Playing RAGE on PC? (Updated on 10/7)
While many folks are playing RAGE on PC and not running into issues, we’re aware that some of you are experiencing issues with screen tearing and texture issues. The teams at Bethesda and id Software are on the case, and we’re working with the likes of Nvidia and AMD to resolve them as quickly as possible.
We know that you want to experience RAGE at its absolute best, so we’ll continue to use this blog post to keep you posted.
Updates:
- Nvidia users should try updating RAGE to the current beta driver and check out their guide to improving performance.
- Visit our forums for solutions that can improve reported issues with screen tearing, blurry textures, and texture pop up.
- We’re currently working on an update that will allow you to more easily make configuration changes… should have more details on that shortly.
- AMD users need to update to the most recent RAGE Catalyst driver. Grab it here!
The new AMD driver, which now supports Windows XP, makes the following RAGE-specific updates:
- Improves performance in Rage on single GPU and AMD CrossFire configurations using the AMD Radeon HD 6000, AMD Radeon HD 5000 Series and AMD Radeon HD 4000 series of products.
- Resolves intermittent crashing seen loading levels in Rage
- Resolves flickering of NPCs in Rage
- Enables automatic Vsync for Rage
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Matt
3 years ago
I’m sorry id, but this is unacceptable.
Too busy focusing on the DARN CONSOLES to focus on what matters most; the PC.
You started on the PC and have clearly just become YET ANOTHER developer that sells out to the consoles, creates their versions first, then creates a fairly shoddy PC port.
How can you have graphical issues on a release day? How?
The drivers WE USE ARE ONLINE, do you not check them a few days before release or something???
Do you test on a handful of your machines in the office?
Rage looks awesome, and yeah is getting great reviews, and I genuinely look forward to playing it on friday for the PC…but those are the console reviews where they are experiencing no problems.
The PC reviews will undoubtedly ruin your reputation further.
Things like this dont go away. People will remember this day, the release of Rage, as an ink stain forever. The name id will be more associated with yet another OpenGL problem than with great fps games.
Zephol
3 years ago
7 years of development for this? A year to polish it! Id software what happened!
We’re suckers
3 years ago
Are any of us really surprised?
ub3rman123
3 years ago
After Brink? Nope…
Brady
3 years ago
id Software is the ONE company that I didn’t expect to have issues on release day.
Chriss
3 years ago
The badest Game of ID i hope you will Die ID !!
I Played all Id games but now you are dead ( for me )
shame on you
Richard M
3 years ago
I’m on the Brink of Rage’ing over how bad pc launches have been lately. And these companies expect us to keep preordering?
Mark Kinsella
3 years ago
Just wondering what driver they used in development.
Must have been an even older one so should have worked.
But if it was xbox ported a few weeks ago then clearly this is the issue. Thankyou for the late Irish lauch as i was able to cancel my order
Brandon Klassen
3 years ago
So… is the RAGE poll with more PC players than 360 or PS3 because there ARE more PC players, or just because PC players are more likely to visit bethblog.com?
William
3 years ago
Why are you guys complaining bitching and whining.Like you do about everything jesus christ you guys are a buncha of little babies,sometimes im so appauled to call my self a gamer none-the-less a PC gamer.Wow shutup its not id’s fault its obviously in plain text for you to read, a driver issue.So shut up ! damnit man!
Darth
3 years ago
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU121AMDCatRagePerfDriver.aspx
Ben
3 years ago
You know what’s more annoying than a borked release? PR speak that dodges responsibility for a borked release.
The game doesn’t run correctly. I’ll see your Kotaku link and raise you a PC Gamer:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/04/rage-pc-players-experiencing-laggy-textures-and-low-framerates/
I have no idea what the root cause of this texture streaming problem is. Is it the engine code? Is it driver implementation? I don’t know. I do know that the product I paid sixty dollars for does not perform as advertised, and the publicized solution from both developer (http://twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/121098421460406273) and publisher (http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1236250-rage-support/page__view__findpost__p__18729598) was to install faulty drivers.
Shifting the blame to AMD doesn’t work. Through at least one official channel, you advised people to use faulty drivers. If you’re going to advertise a solution, it’s your responsibility to test the solution. In the United States, public statements by corporations made through official channels are regulated by consumer protection laws. Flippantly publicizing untruthful information is questionable at best, and (in most US states) illegal at worst.
With their releases over the last two years, Bethesda has been drawing dangerously close to an easy class action suit for consumer fraud. In this case, RAGE was sold as a graphically impressive next-gen experience. Official statements, developer interviews, and even the box art and advertising language back this up. Review code was not released to gaming publications for advance review on personal rigs; the only way to look at the PC game was on developer-approved machines in a central location. A review embargo was put in place, which prohibited discussion of the release code before the game went on sale. It’s reasonable to assume that if the texture streaming problem had been common knowledge even 24 hours before the game’s midnight release, pre-order and first-day sales numbers would have declined by a statistically significant amount. Whether Bethesda and Id were a) unaware of the massive graphical error in the release code or b) aware but unconcerned is irrelevant. The first amounts to corporate negligence, the second to conspiracy and active fraud. Both are grounds for potential legal action.
