Hmmmm... what're these weird polygons in my game?

[tensim]

Any ideas chaps? Is there a setting I can change or something? Or is my GPU on it's way out (HD 4870)?

[ManniX]

I believe it's called Tiberium.

[tensim]

ja... 'tis true... but, why do I suddenly have the strange squares hovering over it? And also, when units fire and when dust rises etc?

[razer121]

I think that might have something to do with the game, i had the same problem with that game....

[tensim]

it's new to me though, game has played fine for ages... running Windows 7 now if it's any different (was Vista previously)...

[kalniel]

That's probably fine - different drivers don't always interpret particle effects correctly which sometimes leads to these polygons rather than glowy smoke or whatever. You could go back a few driver versions and see if it fixes it, or submit a bug report to the catalyst driver team (I had the same thing with a particular scene in Mass Effect I think).

[tensim]

ay, someone just told me they're 'camera facing particle quads that are not alpha sorting properly' so... anything I can do to fix it??

[kalniel]

ay, someone just told me they're 'camera facing particle quads that are not alpha sorting properly' so... anything I can do to fix it??

(echo)
You could go back a few driver versions and see if it fixes it, or submit a bug report to the catalyst driver team