Cio Koba Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 When I enable ambient occlusion, depth of the field or lights and shadows my viewer goes nuts, it doesnt crash but seems to decompose, I dont know how to explain what happens. My pc has an ATI card, can that be the problem? it went alright some months ago though.. Thanks in advance for any help given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy Paperdoll Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Depth of field and lights and shadows require a fairly high end graphics card. I have an nVidia GTX 550 Ti with a gig of video RAM (which is a mid level gaming card) and my performance takes a serious hit with those features enabled. It does work but my FPS just about cut in half. You need a card that is capable of handling those features which would be not less than a mid level gaming card.......a high end card would be best such as an nVidia GTX 580. Those cards are not cheap......$400 to $500 USD. Open your viewer and under the "Help" menu click on "About Second Life". Copy the computer specs on the first tab of the dialog box and paste back here. That will give enough information so that someone might be able to give you more than I just gave you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cio Koba Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Thanks Peggy for the reply! All those features seemed to work fine in this same computer untill december or so. I will post my specs and also a screenshot of what happens to the viewer. ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cio Koba Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Lets see, specs: CPU: Intel® Core i5 CPU M 480 @ 2.67GHz (2660.18 MHz) Memory: 3947 MB OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit (Build 7600) Graphics Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc. Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 And what happens.. Before lights and shadows. After lights & shadows.. Sl still works, if I check off L&S all goes back to normal. Funny things appear if I cam around . Thats the linden tree outside my house? A spaceport? And my wool jacket's texture.. Can I file a jira about this? never done that, but Ive heard that you arent a true SL resident if you havent filed one. Its that true? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydrien Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 I just went through something similar with an ATI card as well. Update your graphics card driver to make sure you have the newest driver available. Fixed my problem right away. I was getting graphical tearing exactly like yours when I went up to ultra settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cio Koba Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 That might work! Thank you Sydren, now ill just have to figure out how to update the driver.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydrien Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Updating your driver is super easy, what you can do is go to this site here http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx and on the right hand side you will see an option to download your driver. Put in all the required spots, and download the driver. I see your running a mobility card, which tells me your on a laptop, so be extra careful to make sure you do select the correct driver. If you choose a desktop driver it can cause problems with the laptop graphics card. If you do not feel comfortable selecting the driver yourself AMD also has the automatically detect and install option as well which is good for those who may not be completely comfortable in handling the process themself. If you have any more questions feel free to look me up in world, or reply here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy Paperdoll Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Many laptops (and even a few desktops......but not many) require customized drivers that are designed for specific models of the laptop. The chipset manufacturers' driver will not work on those computers (most won't even install). The place to look for a driver is the computer manufacturer's site, not the chipset manufacturer's. If you install the wrong driver you have a whole new set of problems to deal with..........it can be a real mess to straighten out too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cio Koba Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thanks both! Downloaded the drives and problem solved! I think I have selected the right ones, Im pretty sure but now u made me doubt lol. SL runs good hope now I dont fin other issues! Proof : Thanks again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydrien Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Great! As long as you got the mobility driver from ATI like I suggested then it is the right one. The only time you need to worry about getting it directly from the laptop manufacturer is when its integrated and not stand alone. Most high end laptops these days are stand alone graphic cards that just smaller and slightly different specc'ed then desktop drivers. I am glad you were able to get it fixed, looking forward to seeing some snapshots in the ultra settings from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronic Mode Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 what viewer? i gyt the same thing with Phoenix. But not wit 2 latest version. they waork fine. but earlier versions did the same thing. All s good inworld, but snapshots were exactly like yours. amd here too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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