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Game Bugs
June 2005




This section describes bugs we find in games we test graphics cards with. From February 2005 on we launched the bug archive and redesigned this section.

If you find any bugs or have any comments and worthy ideas regarding this section, please email Danil Gridasov.

Contents

  1. Testbed
  2. Graphics cards
  3. Drivers
  4. Actual bugs
  5. Bug Archive

Testbed

Currently graphics cards are tested in the following testbeds:

  • Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz (800 MHz FSB, HT Enabled)
  • ASUS P4C800-E (Chipset i875P, AGP 8x)
  • 1024MB PC3200

The software is Windows XPService Pack 2 (including updates) and DirectX 9c.

In the future we'll be keeping a log of our testbed configurations evolution.

Graphics cards

The following cards were used in making of this material:

Besides, the tests have also been run on:

  • ATI Radeon 9200 (Gigabyte Radeon 9200) (until 02.2005)
  • NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 (NVIDIA Reference) (until 02.2005)
  • NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Palit Daytona GeForce FX 5200) (until 02.2005)
  • NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra (Albatron GeForce FX 5700 Ultra) (until 02.2005)

Bugs noticed on archived graphics cards are also archived.

Drivers

In the past month we used the following drivers for testing the graphics cards:

ATI Catalyst 5.4 (8.121)

  • Official reference drivers from ATI.
  • Release date: 06/09/2005.
  • The only feature added in this Catalyst release was support of hardware acceleration of WMV video available for DX9 cards.
  • We are totally fed up with the bug when control panel settings are sticking if Fraps is run. E.g. to force AA 4x you have to close Fraps, force AA 4x and load Fraps again. Need to force AA 6x now? Repeat the sequence!
  • Catalyst Control Center still doesn't live with Agnitum Outpost Pro 2.x (all versions). When it's not locked up, it works VERY slowly.

NVIDIA ForceWare 77.72

  • Official WHQL reference drivers from NVIDIA.
  • Release date: 23.06.2005.
  • These drivers were released together with GeForce 7800 GTX. It offers SLI mode opportunity with SLI connector, i.e. via PCIE, which is needed for GF6600 cards (non-GT!). Of obvious bugs we must mention problematic overlay gamma controls.

We run games on beta drivers just to please our interest. Bugs noticed on leaked drivers are not published in this section. But this is theoretically possible if a really interesting beta is leaked or it has been to long since the last official release.

Actual bugs

This section lists rendering or general gameplay bugs which are not fixed yet. These are checked for with every new drivers package and/or game version.

Beyond Good and Evil

Chaser

Command & Conquer Generals

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

Enclave

FlatOut

Ground Control 2

Half-Life 2

Painkiller

Splinter Cell

Bug Archive

Here we keep a list of bugs fixed in the newer game and/or drivers package versions as well as permanent bugs which are seemingly not to be fixed.

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

Halo: Combat Evolved

Painkiller

Splinter Cell

Danil Gridasov (degust@ixbt.com)
Andrey Vorobiev (anvakams@ixbt.com)
12.06.2005


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