on the screenshots. Core does not have anything to do with these shaped "tearing". Try clocking memory a little bit lower if you can, and see if they disappear. Make sure you have a good case air flow as well.

Dark Lord · May 22, 2005, 05:47 PM

i can give it a shot.

ive never tried to over/underclock before so what program should i be looking for?

Dark Lord · May 22, 2005, 08:37 PM

ive been messing around with riddick all day and just deleted it.

i tried all 3 shaders, all levels of AA/AF, resolution, texture quality, everything. nothing i tried made a diffrence, i still had that stuff poping up all over the place.

ChoGGi · May 22, 2005, 09:51 PM

thats looks like the problem i had when i knocked a little chip off my old 9800 xt, but i had it in every game.

redsolar · May 22, 2005, 10:49 PM

Riddick is very shader heavy, does it appear in any other shader-heavy game, such as Half Life 2 or Doom 3? If you have those of course. If it only appears in those games, it may be that one of your pixel pipelines is in the better world... It's not a soft-modded 9800 pro, is it?

Dark Lord · May 23, 2005, 12:31 AM

nope, doesnt happen in any other games. farcry, HL2, Doom3 and expansion, NFSU2, everything runs with out any form of artifacting at all. riddick is the only one thats giveing me problems. oh, and from time to time, the menu screen in riddick is artifacting too.

the card is a true blue X800pro, no mods done at all, and the cards only been in 1 system. it is a first run series (got it the week they went on sale) dont know if that would make any diffrence.

*edit - i just ran about a half dozen games, and 3dmark 03. couldnt get any problem to show up in anything.

seeing as it appears to be in this 1 game only, could it be software related?

redsolar · May 23, 2005, 06:09 AM

Well it could be just the problem with Riddick, though it would be strange in this case, as I would think something else could trigger the problem. Have you tried different driver versions?

Sorry, I really do not know what else it could be, other than maybe attempting to clean out Windows by reinstalling it (I know it's a long shot to try and fix a single broken game, but it would annoy the heck out of me)

Dark Lord · May 23, 2005, 07:06 AM

meh whatever. it was only the demo to the game, and at this point in time i wont bother buying it.

i do need to format some time soon, but ive been saying that for the last 5 months...
when ever i get around to it, or when the 5.6's come out, ill try riddick again.

thanks for the help though.

~~ut2k4wikichici~~ · May 23, 2005, 07:27 AM

i dont mean to be a help hogger either but iam having a REALLY bad time with riddick you see................IT WONT EVEN START!!!!! if you look at my topic: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardware-discussion-support/75341-things-screwing-over-after-adding-extra-512mb-stick-ddr-ram.html

you will see there is pictures of the exact error messages that i get and what my system specs are! could one of you guys go over there and give me some sugestions !

allso other bloke is having trouble with Open GL games just like Riddick ! please help us !

Dark Lord · May 23, 2005, 07:46 AM

might want to take a look at this. i heard some people have that same problem and these solutions fixed it.

http://support2.vugames.com/vug/search.aspx

Dark Lord · May 23, 2005, 08:05 AM

i just saw they had a little somethng about anti virus causing problems with the game. i turned off my MS spyware/virus scan thingy, while it didnt completly solve it, it did help some.

~~ut2k4wikichici~~ · May 23, 2005, 09:38 AM

iam having huge issuses with riddick full version please go to my topic http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-radeon-display-drivers/75434-riddick-demo-working-full-version-not.html and help me PLEASEE!!!!! IM DESPERATE I NEED TO PLAY RIDDICK PLEASE HLPE M!!!

Feb 15, 2005, 05:29 PM	#1
Prelude DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 102 Rep Power: 0	Chronicles of Riddick graphic corruptions Hi guys, got a problem when playing Chronicles of Riddick, all the 'dynamic' objects (like the actor models) are being torn apart. It looks like this : Anyone that can help me out as to what is causing this corruption? Thx in advance I'm running a P4 2.4Ghz, 512mb RAM, 9800 Pro 128mb with official 5.2 Drivers.

Feb 15, 2005, 07:56 PM	#2
Spyre DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: England Posts: 240 Rep Power: 62	Looks like the effects you get when the card is overheating As the game uses lots of pixel shaders and stuff it tends to make the chip get hotter as it has to work more __________________ ATI Beta Tester game.AMD.Moderator

Feb 16, 2005, 12:05 AM	#5
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	thats just messed up, somethings seriously wrong a and this is the 1st i've herd of any such issue with the the game I'd Reinstall direct X 9C, Re install your chipset drivers, re install your video drivers re install the gameif push come to shove try formating and re installing windows...does this happen only in that one game? You could try runing with your case side off see if that has any effect... but over heating seems to be the more likely couse of your problem. Check the fan on your video card for proper operation... __________________

