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Game Bugs
October 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:

  • AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (2.2 GHz, 1MB L2)
  • EPoX 9NPA+ SLI (nForce 4 SLI, PCI Express x16/x8+x8)
  • 2GB PC3200 RAM

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

Before July 2005 the testbed was:

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

Graphics cards

The following cards were used in making of this material:

Besides, earlier we also used these graphics cards:

  • ATI Radeon 9200 (Gigabyte Radeon 9200) (until 02.2005)
  • ATI Radeon 9600 (Sapphire Radeon 9600) (until 07.2005)
  • 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)
  • 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 GT (Prolink PixelView GeForce 6600GT AGP) (until 07.2005)
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra (NVIDIA Reference) (until 07.2005)

Drivers

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

ATI Catalyst 5.10 (8.18)

  • Official reference drivers from ATI.
  • Released on 12.10.2005.
  • The first official drivers with CrossFire support.
  • Catalyst Control Center still doesn't live with Agnitum Outpost Pro 3.x (all versions). When it's not locked up, it's VERY slow.

NVIDIA ForceWare 77.72

  • NVIDIA's new official drivers.
  • Released on 20.10.2005.
  • The first official drivers of 8x.xx series. Besides numerous bugfixes improves SLI and adds the module to adjust the monitor via the graphics card.

NVIDIA ForceWare 77.72

  • NVIDIA's official beta.
  • Released on 26.10.2005.
  • Dated to the release of Call of Duty 2. According to NVIDIA, boost performance in this game. Also introduces several important bugfixes.

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

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas

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.

Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The

Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour

Halo: Combat Evolved

Need for Speed Underground 2

Painkiller

Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

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

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