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[Lizozom]

I get a yellow screen on menu and during the game and in some cinematics(not all) like in the picture: www.lizozom.z1.ro/masseffect.html

I meet the minimum system requirements: 
Windows XP sp3
Ati Radeon x1800GTO (256 MB)
1 GB RAM
1.8 Intel Dual Core 
plenty of hd space

I have aldready tried :
1. Updating my video drivers 
2. Adjusting the graphics settings to a minimum level ( incld resolution)
the problem persits in both fulscreen and window modes

I also have Dragonage Origins which works just fine. (I don't know if this is relevant as long as it uses a different game engine but I thought I should mention it:D)

Thank you for your time.

Modifié par Lizozom, 24 janvier 2010 - 09:29 .

[PSUHammer]

post a copy of DXDIAG report (google that if you don't know how)

[Lizozom]

http://lizozom.z1.ro/dxdiag.html

the dxdiag is on this page complete report

[PSUHammer]

You need driver updates across the board. Graphics, sound and your BIOS are all from 2006.

[rrikerbio]

Well, did this fix the issue or not? I have the same problem, but I can't update my video drivers (Laptop). If I have to upgrade my PC, or scrap it all and get it for XBox I would like to know. Thanks!

[Recnamoken]

http://www.omegadriv...id=53&Itemid=53

Try this site, they tweak drivers to be compatible to laptop chipsets.

[Oden619]

i have the same problem with yellow screen but i just have a normal computer, i assume that website will work for it too?

[Gorath Alpha]

Oden619 wrote...

i have the same problem with yellow screen but i just have a normal computer, i assume that website will work for it too?

Both ATI and nVIDIA stopped excluding laptop video cards from their driver updates, although I suppose som old model mobile cards may have fallen through the gaps.  Besides Omega, there are several places of similar nature, but strictly laptop service.  The advantage of the Omega drivers is that when ATI or nVIDIA drop coverage of an older model card for this or that, or for an older OS version, such as for XP when it's a new Dx11 card, maybe, or for Win2000, which I still use sometimes.

If you are seeing some over-color wash atop the images, it's usually elderly drivers, and you normally can go straight to ATI or to nVIDIA and find the fix there. 

Gorath

Modifié par Gorath Alpha, 18 février 2010 - 10:28 .

[PREY985]

Does anybody have a problem with weird almost festive lights on the first menu screen? sometimes it also looks like the planet in the BG is smoking. Known issue weird glitch or what? the game works fin just wondering

[Otterwarden]

Suffered from the yellow screen issue. Was able to blindly find my way through the movie start, only to be hit with the BSOD upon trying to select a character appearance after the Lazarus cut scene. My laptop video chip, Radeon Mobility X1400, did not meet minimum specs so I was not surprised. Investigated the issue extensively online, tried a bunch of suggestions; and, in the end, was left with only the option of updating my driver with the omega option mentioned above. It worked like a charm, resolving all issues, and permitted me to have a flawless playthrough of the game. Wish I had converted over years ago, rather than suffering with Dell's out of date downloads.

[Gorath Alpha]

We are in the ME-2 Tech Discussion forum, and the Mobile X1400 is basically a desktop X1300, with improved efficiency to use less current and creat less waste heat.  You "shouldn't" have been able to use that card without really dropping the screen resolution a lot to keep the frame rates high enough to allow the game's environmental interaction system to keep working.  

Compared to the official X1600 Pro minimum (which is truly not a normal minimum), your card practically lies in the road, a flattened tortoise. 

www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php

Since they are from the same generation, all five of the key measurements match up, and the X1400 trails badly on two of them, at only 29% and 34% of the X1600 Pro's performance.  It gets closer on the other three at 86, 88, and 86%.  I'm not doubting that you personally found the game enjoyable in spite of the limitations, but given the exposure here to all kinds of readers, I want to be sure everyone knows how individual gamers' feelings about what is good enough is extremely variable. 

Personally, I have already tested the official minimum (Radeon) card, and it wasn't up to the standard that is usually applied for what a "minimum" card should be able to do.  Typically, developers aim their specifications at the very common medium screen resolution, and intend for a minimum card to still run in the 30-35 FPS range at 1280 by 1024 pixels, with the image quality settings on Low.  The same cards usually can be reset to still hold good frame rates at 1024 by 768 pixels, and a mix of Medium and Low settings, or even better image quality, if set to 800 by 600 pixels.

I didn't think that the results on my X1600 Pro met the standard (I was getting 20 to 25 FPS myself with that card) that I consider to be usual. 

Nevertheless, I am very pleased to see that my recommendation to try the Omega Drivers worked for you.  I hope you chose to make a donation to help defray the costs of keeping the website running. 

Gorath

[JoMpE006]

I have no idea how the omega drivers website works im not that good with computers, so if someone could give me step by step instructions i would really appriciate it.