I'm devastated, Far Cry 3 Nvidia Driver Glitch ?

[Fawn]

I just upgraded my computer and yesterday, booted it up with the Nvidia GTX 680. Steam was not able to update my cards driver, stating "unknown vendor". After repeated clicking on the steam video card updater, it directed me straight to Nvidias site, where I installed the newest driver which was released yesterday. After that driver had been installed, Far Cry 3 has this god awful visual glitch which i can't seem to get rid of.

THIS IS THE GLITCH :

At the start of a new game in Far Cry 3, when the intro starts thereafter when Vaas reveals himself, holding the recorded tape of the introduction, these dead black pixels arise, and they appear everywhere after that, mostly in the sky ! its flickering everywhere !

Even after i uninstalled the updated driver(which I caused a complete mess of things) , the glitch is still there ! My far cry 3 is almost unplayable. All i wanted to do was to play Far Cry 3 with my new graphic card. What now ?

[EternalCore]

@OP: Dead Pixels only show on the monitor because when it's got dead pixes they spread!
Read here on how to fix your monitor's dead pixel issue: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-software-solutions-to-fix-a-stuck-pixel-on-your-lcd-monitor/

[Fawn]

Appreciate your help, but its nothing to do with my monitor at all, this only happens in Far Cry 3. Its Flickering black dots in the sky . If i could show you a screenshot, I would. But this is probably another glitch of this game.... how am i to fix this. is there anyway to do a clean re install of FC3

[zakalwe]

It doesn't sound like a dead pixel issue. Dead pixels don't behave the way the op describes.

There could be a problem with your gpu install, or even the card itself.

First, Google how to remove nvidea drivers entirely.
Next, manually install the previous drivers or the last set of beta (tested both, they work well for Far cry 3) just in case the newest are causing issues.
Then, download a 3d benchmark like furmark or heaven and test for stability and temps.

It reads like you have a heating or driver related issue.

If not then try cutting the FV3 folder, pasting it somewhere else, uninstalling from steam, pasting back and reinstalling. Not the most precise solution, but it can fix things (cured a major stuttering problem I had with borderlands 2).

Aside from that, you're going to have to do your beat to trouble shoot it. Try the card with aw many graphically intensive games as you can to see if it really only is far cry.

[EternalCore]

@OP: Are you, or have you, overclocked your GPU which also includeds the memory on the GPU???
Also If it's not your monitor then plz take a screenshot so we can see?

[Tyrol]

I know how frustrated you must be. How did you make a mess of the uninstall? It is a good idea to uninstall the driver and do a restart first before attempting the next driver. Which driver did you use? Just looking at the nVidia website, they apparently released a slightly updated driver just yesterday, January 5. You could use that one. If not you will have to go back to the 306 versions.


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Name Version Release Date

GeForce 310.90 Driver WHQL 310.90 January 5, 2013


Release Highlights:

This GeForce driver is recommended for the best experience in the blockbuster holiday games. GeForce R310 drivers add optimizations for Far Cry 3, providing up to 38% faster performance.

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Has anyone had any success or problems with these latest nVidia drivers? I am hesitant to update myself if I might encounter problems after updating.

[Grunt]

Definitely not dead pixels but I understand you were just trying to describe what you're seeing. That phrase (and actual issue) is very specific to monitors, not GPU.

The only simularity (barely) on the GPU side are a form of visual artefact. This is why you're asked above if you overclocked, because going to far in an OC can cause various types of artefacts, including permanent damage to hardware (permanent artefacts) in worse case scenarios.

What was your previous GPU and what version of drivers were you using?

At this point you need to continue trying to isolate where the issue actually is. Driver, hardware or corrupted game files.

Do the black squares show up if you get close up to a wall or other object where only that object fills your screen?

Do the squares move around the screen as you move like they're associated with a particular set of textures?

Do the squares change size (increse / decrease) or are they constant size no matter what?

If you've overclocked any hardware (cpu, ram, gpu) reset them all to factory defaults.

Does putting the game quality settings to Low / Off as applicable and bumping the resolution down to next lowest supported resoution have any change in the issue?

If the in-game steam overlay is enabled (the default) you can press shift+tab to access it, change (or use) the key associated with screen shots and then upload those screen shots and reference their links in post so people can see it.

Without seeing what you're really seeing it's much harder to "guess" what the issue might be.

[ShocksVR #AirLink]

Do a clean delete of the drivers, and re-install them.

[modar]

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1174372 this may help

[karmablack]

Originally posted by Chèrefaune:

I just upgraded my computer and yesterday, booted it up with the Nvidia GTX 680. Steam was not able to update my cards driver, stating "unknown vendor". After repeated clicking on the steam video card updater, it directed me straight to Nvidias site, where I installed the newest driver which was released yesterday. After that driver had been installed, Far Cry 3 has this god awful visual glitch which i can't seem to get rid of.

THIS IS THE GLITCH :

At the start of a new game in Far Cry 3, when the intro starts thereafter when Vaas reveals himself, holding the recorded tape of the introduction, these dead black pixels arise, and they appear everywhere after that, mostly in the sky ! its flickering everywhere !

Even after i uninstalled the updated driver(which I caused a complete mess of things) , the glitch is still there ! My far cry 3 is almost unplayable. All i wanted to do was to play Far Cry 3 with my new graphic card. What now ?

Turn off Alpha to coverage under the video settings and see if it fixes the problem.