Graphical Glitch: Little flickering squares aorund objects

[GradnerLives]

Have you tried using WinEQ 2?

http://www.lavishsoft.com/

Known to fix a metric crap ton of graphical and framerate issues.

If you haven't tried it, do so!

[Yopachi]

I tried a lot of things before I found this thread. WinEQ does not affect this graphical glitch. I have a:

64-bit
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
AMD Phenom(tm) II P940 Quad-Core Processor
Windows 7

In order for the graphics to look decent I had to turn off the sky and the advanced lighting.

[Golaniel]

Thank you everyone for posting this thread, as it helped me fix the issue on my bro's computer.

Per Yopachi, first needed to turn OFF "Use Advanced Lighting" - that was creating the glitch all over the place. Then there was still the glitches around objects as most people have been reporting.

Turning off the sky does work, BUT I believe I have found an alternate solution where you can key the sky ON! In Advanced display settings, change the Sky Reflection Update Interval from "Always Update" to "Every 10 seconds". It appears the sky update is what triggers the glitch (you can see the glitch get less prominent as you reduce the sky refresh) and changing to "Every 10 seconds" basically makes the problem go away! Or at least it does for me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And yes, like everyone else on this thread, the computer has an ATI video card.

[mdavis522]

Im having a similar issue where certain parts of the graphics appear disjointed upon movement, like... the houses in freeport with the striped wallpaper. When i move all the stripes look disjointed. It's there all the time in other landscapes, but the stripes make it definitely noticeable. Not sure how to fix it. I tried changing the sky, reflection, and matching fps, but it seems to be there for good, for now. It has never been there before, I just now patched v44 when it started. I have an nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, and there is only one driver that will work. Updating drivers for nvidia is as bad as updating apps on your phone. Always a bad idea.