Red marks on ground

[BirdDog]

Hello,
When in flight or on the ground I can see red marks in the trees and red outlines on the runways sometimes.
 I can't see out of a bomb site.  It fades in and out( looks like wierd clouds ).  Also the buttons on the clipboard
are black somtimes.  If I'm flying, the planes futher than 2K out are squares.  Sometimes a bad guy will come at me
and his icon doesn't show red or green.  So I don't shoot just incase it's a friendly.  Any thoughts? 
I have adjusted the video settings with no improvements.   Thanks   

[RTR]

sounds like a video card issue. Drivers most likely.

What kind of video card do you have and which driver set are you running?

RTR

[BirdDog]

Not sure the make of the card.  It's not very powerful.  only about 64meg.  I've played AH with a basic work laptop and didn't have
this issue.  I'll check the drivers.

[Denholm]

Could we have a look at the first 1/3rd of your DxDiag report?

[BirdDog]

what is it and how do i get it????

[RTR]

from your desktop click Start--->Run type in the box dxdiag and when it loads click on the save tab there.

copy/ paste here only the first third of the report it generates, and we may be able to help you out.

[Rollins]

I have noticed several display issues since getting my new PC. DL'd AH and it actually runs worse. Is there anything in this info that you would think would cause this?
I have taken it down to 256, still only get a max of 20-30 FPS. Ground Vis Mode almost locks it up totally and instead of dots I see a large dark square around all aircraft.
Ideas?

   Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_ldr.090302-1506)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
       System Model: Studio 1737
               BIOS: Ver 1.00 BIOS A05 PARTTBL"
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T6500  @ 2.10GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
             Memory: 4054MB RAM
          Page File: 1796MB used, 6490MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 6.00.6001.18000 64bit Unicode

Display Devices
---------------
        Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
     Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
        Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_02A01028&REV_07
   Display Memory: 1759 MB
 Dedicated Memory: 32 MB
    Shared Memory: 1727 MB
     Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
      Driver Name: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll
   Driver Version: 7.15.0010.1576 (English)
      DDI Version: 10
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 11/24/2008 01:29:04, 4990464 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes

[BirdDog]

Do you notice red triangles on the ground or red outlines on some of the runways?

[BirdDog]

Thank You
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 7/5/2009, 23:17:43
       Machine name: WSTSSNT122ZZ
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.080814-1233)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
       System Model: Latitude E6400                 
               BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A11
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8400  @ 2.26GHz (2 CPUs)
             Memory: 2000MB RAM
          Page File: 482MB used, 3864MB 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

------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
      Display Tab 1: No problems found.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Music Tab: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
        Network Tab: No problems found.

--------------------
DirectX Debug Levels
--------------------
Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

---------------
Display Devices
---------------
        Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
     Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
        Chip type: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A42&SUBSYS_02331028&REV_07
   Display Memory: 1024.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: igxprd32.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4964 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 6/27/2008 15:46:54, 57344 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: Yes
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: igxpmp32.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 6/27/2008 15:46:48, 6023072 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6902-11CF-FC60-3922A6C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x8086
        Device ID: 0x2A42
        SubSys ID: 0x02331028
      Revision ID: 0x0007
      Revision ID: 0x0007
      Video Accel:
 Deinterlace Caps: n/a
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Not Available
DDraw Test Result: Not run
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[Rollins]

Do you notice red triangles on the ground or red outlines on some of the runways?

No, sounds like you got it worse than me, j/k.    Hope we both get it worked out.

[RTR]

Both of you are running laptops with an onboard video chip.

The art problems you are describing I believe are driver related. I have no idea what the best drivers are for the video chipset you have, sorry.

I can tell you that onboard video is not usually the best. However you should be able to get it playable. Someone else here may be able to help you sort out what driver version is best for your set-up.

Low FR may be attributed to an overworked cpu. When I launch AH on my desktop I have no more than 29 or 30 processes running. The fewer things you have running in the background the more resources your cpu has to devote to running AH.

And finally, I see both of you also have onboard sound versus a sound card. You should run acceleration at the 3/4 mark for better performance too I suspect. (Start----Run type In dxdiag and when that screen loads click on the sound tab and set the slider back a notch...may help a bit).

cheers and GL

RTR

[BirdDog]

Thanks  RTR.   I can play.  It seems to help when I have my res turned up.  I'm now running the hidh res pack.

[BirdDog]

Rollins
I had the square around the planes when they were further than 5k.  I increased my display res to 1280 by 720.  that seem to help.
 later later  (Tick )