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problem in Lost Coast on x700pro

eno-on said:
Thats the way that area looks on every card. I think you are just remembering it differently.
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no i went and looked at lost coast on a 6800gt and it looked like it did with my 6600gt which was smooth. in steam forums other ati owners have the same look but nvidia is smoother and more natural. i wonder if lack of SM3.0 is the reason for the hard edges? i dont want to argue so here are some pics. these are from hl2 to back up what i am talking about. this is from the x700 http://photobucket.com/albums/e122/toyota582/?action=view&current=waterpicati.jpg and this is from a 6800gt http://photobucket.com/albums/e122/toyota582/?action=view&current=waterpicnvidia.jpg
 
plywood99 said:
Looks like a driver issue, or settings issue to me...
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i have tried other drivers and every setting possible. also that CCC sux so bad. no more ATI for me.
 
HL2 doesn't use SM 3.0

It's a glitch, I've seen it happen before. Try uninstalling and re-installing with the latest Catalyst drivers.
 
I don't seem to have this problem with my x800xt.

I looked around google for a while and in all the HL2 and ATI vs Nvidia articles I read, none of the pictures showed any difference between ATI and Nvidia's rendering of water - none of them said anything about it, either.

Link to article with pics of 6800U vs x800xt. Check out the two water pics for each card:

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2004/12/01/hl2_evaluation/2.html

Also, it wouldn't be a SM3.0 vs 2.0 thing, because HL2 doesn't use SM3.0.

Hope you can figure it out.
 
name said:
I don't seem to have this problem with my x800xt.

I looked around google for a while and in all the HL2 and ATI vs Nvidia articles I read, none of the pictures showed any difference between ATI and Nvidia's rendering of water - none of them said anything about it, either.

Link to article with pics of 6800U vs x800xt. Check out the two water pics for each card:

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2004/12/01/hl2_evaluation/2.html

Also, it wouldn't be a SM3.0 vs 2.0 thing, because HL2 doesn't use SM3.0.

Hope you can figure it out.
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there are a few guys in the steam forums with the same exact problems. its more of a well known issue than i thought. one guy with an x850 posted his pics and they are indentical to mine. i have seen a number of screenshots with ATI cards and they have the hard edges on the water. :(
 
trek554 said:
there are a few guys in the steam forums with the same exact problems. its more of a well known issue than i thought. one guy with an x850 posted his pics and they are indentical to mine. i have seen a number of screenshots with ATI cards and they have the hard edges on the water. :(
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Has anyone tried just reinstalling HL2 like Brent suggested a couple posts up? Did it work? Are there any ATI users in those forums who aren't having the problem? Like I said, I didn't see hard edges when I pulled up Lost Coast just now.

Also, this article lists some differences between DX8 and DX9 in HL2, and the water blending into the shoreline is listed as a DX9 feature; water with a "hard edge" is characteristic of DX8:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/half-life_2_performance/

Is it possible that your copy is running in DX8 mode for some reason or that you set it to run that way on purpose to help with performance?

Let us know.
 
name said:
Has anyone tried just reinstalling HL2 like Brent suggested a couple posts up? Did it work? Are there any ATI users in those forums who aren't having the problem? Like I said, I didn't see hard edges when I pulled up Lost Coast just now.

Also, this article lists some differences between DX8 and DX9 in HL2, and the water blending into the shoreline is listed as a DX9 feature; water with a "hard edge" is characteristic of DX8:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/half-life_2_performance/

Is it possible that your copy is running in DX8 mode for some reason or that you set it to run that way on purpose to help with performance?

Let us know.
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i didnt force dx8 so i dont think that is it. i am reinstalling steam and lost coast right now. i will fire it up in an hour or so and see if things improved. btw the water in far cry looked amazing so i know its just the source games.
 
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