Ram giving me artifacts in Doom 3

bcoupland

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I downloaded the D3 Demo, ran it, and im getting mostly white but some red snow. I have a A64 3400+,
MSI K8N-NEO Platinum, an ATI 9800Pro 128mb, and Corsair Twin-X 1024 XMS 3200LL 2-3-2-6 (My current timings are 2-3-3-10, because that is optimal for A64). At first I thought it was the video card, but then I relaxed the tinings to 3-4-4-8 and the snow was almost gone save a few dots here and there. I upped the voltage to 2.8v. What can I do? Where can I find Memtest? Is one or both of the sticks bad? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 

cubanx

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Alot of people got snow/dots with D3 using ATI Cards. I thought the latest ATI 4.9 CATALYST drivers fixed/helped that problem?
 

bcoupland

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Oh yeah. Nothing is OC'ed, and all other games work fine, including BFVietnam and Star Wars Battlefront.
By the way, I downloaded the 4.9 Cats about a week ago. That's before I even downloaded the demo. But, I didn't use a driver cleaner. Did I need to use one if all I had was ATI drivers before? Even so, where can I find a reputable driver cleaner? I'll try reinstalling the 4.9's after cleaning and see if that makes a difference. Thanks for the help.
 

bcoupland

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I've figured out that it isn't the ram. Memtest passed 3 times before I shut it off. Where can I find a driver cleaner?