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OK, so the issue with texture quality getting stuck on low is actually a problem with Eyefinity+Crossfire. It works fine if I use just Crossfire or just Eyefinity, but when both are enabled, texture quality defaults to the laughably bad low or very low setting and can't be increased. It's so bad, you can't read the opening quote, see Booker's name on the wooden box you're handed in the opening scene, or see any of the photos/notes in the box. They're all a blurry mess.

Hopefully AMD will release a Crossfire profile or driver update to fix it soon, 'cause there's no way I can push ultra settings at 6048x1080 with just one 7950.

*Edit: I'm currently running 13.3 beta drivers with 12.11 CAP 2.

I've posted about the issue on the 2K support forums, chime in and let them know if you run into it too.

Here are some screenshots to demonstrate:

You should be seeing the game's opening quote here:


Booker's name is supposed to be engraved on this box:


This is a photo of Elizabeth that was obviously taken with a potato:

Didn't have that problem on my computer using Eyefinity and 3 7970s, textures are gorgeous. Not sure if it's related to your problem, but you should remove the 12.11 CAP2 from your system. 13.3 betas don't need any CAP atm.

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Thanks, LordJuanlo. I hadn't heard that 13.3 betas didn't need CAPs. I uninstalled the CAP, rebooted, and still get the same issue. I'll try a complete driver uninstall, driver sweeper, and reinstall without CAPs and see if that makes any difference. I'll be back with the results soon.

Edit: Unfortunately I didn't see any change. Turned out I had been running 13.3 beta 2. Uninstalled that. Rebooted in safe mode. Ran driver sweeper. Rebooted. Installed 13.3 beta 3. Didn't install CAPs. Rebooted. Still getting fugly textures and not allowed to adjust in-game past Low quality. Gonna be stuck at work for a while, but I'll fiddle with it some more when I'm off.

I am having the exact same issue running a single 7950. Can only choose Low or Very Low for texture detail when in Eyefinity (works fine if I change to 1920x1080), so I have to be 2 feet from a sign to see what it says. It makes the game unplayable to me, it is so bad. Help!!!

A poster on the 2K forums says he's getting the exact same issue with a single 7950 in Eyefinity under both 13.1 and 13.3. So, while I can run fine w/ a single card in Eyefinity but not with crossfired cards, it looks like the problem may lie somewhere other than crossfire.

*Edit:

Hey huckleberry182, welcome to WSGF!



I didn't see your post when I wrote this.

Thx Bifurk8! It was waitig to be approved by a mod. Long time reader, first time poster Glad to have finally joined.

Interesting that you don't have the problem with a single card.....so odd....

Hey LordJuanlo, what OS are you running? So far it doesn't appear to be an issue specific to the 7950 series nor a specific processor or chipset. The only thing myself, huckleberry182, and CaDashing seem to have in common at first glance is that we're all on Windows 7 64 bit and AMD cards.

*Edit: I tried editing Documents\My Games\BioShock Infinite\XGame\Config\XEngine.ini with the value TextureDetailLevel=1 to TextureDetailLevel=4 but that didn't do anything. It was reset to TextureDetail=1 after starting the game. I tried setting XEngine.ini to read-only after making the change and it does then keep TextureDetail=4, but in-game the textures are still set to low quality.

Alright, now we've got another user in the 2K forums reporting this issue on a single 5xxx series Radeon card on a single monitor. At this point, I'm going to call it a bug with the game that may be related to AMD cards, but probably isn't related to Crossfire or Eyefinity specifically.

Just loaded the game in eyefinity & crossfire (2x7950), didn't even have to touch anything... automatically picked "multi-monitor", the correct res & set it to Very High as a default quality...

Not saying it's not an issue just adding to the list that does work to narrow it down..

oh and I'm on:-

• Latest Beta drivers from AMD (13.3 beta 3)
• Win 8 64bit

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Thanks, LuckyNoS7evin. Yeah. At this point I think it is something very specific to a few of our systems, rather than something affecting all Eyefinty or all Crossfire users. But, we're still trying to track down what it could be. You're on Win 8 (thanks!) so I'm still leaning pretty heavily towards this being a Windows 7 64 bit Radeon specific bug.

