when I start COH it starts fine, but when the login screen comes up I get major flickering and distortion, I have tried safe mode, have done a driver sweep and downloaded the latest drivers I can find,
here are the results from coh helper
---System information gathered by
CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---
DxDiag gathered at February 27, 2009 09:49 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7000) (7000.winmain_win7beta.081212-1400)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/05/08 Ver: 08.00.14
Central Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 8190MB
.Net Memory Report: 6644MB out of 8190MB available
Page File: 14908MB (1771MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3320620AS ATA Device) 209709MB out of 305234MB (68%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 ATA Device) 611565MB out of 747414MB (81%) free
G Drive: (SanDisk Cruzer USB Device) zero-size drive
E Drive: (ATAPI DVD C DH52C2S ATA Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (HP DVD Writer 1040r ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7000.0000 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Manufacturer / Chip: ATI Technologies Inc. / ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9440)
Video Memory: 3827 MB
Driver Version: 8.15.0010.0163
Driver Date: 12/10/2008 3:42:14 AM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7000.0000
Driver Date: 12/12/2008 10:26:12 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7000.0000
Driver Date: 12/12/2008 10:26:12 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7000.0000
Driver Date: 12/12/2008 10:26:12 PM
Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7000.0000
Driver Date: 12/12/2008 10:26:12 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: M3A78-T
Motherboard Version: Rev 1.xx
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 12/05/08 Ver: 08.00.14
BIOS Version: 120508 - 20081205
BIOS Release: 20081205000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1024x768
3D Resolution: 1024x768 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)
World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600
Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 555126 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20081210.10T4
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found
Please help