Mad as ****!

[RoReR714]

I was all excited to buy this game! But not anymore! I cant even get into the menu without getting artifacts and bsod, and computer restarting! GHEY! Yes i am up to date with everthing no oc, memtest is fine ran prime95 just fine, this is the only game that does this!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tried all versions, tried fricken everthing! Any suggestions? Or do i have to return this POS!
Specs
amd 64 3000
1 gig mushkin level 2
pny 6800nu
Soltek nforce 3 MB
Also tried a bunch o diff graphics drivers! ALl do the same thing!

[T'krau]

Have you patched?

[RoReR714]

I tried all the patches. I finally made it into play, but when the game is loading up the menu it artifacts all over the place! But when i makes it into the game it runs flawless! Im confused

[T'krau]

Motherboard drivers up to date?

BTW - welcome to the boards!

[fleabay]

I have the same problem with menu artifacts, 9600SE on AMD64. Also some textures in the game go bad.

I enabled fast writes and have not had the problem again. Yet.

[RoReR714]

Mobo is up to date! I tried the fast writes on and off same thing persists. I guess i should be happy at least im getting in the game. Still kinda wierd though!
This is the only game i have ever had artifacts!

[Bjossi]

You often get artifacts when your monitor is acting strangely, outdated DirectX or overheating.

We can rule out the monitor one. You´ve tried all video drivers? Do you install/unInstall them correctly?

There are so many things that might cause this.
If this only happens with Painkiller, it might work if you disable certain video options. I´ve heard about graphical problems with the 6800 and Anastropic Filtering. (or was it AA?)

[kalme]

Some people here had problems that resulted from AMDs Cool&Quiet technology. Your problems don't sound alike, but maybe you should give it a try and disable C&Q in your bios to see if it makes a difference.

[fleabay]

With AMD64, I suggest /NoExecute=AlwaysOff in the boot.ini file. I have had some problems with other settings and certain programs.