Massive Graphics Problem

[charlie8930]

Massive Graphics problem!!!!

Hi

I have a problem where darwinia goes mental at the menu (the big internal globe thingy). Basically it doesn't look like a globe. more like a light disco, full of crazy polygons and disproportion lines.

Check out this picture and you'll see. http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr86 ... sprobs.jpg

Its just the menu screen. In-game works fine if i manage to randomly click on a location in the world.

At the menu:
Crazy graphics, framerate is about 4-5, with a 3-5 second delay when i move the mouse.

I've tried lowering the graphics but that failed.
WTF is going on here!!! Can someone help. is it my graphics card?

I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop.
Graphics card ATI Radeon Xpress 1150.
1g RAM.
1.4ghz AMD 64 Athlon X2 (dual core)

[xander]

The problem is your graphics card, and, as far as I know, there is no solution other than to downgrade to Darwinia 1.4.x (I assume that you are running 1.5.x, right?).

xander

[frenchfrog]

You may try updating your graphic drivers, but indeed some low end cards are very buggy and slow.

[xander]

You may try updating your graphic drivers, but indeed some low end cards are very buggy and slow.

I don't think that it is "some low end cards" -- the problem seems to be specifically with the ATi Xpress cards.

xander