Gynomight
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Post by Gynomight on Jan 20, 2012 1:51:27 GMT -5
What am I dealing with here???... A game glitch gremlin? Just take a look at it for yourself! I don't know if it's my computer... Like, I use a virtual chat program and the 3D graphics in that are perfectly fine. Only in CO the 3D graphics have gone to hell. I'm not tech-smart, so I have noooo idea what's going on. Can anyone clue me in and help me out with a solution to this strange problem?
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Post by KenpoJuJitsu3 on Jan 20, 2012 9:53:40 GMT -5
The only time I've ever seen that happen in my games it was an incompatibility with some change in the game or a change in the drivers. In other words, I was always able to fix this by using a different driver package. Might be worth a shot.
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Gynomight
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Post by Gynomight on Jan 20, 2012 14:28:51 GMT -5
What is a "driver" and "driver package"?
Oh gawds... I'm going to have to call one of computer nerd buddies to come over. lol
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Post by Jaxton Dragoon on Jan 20, 2012 16:51:43 GMT -5
Well, lets start with the basics. Do you know what kind of video card you have? From the Run option on your start menu type 'dxdiag' (without the quotes) this will run the DirectX Diagnostics, the Display tab should list your graphics card.
From there we can likely point you in the right direction.
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Gynomight
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Post by Gynomight on Jan 20, 2012 18:02:11 GMT -5
Roger that! Lay it on me, Doc... How bad is it?
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Post by Jaxton Dragoon on Jan 20, 2012 18:12:39 GMT -5
Next step isn't too bad now that we know where to go. Head to AMD.com and grab the driver using the link on the homepage. You can select auto-detect or just fill in the drop downs. Looks like Catalyst 11.11 is the newest from what I punched in and that's Nov of last year.
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Post by KenpoJuJitsu3 on Jan 20, 2012 19:03:04 GMT -5
11.12 is the latest WHQL driver from December, though the 12.1 preview driver has been released as well.
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Post by Jaxton Dragoon on Jan 21, 2012 11:05:52 GMT -5
Is that for AGP Ken? I punched in the settings for her card and the newest driver appeared to be 11.11 for AGP cards.
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Gynomight
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Post by Gynomight on Jan 21, 2012 13:06:51 GMT -5
Okay, I went to that site and did the auto-detect thing. I don't know if this is the right thing... When I download it, where am I supposed to put it? Does it matter where it goes?
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Post by Jaxton Dragoon on Jan 21, 2012 14:29:14 GMT -5
It should just be an executable installer just run it like any other. Most likely it will require a reboot to go into effect.
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