Radeon 8500 and NFS:PU

I have recently bought the Radeon 8500 and the first thing I noticed (apart from the fantastic performance) was that most of the menus in Need for speed:Porsche unleashed are no longer visible. At the same time, the text on the buttons has become a lot less well defined. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so have you found a fix? I really like this game and would be less than happy if I had to go back to using my Radeon VE just so that I can play it. Thanks for any help offered, Tsunami

I noticed that the text is a bit messed up but the menus are still visible on my 8500. I'm running the latest drivers plus the Rage 3d tweak. Haven't set any special switches for NFS:PU. David "Tsunami" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I have recently bought the Radeon 8500 and the first thing I noticed > (apart from the fantastic performance) was that most of the menus in > Need for speed:Porsche unleashed are no longer visible. At the same > time, the text on the buttons has become a lot less well defined. Has > anyone else had this problem, and if so have you found a fix? I really > like this game and would be less than happy if I had to go back to > using my Radeon VE just so that I can play it. > Thanks for any help offered, > > Tsunami

Once upon a time "David Erb" <[email hidden]> scribed carefully: >:I noticed that the text is a bit messed up but the menus are still visible >:on my 8500. I'm running the latest drivers plus the Rage 3d tweak. Haven't >:set any special switches for NFS:PU. >:David What is the Rage 3d tweak? I haven't heard of that. Tsunami

"David Erb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yuKY7.11686$[email hidden]... > I noticed that the text is a bit messed up but the menus are still visible > on my 8500. I'm running the latest drivers plus the Rage 3d tweak. Haven't > set any special switches for NFS:PU. > David What options does that Rage 3d tweak give you?

"Tsunami" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I have recently bought the Radeon 8500 and the first thing I noticed > (apart from the fantastic performance) was that most of the menus in > Need for speed:Porsche unleashed are no longer visible. At the same > time, the text on the buttons has become a lot less well defined. Same here. NFSPU was the first game I tried on my 8500, and the menus were messed up. Also in the game, the HUD fonts don't look good. I don't know of a fix, but I can still play the game. Ice D

Rage 3d tweak is a utility that allows you to alter a bunch of different settings in the driver of the Radeon 8500. Its available at http://www.rage3d.com/ plus that site also has some good forums for asking questions about Radeons and ATI cards in general. Lots of gamers seem to show up there so the odds are good ther will be an answer there. BTW just to be clear here: I can see all the menus and their buttons but the text labelling the buttons plus all the other text in the game is distorted. Its not distorted so badly that you can't read it but it surely does look weird. David "Tsunami" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Once upon a time "David Erb" <[email hidden]> scribed carefully: > > >:I noticed that the text is a bit messed up but the menus are stillvisible > >:on my 8500. I'm running the latest drivers plus the Rage 3d tweak.Haven't > >:set any special switches for NFS:PU. > >:David > > What is the Rage 3d tweak? I haven't heard of that. > > Tsunami

"Ice D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:uhMY7.856$[email hidden]... > Same here. NFSPU was the first game I tried on my 8500, and the menus were > messed up. Also in the game, the HUD fonts don't look good. I don't knowof > a fix, but I can still play the game. > > Ice D Someone in the ATI newsgroup said to check the Alternate Pixel Center under your D3D settings when playing this game and then to turn it off when playing others.

Thanks for the info, I will have a look there now. The menus on my NFS:PU are completely messed up, you cant make a thing out, tho occasionally you do get a very brief flash of what should be there. Tsunami Once upon a time "David Erb" <[email hidden]> scribed carefully:

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>:Rage 3d tweak is a utility that allows you to alter a bunch of different >:settings in the driver of the Radeon 8500. Its available at >:http://www.rage3d.com/ plus that site also has some good forums for asking >:questions about Radeons and ATI cards in general. Lots of gamers seem to >:show up there so the odds are good ther will be an answer there. >:BTW just to be clear here: I can see all the menus and their buttons but the >:text labelling the buttons plus all the other text in the game is distorted. >:Its not distorted so badly that you can't read it but it surely does look >:weird. >:David >: >:"Tsunami" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >:news:[email hidden]... >:> Once upon a time "David Erb" <[email hidden]> scribed carefully: >:> >:> >:I noticed that the text is a bit messed up but the menus are still >:visible >:> >:on my 8500. I'm running the latest drivers plus the Rage 3d tweak. >:Haven't >:> >:set any special switches for NFS:PU. >:> >:David >:> >:> What is the Rage 3d tweak? I haven't heard of that. >:> >:> Tsunami >:

I tried that and it made no difference to my menus. All I can say is give it a try, if it works for you, great! Tsunami Once upon a time "post-O-matic" <[email hidden]> scribed carefully:

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>: >:"Ice D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >:news:uhMY7.856$[email hidden]... >:> Same here. NFSPU was the first game I tried on my 8500, and the menus were >:> messed up. Also in the game, the HUD fonts don't look good. I don't know >:of >:> a fix, but I can still play the game. >:> >:> Ice D >: >:Someone in the ATI newsgroup said to check the Alternate Pixel Center under >:your D3D settings when playing this game and then to turn it off when >:playing others. >:

You know, I recall this ATI & Messed Up Menu's as a problem that goes back years and years, all throughout their card's history. -Larry "Tsunami" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I tried that and it made no difference to my menus. All I can say is > give it a try, if it works for you, great! > > Tsunami > > Once upon a time "post-O-matic" <[email hidden]> scribed > carefully: > > >: > >:"Ice D" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >:news:uhMY7.856$[email hidden]... > >:> Same here. NFSPU was the first game I tried on my 8500, and the menus

were > >:> messed up. Also in the game, the HUD fonts don't look good. I don'tknow > >:of > >:> a fix, but I can still play the game. > >:> > >:> Ice D > >: > >:Someone in the ATI newsgroup said to check the Alternate Pixel Centerunder > >:your D3D settings when playing this game and then to turn it off when > >:playing others. > >: >

"Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0J1Z7.32027$[email hidden]... > You know, I recall this ATI & Messed Up Menu's as a problem that goes back > years and years, all throughout their card's history. > > -Larry That's the only game I've seen on my R8500 that has a font problem. Which is ok because I don't think too highly of PU anyway. It's an ok arcade racer with nice graphics, that's all.