Issues, Workarounds & Localization

I'm having some huge graphical glitches with the new patch, moreso then when Incarna was around patch #7.

Turret effects are all messed up, I have no idea why. It's sort of like fractures in the picture. Random lines and patterns emanating from where the turrets should be on a ship. This problem does not occur on a non turreted ship, so it does have something to do with the turrets.

In addition, I'm seeing these strange patterns and lines coming off a ship when it is in space. Engine trails that curve off in a random direction and stay there, random lines and lights pointing off in different directions. I've had some of these problems since Incarna 1.7, but now they are significantly worse.

It is now at the point where I can't see whats going on, the whole screen is lit up with these glitches. Any Dev's know what could be going on? As I said, I first experienced these problems around Incarna 1.7, but now they are much, much worse.

Graphics card: Radeon HD 6850M\
Operating System: Windows 7 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5- 2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz quad core

Typical first steps to take would be:

* clear the client side cache ("Reset Settings" tab of the game options)
* make sure you use the latest drivers for your card
* Disable all driver optimizations that may be active (mostly Catalyst A.I., which has been the cause for a wide variety of ... interesting things in the past)
* make sure the cars is not overheating for some reason (insufficient cooling sadly often is an issue on laptops)

Any deeper than that, and we would need to look closer into this via petition. Include a screenshot of the graphics artifacts and a DirectX diagnostic report to the petition as well in that case.

Okay, I have cleared the system cashe for eve, as well as checked to make sure my graphics drivers are up to date.

As far as driver optimizations go, I will have to do more looking into that. I have the Catalyst Control program to allow applications to dictate graphic settings, but it might just be that they are non compatible. I don't seem to have any graphics issues with any other program I run, including other games.

But if eve has had compatibility issues with Catalyst in the past, I may just have to disable it. I will update again after I have tried the game with Catalyst off.

I did screenshot the issue I was experiencing with the turrets, which is the largest problem

http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j374/ColdCast253/Eveglitch.png

Edit: I have gone into the Catalyst Control settings and checked "Disable Catalyst A.I." and I am still experiencing the same problems. Would I have to completely disable the program or uninstall it entirely? Or is what I attempted what you would suggest?