MassiveTime Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) I have been playing GTA 4 for about 3 days now and after starting it up today, I noticed this odd filter on the graphics that I cant seem to get rid of. Everything looks very odd, I included a picture below to what I'm talking about. Maybe somebody here has experienced a similar problem and was able to fix it? Much help would be appreciated My specs are Amd Athlon II X3 455 3.31 GZ, 4 GB ram Windows XP Prof SP 3 EVGA GTX 460 768mb here is the pic and another, it looks like Niko works for skynet Edited January 8, 2011 by MassiveTime Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 after reinstalling the gtx 460 drives everything worked flawlessly. Then when I tried to boot up the game again, it went back to that odd texture quality... somebodyhelp Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060286783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTomster Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Do you get artifacts in other games, anywhere else on the PC? If so, it's your graphics card. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060286869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girish Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Delete all files from this folder - C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Settings Instead of reinstalling your current video drivers, have you tried updating to the latest driver? Or are you already on the latest drivers? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060286870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Do you get artifacts in other games, anywhere else on the PC? If so, it's your graphics card. No , only in GTA 4. All other games ( Mafia 2 , Cod Black Ops, PES 2011 ) work just fine. The problem seemed to go away again after I tried the benchmark test, it looks fine now.hmm I have no idea what the problem is. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060286908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Since you're on XP I'd recommend removing the drivers, rebooting, cleaning with driver sweeper and then installing the latest drivers. Probably a faulty driver install, some settings probably get corrupted after a reboot. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060287299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 Since you're on XP I'd recommend removing the drivers, rebooting, cleaning with driver sweeper and then installing the latest drivers. Probably a faulty driver install, some settings probably get corrupted after a reboot. ok I removed the drivers, rebooted, cleaned with driver sweeper and then reinstalled the drivers and GTA 4 definitely started up faster. I did a benchmark test on everything high and I had an average fps of about 41.25 . It's working great so far and I hope it will stay this way. Thanks a lot for the help Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060289514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I'm glad you can now max your enjoyment levels. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060289577 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Bad news. Started up GTA 4 this morning and same problem appeared again.... I have no clue why this is happening. Edited January 11, 2011 by MassiveTime Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060290269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTomster Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Do you use a disc to play the game? If you do, try to clean it. I have absolutely no clue why you are experiencing these problems, they're unlike anything I've seen before. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060290843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Do you use a disc to play the game? If you do, try to clean it. I have absolutely no clue why you are experiencing these problems, they're unlike anything I've seen before. No. I bought the game from steam. I have no clue why I have this problem as well, I tried seeing if others had a similar problem but couldn't find any. The thing is, all other games work perfectly. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060290856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Have you tried repeating the process of cleaning the drivers? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060291051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Have you tried repeating the process of cleaning the drivers? Yes I have. It seems that everytime I do that, the game does work again fine. But after a day or so, it goes back to that awful texture. This is very strange. Maybe It had something to do with the fact that my PCI slot wasnt switched to EXPRESS in bios, I will check now and report back UPDATE: So I switched to PCI express in bios and GTA 4 is working fine. For now. Hopefully this fixed it Edited January 11, 2011 by MassiveTime Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060291075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTomster Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Have you tried repeating the process of cleaning the drivers? Yes I have. It seems that everytime I do that, the game does work again fine. But after a day or so, it goes back to that awful texture. This is very strange. Maybe It had something to do with the fact that my PCI slot wasnt switched to EXPRESS in bios, I will check now and report back UPDATE: So I switched to PCI express in bios and GTA 4 is working fine. For now. Hopefully this fixed it I didn't realize that that could have been the cause. Never even knew you could switch a PCIe slot out of Express mode. Weird. Hopefully this solved it for you man, though that's an oddball solution for an oddball problem. Best of luck! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060291185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassiveTime Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Have you tried repeating the process of cleaning the drivers? Yes I have. It seems that everytime I do that, the game does work again fine. But after a day or so, it goes back to that awful texture. This is very strange. Maybe It had something to do with the fact that my PCI slot wasnt switched to EXPRESS in bios, I will check now and report back UPDATE: So I switched to PCI express in bios and GTA 4 is working fine. For now. Hopefully this fixed it I didn't realize that that could have been the cause. Never even knew you could switch a PCIe slot out of Express mode. Weird. Hopefully this solved it for you man, though that's an oddball solution for an oddball problem. Best of luck! Indeed. It was a very odd problem and solution, but it seemed to fix it for me. So in case anybody is having a similar problem... ( doesnt seem like it ), just set your GPU to PCI EXPRESS instead of PCI. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/467078-sudden-texturegraphics-problem/#findComment-1060292430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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