Weird Graphics in Second Life

Dragonwylde · 10-14-2009, 04:10 AM

I just joined Second Life and I have a serious graphics issue with it. When I open SL the login screen looks fine but when I get into the actual game my screen looks like all the colors in the room I'm in are turned into these triangles of color that are radiating out from a point in the center of the screen. (I've attached a screenshot to show what I mean.) I play lots of other games on my computer, online and otherwise, and none of them have any problem at all with graphics. I've checked all the help files on SL and couldn't find any useful info there, except that one of the tech support guys there uses the exact same card that I have on his computer and SL (obviously) runs great for him. I'm running XP with a Radeon X800XL video card. I am totally baffled by this. Does anyone have any ideas?

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 10-14-2009, 11:37 AM

Hello and welcome to TSF

Try to update to Service Pack 3.

Dragonwylde · 10-14-2009, 02:08 PM

Thanks for the welcome. I already have SP3. Any other ideas?

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 10-14-2009, 02:31 PM

Download ATITool and scan for artifacts.
Also, download SpeedFan from my sig and post your temps.

Dragonwylde · 10-14-2009, 03:23 PM

Thanks for the info. I can see where you're going with this, but did you see the part where I said that SL is the only game that does this? Every other game or program I run on my computer works perfectly fine. I can't imagine there being a problem with my video card that only shows up in one online game and nowhere else.

But I did the two tests anyway. My video card isn't overclocked, so there are no artifacts. And the only temp reading I get with SpeedFan is for the HD, which is 33C.

10-14-2009, 11:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,256 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Weird Graphics in Second Life Hello and welcome to TSF Try to update to Service Pack 3. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

10-14-2009, 02:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dragonwylde Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Weird Graphics in Second Life Thanks for the welcome. I already have SP3. Any other ideas?

10-14-2009, 02:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,256 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Weird Graphics in Second Life Download ATITool and scan for artifacts. Also, download SpeedFan from my sig and post your temps. __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

10-14-2009, 03:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dragonwylde Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 OS: XP	Re: Weird Graphics in Second Life Thanks for the info. I can see where you're going with this, but did you see the part where I said that SL is the only game that does this? Every other game or program I run on my computer works perfectly fine. I can't imagine there being a problem with my video card that only shows up in one online game and nowhere else. But I did the two tests anyway. My video card isn't overclocked, so there are no artifacts. And the only temp reading I get with SpeedFan is for the HD, which is 33C.