Doom 3 graphics corruption

first of all here are my specs:

amd 2500+XP stock heatsink
512mb of ram
ati 9800 pro

nothing overclocked

temps: 54C (cpu) / 32C (system) checked the fans, all were spinning as normal

i updated to directx9.0b(came with doom3) downloaded newest catalyst driver for my card, then i tried the 2nd most recent driver and it was even worse.

now for the screenshots:

http://www.photodump.com/direct/alpha2cookie/shot00002.jpg

http://www.photodump.com/direct/alpha2cookie/shot00003.jpg

only thing left i can think of is to a) defrag and b) reinstall windows

pm or aim me if you want to see dxdiag

thanks!

I have no clue what this is, but it looks like it is trying to render the radiosity...

P.S I want Doom 3 :p

its only $55 and theyre coming out with a demo soon ( i think )

Don't know what to tell you man, all I know is that game is eating people's computers alive. One of my friends said he gets 4 FPS, and he's got a nice PC. Sry. :(

If you have radeon you could go to your adi control panel and set it to the default settings or if they're already on default on the performance slider you can try moving it to higher performance or higher quality. Increased anti-aliasing or antiostrophic filtering may help (or decreasing them for that matter). Also keep your ear out for any known performance issues with radeon 9800/9600 series cards and Doom3. It's bound to be buggy. Update drivers toof or the radeon?

Yeah same here..mine barely runs with all special effect and all settings on low..and my PC is relatively new :(

i updated the display driver :( on my nvidia control panel(its in taskbar?) i can reset it to defaults, ill try that :P

I've been playing 3-player Doom II co-op nightmare. Yeah we rule. :rolleyes:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1026410061

maybe fast writes being off will fix it

dude, that's a crazy lot of dead pixels.