Black graphics with complex shader on

[thial]

<p>I have an issue where If I turn on my complex shader the graphics will sometimes go black the game won't crash but if i move the camera angels around it goes from normal to the black mess. If i turn complex shader off I'm fine... I'm not really sure what could be causing this.. I have screenshots i can upload if it would help..drivers are up to date...</p><p>i guess you want my pc specs:</p><p>win xp 64 bit</p><p>amd phenom 9500 quad core 2.25 ghz</p><p>8 gigs of DDR2</p><p>nvidia gefore gtx 260 I run in 1680 x 1050 i havnt tried other resolutions maybe ill try that..</p>

[Dact]

<p>Try enabling the heat shimmer effect.</p>

[thial]

<p>ok ill try that tonight i have the heat shimmer on and running at 29 complex shader distance..</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>Also, if you're using the latest version of the drivers then that could be part of the problem.  I would advise uninstalling your current driver version and installing version 186.  You can find version 186 at that following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find...aspx?lang=en-us</a>Please let us know if the issue persists after trying that step.</p>

[thial]

<p>turning the heat shimmer on seemed to fix the problem some, it happened again last night but I can't remember if the heat shimmer was on I had to turn my graphics down earlier, I'll try the driver as well thanks!</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Jdark@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>turning the heat shimmer on seemed to fix the problem some, it happened again last night but I can't remember if the heat shimmer was on I had to turn my graphics down earlier, I'll try the driver as well thanks!</p></blockquote><p>Please let us know if the issue persists after trying that step!</p>

[thial]

<p>ok I rolled back to the suggested driver version and all has been good since, thanks!</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Jdark@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>ok I rolled back to the suggested driver version and all has been good since, thanks!</p></blockquote><p>Great, I'm happy to here that.  Please let us know if you need any help in the future.</p>