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:

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ (2.4 GHz, 512x2 KB L2)
• EPoX 9NPA+ SLI (nForce 4 SLI chipset, PCI Express x16/x8+x8)
• 4GB of PC3200 RAM

From February 2007 on we check games for bugs with the latest drivers under both Windows XP (x86, SP2, DX9), and Windows Vista. From June 2007 on we moved to the 64-bit Windows Vista (6.0, Build 6000):

1. Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (including a number of post-SP2 updates) and DirectX 9c.
2. Windows Vista (64-bit Edition) with updates from Windows Update and DirectX updates.

Until July 2005, the testbed has the following configuration:

• Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz (800 MHz FSB, HT Enabled)
• ASUS P4C800-E (Chipset i875P, AGP 8x)
• 1GB PC3200

Graphics cards

The following cards were used in making of this material:

• ATI Radeon X850 Pro (Sapphire RADEON X850 PRO)
• ATI Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI Reference Card)
• ATI Radeon HD2900 XT (ATI Reference Card)
• NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA Reference Card)
• NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (NVIDIA Reference Card)
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (Chaintech Apogee GeForce 8800 GTS)

Besides, the tests have also been run on:

• ATI Radeon 9200 (Gigabyte Radeon 9200) (until 02.2005)
• ATI Radeon 9600 (Sapphire Radeon 9600) (until 07.2005)
• ATI Radeon X600 Pro (ABIT Radeon RX600 PRO-Guru) (until 03.2006)
• ATI Radeon X700 XT (PowerColor RADEON X700 XT) (until 03.2006)
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Gigabyte RADEON 9800 PRO GV-R98P128D) (until 07.2005)
• ATI Radeon X800 Pro (PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO LE) (until 07.2005)
• ATI Radeon X1800 XL (ATI Reference Card) (until 03.2006)
• 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)
• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 (ASUS V9950 128MB) (until 07.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (Albatron GeForce 6600) (until 12.2006)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (Prolink PixelView GeForce 6600GT AGP) (until 07.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (ASUS Extreme N6800GT) (until 12.2006)
• NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra (NVIDIA Reference Card) (until 07.2005)
• NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX (NVIDIA Reference Card) (until 02.2007)

Drivers

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

AMD Catalyst 7.6 (8.38.3) for Windows XP (32-bit)

• Official reference drivers from ATI.
• Released on 25.06.2007.

AMD Catalyst 7.6 (8.38.3) for Windows Vista (64-bit)

• Official reference drivers from ATI.
• Released on 25.06.2007.

NVIDIA ForceWare 162.18 for Windows XP (32-bit)

• NVIDIA's official reference beta.
• Released on 05.07.2007.

NVIDIA ForceWare 162.15 for Windows Vista (64-bit)

• NVIDIA's official reference beta.
• Released on 26.06.2007.
• The same day NVIDIA removed it from the website supposedly due to erroneous code. But since they didn't post a fixed version within the next two weeks we decided to test the "bugful" reference drivers anyway.

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.

Age of Empires 3

• Radeon X1800, X1900, HD2900 / Windows XP, Vista
  When AA is forced by drivers it turns off ingame.

Command & Conquer Generals

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect water rendering

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect water rendering
• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Screen garbage with AA forced and post-processing enabled.

Company of Heroes

• GeForce 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texturing errors with active TAA SS

Condemned: Criminal Origins

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Shadow rendering bugs

Deus Ex

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP
  Rendering bugs when using TAA Supersampling

Half-Life 2

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect water rendering

Need for Speed Carbon

• GeForce 7600, 7800, 8800, Radeon X850, X1900 / Windows Vista
  Crashes to desktop after showing the EA logo.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

• GeForce 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Rendering bugs when enabling AA.
• Radeon X1900, HD2900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Water shader rendering bugs

Splinter Cell

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect water rendering

Splinter Cell Double Agent

• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Impossible to enable AA with HDR.
• Radeon X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Camouflage rendering errors

Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow

• GeForce 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows Vista
  Water shader rendering bugs
• Radeon X850, X1900, HD2900 / Windows Vista
  Water shader rendering bugs

Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy

• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Very slow with Dynamic Glow

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.

Age of Empires 3

• Radeon X850, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Beyond Good and Evil

• Radeon X850, X1900 / Windows Vista
  Plane drop-out and general rendering bugs
• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Plane drop-out and general rendering bugs with v-sync disabled.
• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Very slow water rendering

Call of Duty 2

• Radeon X850, X1800, X1900
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled
• GeForce 8800 / Windows Vista
  Problems with enabling AA

Call of Juarez

• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Shadow rendering bugs

Chaser

• Radeon X600, X700, X850, X1800, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The

• GeForce 6600, 6800
  Crashes with an OpenGL driver initialization error

Cold Fear

• Radeon X1800
  Awfully slow with any settings

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

• GeForce FX 5200, 5700, 5900, GeForce 6600, 6800
  Screen garbage with AA forced and post-processing enabled.
• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7800
  Incorrect snow rendering

Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

• GeForce 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows Vista
  Crashes to desktop after the intro.

Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, The

• GeForce 8800
  Incorrect placement of leaves on trees.
• GeForce 8800 / Windows Vista
  AA can't be forced with HDR enabled.

Enclave

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect torch light rendering

F.E.A.R.

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800, 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Rendering bugs with forced AA and dithered shadows
• Radeon X850, X1800, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Rendering bugs with forced AA and dithered shadows
• Radeon X850, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Far Cry

• GeForce 8800 / Windows Vista
  Bugs in the game menu.

FlatOut

• Radeon X600, X700, X850, X1800, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Gothic 3

• GeForce 8800 / Windows Vista
  Crashes to desktop

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

• GeForce 6600, 6800, 7600, 7800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with forced anisotropic filtering.

Ground Control 2

• Radeon X600, X700, X850, X1800, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Half-Life 2

• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect fog rendering.

Half-Life 2: Episode One

• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  Incorrect fog rendering.

Halo: Combat Evolved

• GeForce 6600, 6800
  Strong noise on distant water MIP levels

Hitman: Blood Money

• Radeon X850, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Max Payne

• GeForce 7800
  Rendering bugs on bush textures

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

• GeForce 7800
  Rendering bugs on mirrors with TAA Supersampling

Need for Speed Underground 2

• GeForce 6600, 6800
  Locks up PC.

Painkiller

• GeForce 6800
  Plane drop-out
• Radeon X600, X700, X850, X1800, X1900 / Windows XP, Vista
  Texture noise with anisotropic filtering enabled

Splinter Cell

• GeForce 6600, 6800
  No shadows in the shadow buffers mode

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

• GeForce 6600, 6800
  Crashes with nvcpl.dll error.
• Radeon X1800, X1900 / Windows XP
  HDR looks strange in SM3.0 mode

Splinter Cell Double Agent

• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP
  Multiple artefacts of most surfaces.
• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP
  Crashes with a d3ddrv.dll error.
• Radeon X1900 / Windows XP
  Crashes with a d3ddrv.dll error.
• GeForce 8800 / Windows XP, Vista
  General rendering bugs

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords

• Radeon X850, X1800, X1900 / Windows XP
  Banding on Sun catchlights

Star Wars: Republic Commando

• GeForce 7800
  Unstable AA.

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