I have a crossfire 7970 eyefinity setup running on windows 7 x64 with the 13.3 beta drivers. I will post my experience when I get home from work. I hope it runs well. I have very limited time to game these days. I do not want to spend time messing around.

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Fingers crossed for you, BIGGRIMTIM. I'd love to know either way what your experience is like.

Windows 7 64, 3x7970 crossfire eyefinty only low and very low textures!

I am looking in the config files @ Defaultengine file. it looks likethe game is not detecting texture pool size. Here is what I found.

[TextureStreaming]
UseTextureFileCache=TRUE
; We now auto calculate the texture pool size on PC.
; The equation is basically TexturePoolSize = Detected video memory - size of frame buffers - estimate for other resource useage like vertex buffers.
; TexturePoolSizeReductionMB is the estimate of how much we'll need for resources than the frame buffers
TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=40
;On PC, pool size only gets used if -ReadTexturePoolFromIni is passed in on the commandline. Otherwise it is auto calculated based on your video card memory.
PoolSize=400
; hard coded "safe" max texture pool size if running in low or very low
LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=256


OK here is my fix for texture not sure what one fixed it but it works! Bold is what I changed to get ultra textures working. enjoy!

[TextureStreaming]
UseTextureFileCache=False
; We now auto calculate the texture pool size on PC.
; The equation is basically TexturePoolSize = Detected video memory - size of frame buffers - estimate for other resource useage like vertex buffers.
; TexturePoolSizeReductionMB is the estimate of how much we'll need for resources than the frame buffers
TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=1500
;On PC, pool size only gets used if -ReadTexturePoolFromIni is passed in on the commandline. Otherwise it is auto calculated based on your video card memory.
PoolSize=3000
; hard coded "safe" max texture pool size if running in low or very low
LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=3000

Does a mod maybe want to move some of this thread to the Eyefinity forum rather than the Youtube links forum as it's turned into a help thread over commenting on the posted videos.

Sorry that was partly my fault too

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Ha, I've been spamming the YouTube links forum all day? I didn't even realize...sorry!

Hey Defcoms,

Thanks so much! Changing my DefaultEngine.ini variable UseTextureFileCache=True to UseTextureFileCache=False has fixed the incredibly bad textures! I'm still only able to select low or very low quality textures from the in-game menu, but every texture in the game looks so much better with that variable adjusted. I'll cross post over to the 2K forums and let folks know to give it a try.

Your welcome.

The other options allowed me to select ultra textures but I am unsure what they should be set at, or if they have any performance/quality effect on the game. It would be interesting to see someone's settings posted above that is not having issues. Sounds like most are having the issue with windows 7.

Awesome!! Thanks Defcoms so much for the fix! The game looks beautiful and I can't wait until I start over and to play it!

I love WSGF!!

Will WSGF have a Oculus Rift forum for when I get it in a few weeks?

Hello, and thank you so much. Fix worked great. This is what I just posted @ 2k. Just figured I take the time to post since you took the time to help!

"Hello, I just wanted to confirm that this fix worked. I also have a single 7950 and running eyefinity on 3 24" Monitors and I had the same issues @ 5760x1080. Also on Windows 7 64x.

I copied and pasted Defcoms specs and I can select ultra and it works great!"

I was having the exact same problem but Defcoms solution fixed it.

i5 2500k
ati 6950 with 13.1 drivers running eyefinity at 5760x 1080

WIth the very high preset I'm getting 25-30 fps which is very playable for me.

I took a bunch of screen shots from the early part of the game.. spoilers probably http://imgur.com/a/aNfdA?gallery#17. http://imgur.com/a/8FTDN#0

Click on the little gear for full screen.

OK I finally got home from work. The game runs perfectly for me. I have everything set to ultra and it looks great. I am also getting really good FPS, well above 60. I am sorry others are having issues.

