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*drowns Oreo in a big glass of milk*


ANYWAYS....


Good news!


I heard back from the person who had the matching card to Gondors but was bugged...


Absolution has VERY GOOD NEWS.... reposted from my board mail with Absolutions permission...


"Re: Series 8 part 2...

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Originally Posted by Chef Wubbie

I appreciate you going the extra bit to find the info. The bios reader probably is right.


There was a difference in the BIOS number you had and the BIOS the other person using the similar card. I'm hoping that this might lead to something...


I'll keep plugging away if I find something out I will be sure to shout.


Ok, I checked for bios update from the evga website and got to this page:


http://www.evga.com/support/drivers/...t.asp?switch=2


I updated both my cards bios from 62.92.1f.00.01 to the new one listed on that page 62.92.24.00.01


It did not eliminate the sky streaking problem......However it did reduce the frequency in which it happens by about 75% so I would call it an almost fix.


I think you are on the right track with the PCIe theory."


75% DECREASE.

Its still there BUT a DECREASE just the same.

Its something that CAN be affected.

This leans more to a hardware implementation of Nvidias being sporked.


Check with your card makers about BIOS updates for your video cards!


wubbie

 

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Here is what the bug looks like on my system. When this happens, I die everytime. It takes 30 secs for any command to go through, and by then, I'm normally done in by the mobs or even singular monster attacking me. However, it even happens as this day, simply when I am muling in the basement.


I haven't seen anyone else post something that looks like this, so I just wanted to get it out there.


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4436/screenshot00049xe6.jpg


http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/629/screenshot00047ep6.jpg

Hggm,


Woah! That's horrible. It's definitely a different bug.

Could be, but it always happens right after i've been flickering. Doesn't happen in dungeons. I took those the second I walked in the door of the mansion. Either way, I'm guessing if the flicker bug goes away, this one does too.

I thought I should give a little bit of an update.


It turns out I do have the bug. However, in figuring this out, I also figured out why it is I didn't notice it before. I started noticing it when I would log in around the mansion, but then it would go away, so at first I thought it might be specific to that. I never noticed it anywhere else. Then today I started to notice it a lot as I was switching characters for muling and things. What I realized is that it only happens when I have the main chat window all the way down. Normally one of the first things I do when I log in is to raise it up about 1/3 to 1/2 way.


Not sure if anyone has noticed or mentioned that before. I'm also not sure exactly how far up you have to open the main chat window to stop the bug since I didn't really test that out. I also didn't test to see if it works with the inventory panel closed since I always keep that open.

 

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I went to the XFX site for a BIOS update but no joy unfortunately. I think I saw you guys mentioning luck with VIA chipsets but I have a MSI board anyway.

I hope they (nVidia or Turbine) get this fixed because I'm not resubscribing until they do. I prefer to play outside of dungeons and this bug gives me a headache.

Endy - think pushing the chat window up pushes the "bad" sky sections up and away...


TigerBlue - In the NVIDIA control panel, what BIOS Revision does it say you are using?

 

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Video BIOS: 60.84.58.00.22

Even so, it can be still be a pretty simple workaround for those that have the bug until/if a true fix is ever found.

 

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