I just installed Empire at War, but when I start the game, the opening "Lucasarts" and "Petroglyph" movies have artifacts all over, and when I get to the menu screen, the text and movie are all blocky and corrupted.
I have my video card overclocked, I turned the speed back to normal, still artifacted. My video card is a AGP 6800 OC, and it runs perfectly on all the rest of my games (Half Life 2, Doom 3, Quake 4, etc.) I ran 3dMark to stress the card and it ran perfectly. Any ideas?
Get yourself the latest drivers for your card AND install the direct x9c that is on the CD with EaW - reboot and all will be fine
DMUK
I tried reinstalling DirectX, and I have the Forceware 84.21 WHQL drivers installed, still artifacts.
Try a full re-install of the game but make sure that any anti virus software is turned off - including zone alarm (for example). You might need to post yr dxdiag so we can have a look
DMUK
Okay, I was able to get into the game and change the resolution to match my monitor, everything worked- that is, until I got the NV4_disp BSOD. Grr.
Argh. Now the game won't start, and I get an error message "Unable to reset Direct3D Device." How do I fix this? I just want to play the game! :(
I think you will need to totally remove your graphic card drivers and install free new ones from the nvida site. Forceware drivers are a fussy thing. Sometimes you have to do a clean install for them
DMUK
I am having the same problems as the original poster. I also hang and stutter on the logo screens along with artifacts. The main screen is big blocky textures and artifacts.
I have a Nvidia 6800 XT
I have tried the 8198 and 8421 drivers using clean install.
Can't load up game menu screen even running it in game safe mode.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 5/25/2006, 02:00:36
Machine name: AMD643200
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 194MB used, 2265MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
------------
DxDiag Notes
------------
DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found. DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.
Sound Tab 1: The file ALCXWDM.SYS is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 6800 XT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0048&SUBSYS_81E41043&REV_A1
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: ViewSonic E90-4
Monitor Max Res: 1792,1344
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.8421 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 3/9/2006 15:29:00, 3968512 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 3/9/2006 15:29:00, 3650368 bytes
Device Identifier:
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0048
SubSys ID: 0x81E41043
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: : Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: All tests were successful.
D3D7 Test Result: All tests were successful.
D3D8 Test Result: All tests were successful.
D3D9 Test Result: All tests were successful.
I seem to have fixed it, I took the vsync and flipped it from app control to on.
I have a similar issue. I managed to get past he BSOD using the vsync (thanks draja), so i only in-game artifact now. Not too big of a deal except that I crash hard when I exit the game. Monitors won't restore the desktop, and I always have to restart the machine.
I'm running 2 7900GT in SLI
2gb Ram
X2 4200+
Thanks is advance for any help.