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"Sparkling when playing Doom 3?"

I’ve just bought Doom 3.

I have a P4 3.2 GHZ, 512 RAM with a 9800x radeon card.

All in all, an ok machine.

Anyway, when I’m playing Doom 3, I keep getting white specs on the screen, some to the point where it makes the game unplayable. Sometimes the specs are red dots.

I’m no wizard when it comes to computers, so is there anything I can do to rid the small white dots?

Seems like a graphic card problem?

Any simple solution. Does the 1.1 patch sort this out? Any simple soloution?

This is frustrating and wrecking my enjoyment of this game.

Cheers

Problem solved. All I did was download the new drivers, like that guy said. Cheers.

Suicide Soldier wrote:
> The driver update won't stop the problem, I just meant for general
> performance increase which the 4.12 will give, massively. I don't
> know anyone who would download a new video card driver just to play
> one game and then remove it.

Yep I HATE updating the ATI drivers, the number of reboots in insane esp. because I have the ATI multimedia centre as well, the VIVO drivers are a right pain in the behind...)

Sounds like a faulty card, how long have you had the card?

The driver update won't stop the problem, I just meant for general performance increase which the 4.12 will give, massively. I don't know anyone who would download a new video card driver just to play one game and then remove it.

Suicide Soldier wrote:
> Half-Life 2 does though :D

But he didn't mention HL2. Just Doom3. Parp! :D

Congrats.

Half-Life 2 does though :D

Suicide Soldier wrote:
> Don't get the latest Catalyst drivers, all the 5.x series are
> absolutely crap with the source engine.

Doom3 doesn't use the source engine. ;D

Don't get the latest Catalyst drivers, all the 5.x series are absolutely crap with the source engine. Grab the 4.12's and also make sure that the fan on the card isn't stuck, may be worth leaving the side off the case whilst you play it and see if that makes a different. It won't be the memory chips, it will be the GPU that is too hot.

Clean the fan on the card, leave the side of the case off and give it another crack.

odwyer wrote:
> Anyone else get these white specs/dots on screen?

I used to get them with my old card. It's what's been said. It's overheating.

Download the latest drivers, but that'll not solve the problem.

A few people have mentioned overheating. I don't even know what over clocking is mate.

I haven't touched the card. Ever. It's a Radeon 9800pro.

I haven't downloaded any drivers either. Still the same drivers from when I first bought it.

Anyone else get these white specs/dots on screen?