Demo Dx10 2900XT problems...

[FaTaL_eRRoR]

Just played through the demo, and noticed some pretty severe graphical bugs/glitches in Dx10...

I think it's some sort of lighting problem, 80% of the surfaces which are far away from any light source(whether it's a wall, a trash can, or a splicer) just stays black, and thus, invisible...
Also, the water is sometimes pretty messed up, looking kinda..yellow-brownish, without any water animations actually showing anymore...

Dx9 works perfectly, but i didn't buy me a 2900XT to play Bioshock in Dx9, now did I?;)

Hope these problems are fixed in the full game, or will be through an update...

Specs:
C2D e6600
Sapphire ATI 2900XT (Catalyst7.8)
Asus P5b Deluxe (latest bios/drivers)
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
Vista 32-bit(all the latest updates installed)
Both Dx9.0c and Dx10 have been properly installed...

[badsykes]

I can confirm those problems too..Anyway there not much difference between dx9 and so called dx10 version..Actually i have eye strain in Dx10 because the stupid overglowing hdr..

[iJacks]

Just played through the demo, and noticed some pretty severe graphical bugs/glitches in Dx10...

I was reading a review comparing DX9 and DX10 performance differences with Lost Planet a couple of weeks ago, there were issues with the catalyst 7.7 drivers that caused the same kind of issues (DX10 only) you are reporting. Guess 7.8 didn't fix them, but perhaps there will be a new set of catalyst drivers tonight? After all we have been told there are new drivers, but not which company they are from.

[DickCheney100]

The hotfix is out.

[ChandlerL]

Just played through the demo, and noticed some pretty severe graphical bugs/glitches in Dx10...

I think it's some sort of lighting problem, 80% of the surfaces which are far away from any light source(whether it's a wall, a trash can, or a splicer) just stays black, and thus, invisible...

Hope these problems are fixed in the full game, or will be through an update...

Hotfix from ATI released today to address this issue.
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Chan

[FaTaL_eRRoR]

nice, thx :D, probably wouldnt have found it for another week :P
90mb hotfix :o , but if it works.... ;)

[vrap]

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