Win 7 64 bit + OpenGL + Counter-Strike

FliE

Equals trouble ahead.

Good day kind people of Guru 3D.

I'm a counter-strike player for 11 years and running, and I just recently purchased a new computer, equipped with a XFX Radeon HD 5870, and no complaints from the performance department.

However, while all new games work (Just Cause 2, FarCry 2 & SHIFT for example), I am having problems with Counter-Strike 1.6, and the OpenGL mode. I have been trying to solve this for a good two months now, and tried every solution google could throw at me, but all my attempts have been futile.

The problem, in layman's terms, is with flickering textures. Google told me this can be fixed by disabling 'Back -or Depth buffer' from RivaTuner settings, but obviously RivaTuner doesn't yet support 5870, even with the fix/hack that's supposed to make it compatible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLiR969S0Tk

Here's a video to better portray the problem.

So any suggestions on how to fix this? I've already tried almost everything humanly possible, from new drivers to different version of opengl to replacing the atioglxx.dll with one from an older version and so on but nothing works. The dll switching supposedly does the trick for some but I get the error message 'Failed to load loadlibrary error 998' or something along those lines, so no dice.

All help appreciated. While I can keep myself entertained with some real life activities and other games cs is just something that's almost part of my daily routine already and it's annoying to be without.

Thanks in advance!

Cybermancer · 04-26-2010, 17:05 | posts: 13,832 | Location: Cyberspace

Welcome to Guru3D, FliE.

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IPlayNaked · 04-26-2010, 17:40 | posts: 6,559

Not very familiar with CS myself, but surely you can run it in DX something? It doesn't have to be openGL?

[ R ] · 04-26-2010, 20:56 | posts: 791 | Location: Lahore , Pakistan

Quote:

Originally Posted by IPlayNaked

Not very familiar with CS myself, but surely you can run it in DX something? It doesn't have to be openGL?

i think thats D3D, and have you tried the usual? right click exe and choose run as admin or run in compatability to a lower OS etc? have you tried downclocking your clocks of your GPU

Labyrinth · 04-27-2010, 05:34 | posts: 3,455 | Location: Cheshire, England

What drivers for your 5870?
does this happen in half life 1 too ?
try disabling catalyst AI and try again

FliE · *Last edited by FliE; 04-27-2010 at 16:49.*

CS is such an old game OpenGL is really the only choice. D3D and Software both affect the gameplay somewhat and make the mouse 'sluggish'. And I think the anticheat everyone uses doesn't support anything but OpenGL. The problem disappears in D3D mode, though.

Catalyst AI, clocks, resolution, windowed/full screen, drivers, compatibility or admin rights make no difference, and the problem affects HL too. And I'm currently running the latest drivers, 10.3 I believe.

It most likely is because Windows' very lacking support for OpenGL, and that 'Back / Depth Buffer' -thing is so far the only thing I've heard about and that I haven't been able to test.

Thanks for the suggestions, though! Is my only hope really to just wait for the new RivaTuner that hopefully lets me adjust the OpenGL settings

?

damage-_-inc · 04-27-2010, 21:12 | posts: 130

A 1.6 player from Finland... I <3 u

gamerk2 · 04-28-2010, 13:18 | posts: 2,065 | Location: Medford, NY

The return of crappy ATI OpenGL drivers, prehaps? Considering their track record in that area, its certainly a possibility. [I eagery await Rage/Doom4 just to test this theory out...].

Stukov · 04-28-2010, 14:30 | posts: 4,838 | Location: South Dakota

I was pretty sure that Half-life was built around D3D not OpenGL, but I can be wrong.

Tranzmit · 04-28-2010, 14:53 | posts: 162 | Location: Australia

old cs player here too in fact i used to play the .7 beta when the p90 was the gun to use as it didnt have any bullet spread heh heh. that was when it was obviously still a mod for half life and yes half life and open GL were the way it went with worse performance as its technically running a modified Quake engine. and that was made to run on the voodoo's using mini GL if anyone remembers

Sorry i have no idea as to why your having issues beyond trying the latest beta drivers/

ady1969 · 04-28-2010, 14:56 | posts: 6

i just instaled cs1.6 and work ok with HD5770 ,OpenGL 1920X1200 32bits
with Catalyst 10.4b driver on Win7 X64
run in compatibility Win XP sp3

FliE · 04-28-2010, 22:08 | posts: 7 | Location: Fin

Well I installed the latest package from ATI site, 10.4, but no improvement (although I'd like to say the flickering was reduced a bit but I'm not sure).