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Im glad you guys found a fix! Im on Windows 8 64 bit by the way and do not have the texture issue. It's truly bizarre.

Thread has been split off and moved to the Eyefinity sub forum.

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So the crossfire performance is pretty good then?

Yeah crossfire is working flawless game is playing amazing maxed in eyefinity. Such a beautiful, yet crazy game lol. Really enjoying it prob best game of the year so far for me!

Yes everything is fine for me. I am not sure about GPU usage but it looks and runs great.

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With Very High settings I averaged 54 FPS on the overall benchmark using 2 7950s at 6048x1080. In actual gameplay I've toned down the settings to between normal and high w/ antialiasing on to keep framerate dips above 30 FPS. That's on Catalyst 13.3 beta 3 without any CAPs installed.

Just ran the benchmark on mine for comparison.
Res: 5292 x 1050 (Odd I know but that's what came up apart from my default of 6048 x 1200, and visually is very little different, but of course gives a higher framerate.)
Everything on Ultra
VSync OFF
Overall Av Framerate 70.23
Using Cat 13.2 Beta 6 and 12.11 CAP2 (pre selecting Bioshock Infinite / White List App Application Profile
from the pull down list in CCC)
All other specs in my Sig.

I should add that I did have a few freezes initially but found that either my system or the game didn't like
having the disc (No: 3 as it happens) left in the DVD player!!

Absolutely brilliant game, as I expected from 2K, with great implementation of both multi monitor and Crossfire support.
Just wish we could adjust the HUD elements more towards center screen.
Just hope HaYDen has this in hand

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Your HUD is not centered? Mine is perfect.

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Hi,
My HUD is not centered, And I have little freeze in ultra but my game have high FPS... it's strange, I hope an update for AMD driver will coming fast
I want ton center my HUD, any idea for that ?
anyway, this is a good good game
sry for my english
thx

Sorry I should have made that more clear. What I meant was, with eyefinity I need Hayden to update Flawless Widescreen,
so that I can pull the elements of the HUD into the centre screen rather than out at the edges.
(Unless there is a way to do it in the game that I've missed. LOL)

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You can move the HUD around with the following parameters in the "XGame.ini' config file.

Default 1080P

[XCore.XScreenManager]
bUseDefaultSafeRect=true
SafeRectX0=0
SafeRectY0=0
SafeRectX1=1920
SafeRectY1=1200
MaxDefaultSafeRectAspectRatio=1

If you want to move them in center screen more from the outer edges decrease the resolution. Move them out and off the screen increase the resolution (NO HUD). I have not yet figured out how to move individual HUD elements yet.

Here is my settings for default centered hud for 3x1 5760x1080 bezel comp.

[XCore.XScreenManager]
bUseDefaultSafeRect=true
SafeRectX0=2040
SafeRectY0=0
SafeRectX1=3960
SafeRectY1=1080
MaxDefaultSafeRectAspectRatio=1

Mess around with the settings and see if you can get HUD positioned where you like it.

Enjoy!

I am running eyefinity and the HUD is perfect on the center screen. In the display options you have to choose multi-monitor for the aspect.

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I believe what he wants to do is shift the UI closer to the centre of the middle screen, not put it on the centre screen.

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In my graphics options I have set: Fullscreen, aspect - 16:3, res - 5760x1080. I don't see anything for "multi-monitor".

Similarly I have no setting for Mult-monitor in the graphics.

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Still not able to get the hud on the center screen, as I don't get the "multi monitor" choice in the Aspect ratio section of the menu.
Anybody found a way around this.

I tried editing the xgame.ini as suggested above but even though it saves correctly, as soon as you run the game it gets over written.

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Finally revisited Bioshock Infinite after such a long while. The price of the DLC has come down a lot, so thought I would retry the problem with some Eyefinity users not being able to get the HUD all on the centre screen.

Found that here http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?229171-HUD-is-too-wide-on-Multi-Monitor&s=1f3cddf104a8cfa0939413a109cd1c08&p=2934861#post2934861 was the answer to my problems.
Works perfectly now.

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