Red Nine Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 So I installed my brand-new Radeon 8500 a while back, and now while playing in 1024x768 all the words are crooked. Like, every other letter bounced up a pixel or two, and they sometimes get flashy and glitchy. Is this a known issue? My version of XWA is the latest one, it came like that off the rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Odin Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Look for graphic drivers, and try lowering your resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Massacator Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 I ran that card on my old pc and didn't have any problems. List your system specs, and what drivers you're using for your card. I might be able to help. Otherwise I'd suggest you use the Catalyst drivers from the ATI website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Nine Posted January 16, 2003 Author Share Posted January 16, 2003 Alright, downloaded DirectX 9 and Catalyst and installed both properly. No change. Set the game to 800x600 - a little better but still kinda wobbly-looking. My system: Duron 900MHz 256MB RAM Windows ME DirectX 9 Radeon 8500 (not the LE) w/ Catalyst 3.0 17" KDS @view Monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Massacator Posted January 16, 2003 Share Posted January 16, 2003 Hmmmm ....not sure if the LE would make that much of a difference. Mine was the LE with 128 meg of ram on the board. Although I've never had a problem with XWA with the Catalyst drivers, I've heard in other games that some of the older drivers run better. Perhaps you should try some older drivers for the card? You might find some good tweak programs for you card here: http://www.rage3d.com/ that may solve your problems. Let me know if this helps or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qu Pau Wrath Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 I'm having the same problem. I'm using the Radeon 7500. When I tried to play the game the other day everything was glitching... like when something would move you'd see a trail of it all the way across the screen. It wouldn't clear it from where it used to be I guess. I installed newer drivers and it fixed that but I have the exact same text problem as you. I didn't have the problem back when I played the game on my onboard video so it must be the Radeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Nine Posted November 25, 2003 Author Share Posted November 25, 2003 I know it's been a loooong time, but I thought I'd give an update: I recently swapped EVERYTHING in my system except Hard Drive and video card. My new specs are: AMD XP 2500+ 2.0Ghz overclock 512MB PC2700DDR Windows XP Home - finally FREE of ME! Wooot! Same old 40GB Fujitsu Same Radeon 8500 64MB DirectX9.0b Newest official Catalyst drivers released only a few weeks ago. Problem persists. Its just gotta be the Radeon. It never did match up to the TNT2 in terms of graphics quality anyway, so I'll be geting a nice 9600 (a generation advanced over the 8500) soon to see if that does it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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