flashing polygons w/ Radeon 8500

[cmyk]

I bought a retail Radeon 8500 through the dell deal months ago and have been playing RTCW without a problem. Now when I start up the game I get flashing polygons covering most of the screen. I tried updating my driver from 5.13.3281 to 5.13.6011 but the same problem persist. Does anyone know what is wrong or have any suggestions?

 

[Killrose]

Are you overclocking the card? It may be a heat issue due to high case temps. Does it do it in other games? Maybe try under-clocking the card and see what happens. If it still persists, warranty it.

 

[EMAN]

Or you can add some memory heatsinks.

 

[cmyk]

No I'm not overclocking the card but I will open up the computer and see if the fan is running or if anything seem too hot. At the moment, I am not playing any other games.

 

[EMAN]

Does the flashing start at the beginning of the game or after you play few minutes? If it's from the beginning you probably have a bad card or bad drivers. If it happens later it's a heat issue with your memory not the core. If you add memory heatsinks, I think if voids your warranty. Make sure you have good out-take fan right near the video card or you can get one of those card coolers.

Try running the game with the computer case off and see if the problems go away. If it does do something about cooling your memory chips on the radeon.

 

[cmyk]

I just tried playing the game with the case open and the problem continues and yes the flashing start immediately after starting the game and only stops when I stop moving in the game. Is it possible that the driver have become corrupt? Maybe I'll try and install ati approved drivers instead of the betas.

 

[cmyk]

I just remembered that I have a radeon 7200 and that I should be able to run the 7200 on the same driver and test to see if I get better results. But, I cant test until later. Im doing some work now.