Is the game causing weird graphical bugs for anyone else? (Screenshots included.)

DY357LX

It seemed fine last night but the more I played today the more I got issues like this:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=162429253

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=162429190
(No, I'm not looking at the floor in that one.)

Running an nvidia GTX 570 on the 314.22 drivers.

Therius

Exact same GPU, exact same drivers, exact same problem, though it happens very rarely and booting the game helps.

DY357LX

Cool, thank you Therius. I thought my GPU my be dying. I've just ran Sleeping Dogs for 40 minutes and had no issues.

IronHorse

i also have your GPU and this is a reported and known issue.
We haven't been able to reliably reproduce it though.

A good suggestion is to ensure if your GPU is in any way Overclocked by the manufacturer, to use an appropriate program to downclock it slightly.
NS2 really stresses hardware more than most games.

radionaut

i used get that from time to time, odd 3D vertex/planar extrusions (for lack of a better term), and have found that alt+tabbing or using the Windows key to minimize the game helps clear the screen.
GTX 660ti/320.18 driver. haven't had it happen in a while though.

DY357LX

IronHorse wrote: »

i also have your GPU and this is a reported and known issue.
We haven't been able to reliably reproduce it though.

A good suggestion is to ensure if your GPU is in any way Overclocked by the manufacturer, to use an appropriate program to downclock it slightly.
NS2 really stresses hardware more than most games.

I never overclock anything out of fear of frying something. Thanks for the update though, glad my GPU isn't dying.

Ironsoul

I'll resist the urge to make fun of Nvidia. Have you tried rolling back to a pre 314.18 driver (.18 is known to kill gpus, so avoid that one)?

of course, I agree with the suggestion to set your clocks to the cards reference specs. Use MSI afterburner(it's reliable, tends to not kill gpus) to set your gpu clock and gpu memory clock to this:
gpu: 732mhz
gpu mem: 1900 mhz
source: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-570/specifications

As long as the clocks are going down from what they currently are you should be safe.

IronHorse

You may have not over clocked it... But many manufacturers do.
Sometimes this has caused issues for others.
You can compare your GPU specs to the stock reference specs by using a free program called gpu-z