GeForce GTX 285 shimmering textures (Video)

[DarkUltra]

Just thought I should relive this issue. GeForce GTX 285 with shimmering textures. Drivers 285.96. This issue is a bit annoying and affect the game immersion. I hope NVIDIA fixes this soon. I am not sure if it is due to the less-than-perfect Anisotropic Filtering compared to ATI/AMD radeon 5870 or just a problem in the drivers.

Accoring to several forum posts this seems like an old nvidia problem.
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=38888

- More to the point, we have yet to find a game where the difference between AMD and NVIDIA’s AF modes have been noticeable; so technically AMD’s AF modes are better, but it’s not enough that it makes a practical difference
http://www.anandtech.com/print/2977

Maybe he didn't check how it looked while moving around?

GeForce GTX 285 shimmering textures video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjM_vrsBO8

 

[schneiderguy]

It shouldn't look like that. Are you sure you have it in HQ mode with the filtering optimizations turned off? My GTX 260's texture filtering looks better than my brother's 5770 IMO.

 

[zagood]

Do you actually have a GTX285, or are you just bringing this up for no reason?

 

[Xarick]

I believe that is totally normal and all cards do that. My 8800gts did.

 

[Qbah]

Hmm, to be honest, I get the same on my HD5850 in DAO if I use the in-game AA... But I just turn on SSAAx4 in CCC and the problem is solved. I thought that it was just MSAA that was doing it (as in not the best AA hence not the best results).

 

[nenforcer]

Do you actually have a GTX285, or are you just bringing this up for no reason?

Its the same guy who posted the video on YouTube.

Having said that, the thread you posted hasn't had a new post in 6 years so it may or may not be relevant.

I assume you included System Shock 2 as a comparison for older DirectX games? I played this game over 10 years ago on a Rendition Verite 2200 and rememeber seeing the same thing.

I think the shimmering may have alot to do with how a game is programmed as well as just the movement. If you are stationary there is no "shimmering".

Is this really NOT a problem on ATI Radeon cards?

 

[Qbah]

Its the same guy who posted the video on YouTube.

Having said that, the thread you posted hasn't had a new post in 6 years so it may or may not be relevant.

I assume you included System Shock 2 as a comparison for older DirectX games? I played this game over 10 years ago on a Rendition Verite 2200 and rememeber seeing the same thing.

I think the shimmering may have alot to do with how a game is programmed as well as just the movement. If you are stationary there is no "shimmering".

Is this really NOT a problem on ATI Radeon cards?

Hmm, to be honest, I get the same on my HD5850 in DAO if I use the in-game AA... But I just turn on SSAAx4 in CCC and the problem is solved. I thought that it was just MSAA that was doing it (as in not the best AA hence not the best results).

:hmm:

 

[tigersty1e]

what is this shimmering?

I don't notice in that video.

 

[evolucion8]

Shimmering is the flickering that you can see at the floor at a certain distance, to see that, you must put the clip at 720P or better.