I read some good things about the beta 10.4, any official dl link for it? I found one that links to Megaupload but I'm not exactly thrilled about getting my drivers from Megaupload :p

Aura89 · 04-28-2010, 22:24 | posts: 4,825 | Location: Washington State, USA

All i have to say on this subject is that CS 1.6 and OpenGL has always, always given me problems, D3D or whatever is the only thing i've been able to play the game with and actually have it look RIGHT

ady1969 · 04-29-2010, 07:19 | posts: 6

yes ,Megaupload version are ok 4 me

FliE · 04-29-2010, 23:38 | posts: 7 | Location: Fin

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=319297

This one? I'm currently downloading it, will try it out tomorrow (or later this weekend) if it's legit.

stooeh · 04-30-2010, 00:05 | posts: 34 | Location: UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stukov

I was pretty sure that Half-life was built around D3D not OpenGL, but I can be wrong.

When Half-Life came out it ran much better in OpenGL than it did in d3d (for both my banshee and Geforce 1).
OGL support in games is pretty poor compared to D3D nowadays

inklimited · 04-30-2010, 04:48 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

Have you tried a driver refresh? Tried rolling back drivers to an earlier set?

Driver Refreshing:
-Uninstall Catalyst
-Delete everything from Documents and Settings related to ATI or ACE
-Delete everthing from registry related to ATI or ACE
-Delete the C:\ATI driver install temp folder
-Install new drivers

inklimited · 04-30-2010, 05:00 | posts: 6,140 | Location: NSW Australia

...and try fiddling with the Z buffer (after you refresh

)

FliE · *Last edited by FliE; 05-02-2010 at 15:52.*

I now have the 10.4b drives installed (seem legit thus far) but the problem still persists sadly. I think the drivers helped a little, though.

Oh and the only OpenGL setting I can change from the control center is triple buffer (on/off). I used to have z-buffer there as well but it disappeared at some point.

God forsaken new OS

I'd change over to XP SP3 in a heartbeat if it wasn't for D3D 10 & 11 and new games that only work on 7...

[Edit:] After the first match with 10.4b it became apparent that OpenGL 4.0 had in fact made the problem HEAPS worse in full screen. Reverting back to 9.1 now :/

ady1969 · 05-02-2010, 15:40 | posts: 6

i use cs16full v3 with cs16patch full v19 and work ok

FliE · 05-08-2010, 13:25 | posts: 7 | Location: Fin

A quick bump & a status update, hoping that someone might have an answer for this.

Problem still persists. I've tried every driver from 9.0 to 9.9 and none of them install properly or work with 5870. 9.10 is the first version that works, but the problem is still there. I'm currently running 10.4 and taking a break from CS until the problem is solved.

Nothing so far has worked or even helped, does anyone have any further suggestions? All help highly appreciated.

Corrupt^ · 05-08-2010, 16:45 | posts: 4,831 | Location: Belgium

As sad as it may sound, I don't think the problem is going to get fixed by ATI, hell in CSS ATI still has tons of bugs which they still haven't fixed, even after several years.

As silly as it sounds, if you don't have the problem in windows xp, go for a dual boot :x

FliE · 05-11-2010, 16:47 | posts: 7 | Location: Fin

Heh, the problem is fixed now apparently, running the official 10.4

What did I do, then? Well the only help I can give to those with the same problem is... Watch Pokemon season 2 and change the anti-aliasing filter from box to narrow-tent, 'cause those are the only things I did differently. Which one did the trick? Your guess is as good as mine.

cheesebeard- · 05-11-2010, 17:09 | posts: 3,416 | Location: New England - M@ss

Quote:

Originally Posted by FliE

Heh, the problem is fixed now apparently, running the official 10.4

What did I do, then? Well the only help I can give to those with the same problem is... Watch Pokemon season 2 and change the anti-aliasing filter from box to narrow-tent, 'cause those are the only things I did differently. Which one did the trick? Your guess is as good as mine.

If I have AA set to anything other than Box in Source games they act funny and I get horrible performance. It's always been that way, so I just leave it be...