May 22, 2005, 08:12 AM	#6
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	hate to bring up a dead subject, but im sort of haveing the same problem. i actually just found out tonight that there was a demo for butchers bay so i gave that a try tonight. within literaly 5 seconds i started artifacting, and it happend through the entire demo. i was running at 1024x768@90hz, 4xaa? 16xAF, everything maxed, shader set to auto - 2.0, everything else was maxed. i checked my video temps with the overdrive tab in the CP, it said i was at 58C edit, just checked again when i was ingame and it was in the high 60s. i saw some place on here that these x800's could do 100c before any problems occured cpu temps maxed at 45C and ambient is 28C. i just threw in doom3 ROE to see if i could get that to artifact (havnt played it till now with the 5.5's) and it ran flawlessly. actually it ran really damn well... this is the first time ive ever seen artifacting in any game, in a long long time. (saw a little something like this when D3 first came out. it just disapeard as fast as it came and ive never seen it since) so as of right now, everything may up to date for me. ive got the cat 5.5's, DX 9.0C, and i dont know if theres any new VIA drivers, i updated like 6 months ago. id really like to get the game some time, but if this is the way its gonna be, i dont think i will. any body know if this artifacting has been eliminated with a patch thats come out? specs X800 pro @ stock A64 3200+ @ stock (clawhammer) 2x512 Kingston Hyper-x DDR400 AC97 (onboard) edit - i was just messing around with changeing the refresh rate ingame and it seemd to have a direct coralation between how much artifacting appeard. any one know anything about this? Last edited by another-user; May 22, 2005 at 08:31 AM.*

May 22, 2005, 04:59 PM	#7
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	This is graphics memory issues from what it looks like on the screenshots. Core does not have anything to do with these shaped "tearing". Try clocking memory a little bit lower if you can, and see if they disappear. Make sure you have a good case air flow as well. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Feb 15, 2005, 07:59 PM	#3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	As a test try underclocking by 50mhz on the ram and same on the core. if this resolves the issue its overheating as sprye says.

Feb 15, 2005, 08:06 PM	#4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	so thats what that is.... i wonderd why that was happening for a bit. i used to have that happen to me when doom3 first came out and i was running it on ultra settings. some where along the way a driver came out and i never saw those effects again.

May 22, 2005, 05:47 PM	#8
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i can give it a shot. ive never tried to over/underclock before so what program should i be looking for?

May 22, 2005, 08:37 PM	#9
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	ive been messing around with riddick all day and just deleted it. i tried all 3 shaders, all levels of AA/AF, resolution, texture quality, everything. nothing i tried made a diffrence, i still had that stuff poping up all over the place.

May 22, 2005, 09:51 PM	#10
ChoGGi DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,209 Rep Power: 0	thats looks like the problem i had when i knocked a little chip off my old 9800 xt, but i had it in every game. __________________ specs Common Problems and Fixes for your Radeon

May 22, 2005, 10:49 PM	#11
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Riddick is very shader heavy, does it appear in any other shader-heavy game, such as Half Life 2 or Doom 3? If you have those of course. If it only appears in those games, it may be that one of your pixel pipelines is in the better world... It's not a soft-modded 9800 pro, is it? __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

May 23, 2005, 12:31 AM	#12
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	nope, doesnt happen in any other games. farcry, HL2, Doom3 and expansion, NFSU2, everything runs with out any form of artifacting at all. riddick is the only one thats giveing me problems. oh, and from time to time, the menu screen in riddick is artifacting too. the card is a true blue X800pro, no mods done at all, and the cards only been in 1 system. it is a first run series (got it the week they went on sale) dont know if that would make any diffrence. edit - i just ran about a half dozen games, and 3dmark 03. couldnt get any problem to show up in anything. seeing as it appears to be in this 1 game only, could it be software related? Last edited by another-user; May 23, 2005 at 01:03 AM.*

May 23, 2005, 06:09 AM	#13
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Well it could be just the problem with Riddick, though it would be strange in this case, as I would think something else could trigger the problem. Have you tried different driver versions? Sorry, I really do not know what else it could be, other than maybe attempting to clean out Windows by reinstalling it (I know it's a long shot to try and fix a single broken game, but it would annoy the heck out of me) __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

May 23, 2005, 07:06 AM	#14
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	meh whatever. it was only the demo to the game, and at this point in time i wont bother buying it. i do need to format some time soon, but ive been saying that for the last 5 months... when ever i get around to it, or when the 5.6's come out, ill try riddick again. thanks for the help though.

May 23, 2005, 07:27 AM	#15
~~ut2k4wikichici~~ Banned Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia AKA. Kangaroo country Posts: 340 Rep Power: 0	i dont mean to be a help hogger either but iam having a REALLY bad time with riddick you see................IT WONT EVEN START!!!!! if you look at my topic: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardware-discussion-support/75341-things-screwing-over-after-adding-extra-512mb-stick-ddr-ram.html you will see there is pictures of the exact error messages that i get and what my system specs are! could one of you guys go over there and give me some sugestions ! allso other bloke is having trouble with Open GL games just like Riddick ! please help us !

May 23, 2005, 07:46 AM	#16
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	might want to take a look at this. i heard some people have that same problem and these solutions fixed it. http://support2.vugames.com/vug/search.aspx

May 23, 2005, 08:05 AM	#17
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i just saw they had a little somethng about anti virus causing problems with the game. i turned off my MS spyware/virus scan thingy, while it didnt completly solve it, it did help some.

May 23, 2005, 09:38 AM	#18
~~ut2k4wikichici~~ Banned Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia AKA. Kangaroo country Posts: 340 Rep Power: 0	iam having huge issuses with riddick full version please go to my topic http://www.hardwareheaven.com/windows-xp-radeon-display-drivers/75434-riddick-demo-working-full-version-not.html and help me PLEASEE!!!!! IM DESPERATE I NEED TO PLAY RIDDICK PLEASE HLPE M!!!