Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

[Leopardi]

Since I got my new PC, equipped with a BFG 8800GTS 640mb OC2, I've been having flickering textures. This ruins the GFX completely, as it looks so damn ugly! In PR mod this is at it's worse. For example, I see the ground textures flickering in helipad, or when looking at the road texture, I see the ground texture flickering through the texture. This happens also in weapons, it flickers 24/7. In some places it doesn't flicker, when playing Gulf of Oman for example. Seems like the lightning does it.

Damnit! I can't play when it is like that. It's horrible to watch how your weapon textures flicker, and everything flicker all the time. Also, when on distance I see black texture in back of LAV, which disappears as I get closer. Same happens when watching vehicles at distance, they flicker with black textures.

O-M-F-G it's so annoying, can it be fixed??? :cry:

I am using the 162.50 quadro drivers for vista 64-bit. It happened at 162.22 also.

To add, it only occurs when movin/turning the camera! If you look at the helipad it doesn't flicker. when you move it flickers. Same for the weapon, it flickers as it moves when you breathe. I tried turning off dynamic shadow, dynamic lightning and put others at medium, nothing happened, still flickers!

Helpp

[Killer Cop]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

Hmmm, you say you have Vista, BF2 only like Vista if you are lucky I've heard :P.

Have you tried setting compability to Windows XP (right click BF2.exe / compability)? Maybe it will help.

[Leopardi]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

Yup... no difference though Maybe I will go back to XP till I need DX10... sigh!

[(NL)Link]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

We need more system specs though., especially
a your powersupply

These 'flickers', also know as artifacts are mosty coz of a non-supporting psu.. Since we know these newest graphic cards Like the 8800 consumes a LOT of power..

[camper.]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

You're using the wrong drivers. Use 163.11 betas or the current stable, 162.18.

[solofowaffles]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

You're using the wrong drivers. Use 163.11 betas or the current stable, 162.18.

yes,might want to use the right drivers for your card.

[Leopardi]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

I have been using the right 162.22 ones, for vista 64-bit. (not 168, didn't remember correctly)

Today I changed back to XP, and I am using the 162.18 drivers, yet it still flickers/flashes! Dammit... how do I fix it?

And as to power... it does have well over 30A in 12V rails, Corsair HX520 I have. Help please!

[ConscriptVirus]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

it mite be normal. can u try taking a pic? for textures taht are like 60+ meters away , u may get some flickering and i think its normal

[djk12587]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

Sounds like you are artifacting. This can happen for a lot of reasons, bad powersupply, bad video card, overheating, overclocked too much etc...

Try installing a spare video card, if it fixes your flickering (artifacting) then it is one of those problems.

[Leopardi]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

No no, it can't be artifacting as it doesn't do it in any other game, not even in 3dmark06 which is a lot heavier than bf2. HERE IS SOME PICS:


That happens all the time u move, if you stop camera it stays there, and you move camera 1cm it disappears and some others might appear. See this:

1. I look at the ground like that, it's there.


2. Then I move the camera JUST A BIT, and it disappears.


3. Textures disappearing in LAV


4.As I move closer, it disappears.


For some reason it doesn't capture the flickering of the gun, only a tiny little part you can see, some minor texture corrupting which would be OK for me but it goes crazy!


E2: I researched and in Gulf of Oman it doesn't flicker everywhere... in the flag, that is USA UCB in 16 version, there it doesn't flicker/flash. Is it lightning specific? What to do? Answers, please!

[Tommy[1UK]]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

Hi Leopardi,

I also have the same problem as you and I play PR most. I'm always trying to fix this problem, but with no luck. However, some other people have the same issue, so there must be a way to fix it.

Tommy

[Leopardi]

Re: Terrible flickering textures, omfg help!

And as I have asked for people, with 8800gts 640mb, they say it works perfectly fine, no flaws at all. This is sadness... I want to play BF2 with my new rig, as I have never been able to play with good framerates since 2005, and I waited this for so long... and now what. Damn textures refuse to work...

Could it be Special forces, as it installs the 1.1 patch? Don't think so, but...

Geez.. what could it be? Insane stuff...

And edit: The texture flashing/flickering is more like a clipping through other textures issue!

[W1den]

Yes i have the same problem and i haven't found a solution