Author Topic: Radeon 9550 flickering questions (Read 448 times)

clerick · « **on:** May 17, 2007, 04:21:32 PM »

I am having some odd issues with my display in game and am trying to diagnose them.

1) Everywhere the cursor arrow is there is a verticle line just to the right of the arrow, i assume that it is an artifact from the arrows image file

2) Everytime i'm puling blackout g's the screen goes back EXCEPT a very narrow border around the screen which still shows the game, maybe a few pixels wide. Tried to screenshot it but i doesnt show up..

3) Any fine lines in the game, concrete pad joints, the rings on the .target command et.c. will usually display as broken lines and not continuous lines.

Not sure what info you need from the DirectX diagnostic so here is some of it...

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/03/05 13:52:41 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2816MB RAM
Page File: 399MB used, 5072MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor AGP (0x4153)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4153&SUBSYS_04021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (70Hz)
Monitor: Dell 1905FP (Digital)
Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6677 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/2/2007 15:53:36, 265728 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/2/2007 15:53:19, 1972224 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0213-11CF-A769-0824A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x4153
SubSys ID: 0x04021002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000

any help would be appreciated.

Solar10 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2007, 04:31:55 PM »

Same deal here. I'm at work so can't post system info.

SkyGnome · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:35:09 PM »

I think the narrow border is an artifact of using FSAA with Aces High. Sort of handy, really, to know which way you'll have to turn to recover level flight when wounded.

The cursor problem is too, if I recall right.

Not sure about your dotted lines.. haven't noticed that.

clerick · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2007, 02:01:23 AM »

FSAA?

Rolex · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2007, 06:37:34 AM »

1) Everywhere the cursor arrow is there is a verticle line just to the right of the arrow, i assume that it is an artifact from the arrows image file

Anti-aliasing shows that artifact. There is another green one on right side of text box. I use ATI cards and have always had these, too.

2) Everytime i'm puling blackout g's the screen goes back EXCEPT a very narrow border around the screen which still shows the game, maybe a few pixels wide. Tried to screenshot it but i doesnt show up..

I see same thing.

3) Any fine lines in the game, concrete pad joints, the rings on the .target command et.c. will usually display as broken lines and not continuous lines.

I notice these sometimes also. I don't think it's anything peculiar about your system. They are all minor, little wrinkles in the grand scheme of things..

clerick · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2007, 09:13:30 AM »

I reset the settings in the ATI control panel and ALL of these problems went away...but now everything is UBER-jagged. Time to start turning things back on one-by-one.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2007, 07:55:53 PM »

I think you may have the wrong drivers on it .

But my 9550 is in a 32 bit pc with the 4.12 cat/omega's .

SkyGnome · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2007, 09:35:41 PM »

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Originally posted by clerick
FSAA?

Full Scene Anti-Aliasing. It reduces the jaggies on slanted lines throughout the scene. It should be a setting in the direct 3D section of whatever graphics card you're using. I've had this artifact on both ATI and Nvidia cards, whenver FSAA is turned on. It's easily worth the minor bugaboos, if you have the horsepower to use it with good frame rate.

38ruk · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2007, 11:02:16 PM »

What Roo said , the 4.12's Cat/omegas are your best bet driver wise .

clerick · « **Reply #9 on:** May 19, 2007, 03:30:59 PM »

I went to the omega site and the latest driver i could find for the 9550 and xp was 3.9.330... hmmmm

i did find that some of the problems i was having were related to the "alternate pixel center" option this was causing a ot of weird flickering especially with icon ranges and other small details.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #10 on:** May 19, 2007, 03:57:37 PM »

goto the archive section at the omega site .

clerick · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2007, 03:01:30 PM »

Found them! I didnt realize that the number was refering to ATI's driver number NOT cat/omega's. Have seen some improvement in FR but still need to tweak a bit since i'm seeing some jaggedness still. Was REALLY obvious when in tower. The black slats between the windows would "stairstep" while other things ooked good. And structures like the dar, VH and barracks would "dance" a little... but i think that some timkering will fix that.

~~Thanks for your help guys~~