I am having an issue where http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/558687742002887420/F83A3D1E038D6C86B1F45A0357CF846E504750CA/ occurs. As this is very noticeable, I can not really ignore it like some other graphic issues. This occured very recently, about 8 hours ago, so it has nothing to do with any update. I was also able to run the settings on "ultra" with the High Resolution Texture Pack without any problem prior to this. The problem gets resolved if I put the graphics on "medium" settings however. If anyone has experienced this problem before and has a solution, aside form lowering my settings to "medium" or below, the help would be greatly appreciated.

ATI graphics card?

Uninstall your current GPU drivers. Reinstall with Catalyst 12.3. You have the borked 12.2 drivers; they will display pixelation like this when combined with Skyrim's in-game AA.

Yes I do have an ATI graphics card. I am currently working through the suggested fix in the third post will get back to you with the results.

Edit: Tried the above fix but it did not work. For now I will disable Skyrim's AA to play without that pixelation until there is a fix.

You got an overheating issue.

@ Sarmatian - that's not overheating. That's pixel corruption caused by bad AMD drivers combined with Skyrim's in-game AA.


It should have worked. Did you just install the 12.3s (the real 12.3s, released March 28th; 12.2 incorrectly reports as 12.3 in the CCC but will have a much earlier install date) over your current driver set, or let Steam/the CCC install the newer drivers for you? None of these methods will work. You need to completely, and I do mean completely, uninstall your borked drivers.

Download http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx. (Note that that link is for 64-bit 7/Vista; I'm not sure what OS you're using.) If you are running any third party overclocking / fan profile programs like RivaTuner or MSI Afterburner, set them not to boot with Windows and shut them down at this point.

Then go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Uninstall a program. Wait for the list of installed programs to populate; if you have a lot of programs installed this will take a while. Find the AMD Catalyst Install Manager, select it, and hit "Change." The install manager will launch and give you several uninstallation options.

NOTE: Normally I recommend simply choosing the "express uninstall all AMD software." However, if you have an AMD-based motherboard or CPU, this will probably end terribly, since it will also try to yank chipset drivers, audio drivers, etc. etc. In that case, you should choose a custom install and remove only the software that pertains to your GPU. If you have an Intel CPU/motherboard, the express uninstall option is your best bet. If you have an AMD CPU and still choose express uninstall, I am not responsible for the resulting catastrophe that may ensue.

Let the uninstaller run its course. At the end, you will be prompted to reboot. Do so. Once the reboot is finished, launch the 12.3 installer .exe you downloaded from AMD and install those. You will be prompted to reboot again once the installer is complete. Do so.

Once your system's rebooted again, you should have a fresh install of the un-borked 12.3 drivers. If you're using RivaTuner/MSI Afterburner/etc. you may feel free to re-launch them at this point and restore their usual settings (overclocks, fan profiles, etc.).

Thanks for the help Tyraa. Seems you were right about the old driver showing up as 12.3. After going through your walkthrough my system info finally showed the updated drivers and Skyrim is running like it used to.

Awesome! Glad everything's working like it should.