You guys are on incredibly thin ice. A lot of people gave you a lot of money because they were promised a graphically immersive experience. Instead they received this:
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/10/04/pc-owners-complain-of-rage-texture-problems/
I’d like to receive an explanation from either Id or Bethesda about why they released a poorly QA’d game that so clearly violates consumer trust.
noname
3 years ago
I agree, Brink was such a failure of a game….and btw…only 12 hours for rage, and no real multiplayer…hm..com on…is this going to be like bf:bc2…just a port, and tool for making bf3 (which sux btw)
FanID
3 years ago
Os quiero ID, y siempre os querré ^^
Nunca, nunca dudé de vosotros
Mientras tanto a esperar hasta el 7 de octubre (europa)
Kisses from Spain.
Flamester
3 years ago
Implying many people aren’t having problems and they actually care what happens after they get your money.
Treusch
3 years ago
Downloaded it. It fixed the pop ups but now I have sever screen tearing. Pathetic…
Hellbishop
3 years ago
I rolled back to an earlier AMD ATI Driver (Catalyst 11_6) which helped alot toning down the texture popups. Now things are much more enjoyable and immersive
Solamon77
3 years ago
ID didn’t make Brink. Besides, there was nothing wrong with the engine running Brink. If anything, the engine was it’s most impressive part. It was the game itself that was uninspired.
plotch
3 years ago
I am extremely disapointed… Not only the textures are like ps2 ones, but in addition, vsync is off. when I tried to force it with nvidia control panel, it gave me error and back to desktop; I thought revert would be ok, but now rage simply won’t load any save or at least start a new game. I can only admire the startup screen; yeah right. so I had to uninstall it. 21 GIGS of data files right out the window, and downloading AGAIN. I am mortified i haven’t bought the boxed version. I simply can’t afford to download 21 gig of files everytime there’s some corrupted dll or exe, I don’t know where’s the problem anyway. and to think it was running fine, with just issues like vsync off and no anti-aliasing possible… shame on you, id.
rrr
3 years ago
There is more than just texture issues here.
My, and many others, game freezes. I can only get it to run above 0 FPS when I look straight ahead and do not move.
Takes about 30+ minutes to get out of the ARK.. LOL.
Mike
3 years ago
I want a refund this game sucks major. I got screwed big time.
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Love the sound effects and how they interact with the environment like footsteps on different surfaces and the very ominous creepy wind alongside the orchestra of a broken world of metal and circuits.
Buetiful inspiring distant landscapes with nearby architecture feeling very solid and there especially when getting shot at as i stand behind it.
Nice variety of enemies keeping things alive with action and fear reflex combat. Love the interesting tattoos on their corpses.
Thanks for the fantastic otherworldly work Id Software and Bethesda.
Excellent framerates with no slowdowns. Getting some crashes perhaps due to rolling back to earlier AMD ATI drivers.
MrDissapoint
3 years ago
How could you make a game that seem to be loading textures as we turn around? I’m not on an xbox, memory is plenty!
I get some odd flashing in menus.
Also, I went for a stroll before talking to the guy in the car and apparently that kills you. Loading last checkpoint sent me back to the opening scene with the horrible “We are rocks floating in space! Check us out!” video. It would not let me skip it.
Dave
3 years ago
I myself am an avid gamer and Class action Attorney. With the language and hype that Bethesda obvioulsy put into previews and developer interviews and even the box art for this game, this is almost fraud. My cousin works QA for Blizzard, and was so disgusted when he played the PC version today, he immediately uninstalled. The BETA Nvidia drivers actually make it worse by the way. Just apologzie to the fans, and figure out how you will make it right. Don’t dodge the problem or you will end up in hot water.
Ged1s
3 years ago
Still seeing graphics rendering while turning the mouse….but it runs at 60 fps atleast from 15 fps lol …..rendring thing should be looked up more.
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Just read on STEAM theres a ATI RAGE fix available now. Here is the direct link-
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU121AMDCatRagePerfDriver.aspx
Thanks to all involved in this speedy recovery
dtlocke
3 years ago
I installed the ATI RAGE fix from
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU121AMDCatRagePerfDriver.aspx
The game worked but would crash when I pressed esc to pause/adjust controls. I restarted a couple of times and got the same thing. Then, suddenly, it just started crashing immediately after I loaded my campaign. I tried starting a new campaign but it crashes after the intro movie. Help please.
Escotech
3 years ago
If you are having tearing problems on a AMD card, go into your Catalyst Settings and force “Wait For Vertical Refresh” and turn on triple buffering….worked like a charm for me……
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Hey Escotech thanks alot for the excellent advice! The screen tearing is completely gone and RAGE looks frigging buetiful just like in the preview screenshots and trailers
Happy Halloween month!
Michael
3 years ago
Thanks!
Treusch
3 years ago
Going to try that now.
El`derina
3 years ago
is this issue included in what they are fixing?
where when I look right or left, the part of the world entering view isn’t rendered(or textured?) yet leaving horrible looking boxes of area in my view, next to the beautiful looking world that was already in my view.
It fills in withing a second or two, but its very notice’able. mostly when i turn fast, which i do, alot…
btw… I am simply blown away at how well this game runs… I mean, it SHOULD run well on my PC with the hardware I have. But not even a ‘hint’ of lag at any moment at any time, during any form of activity? that’s impressive.
Jorge Guerra
3 years ago
The problem with the textures for my EVGA 9800GTX+ continue….
I install the GeForce 285.38 driver, but the problem continue…
Any salution for this bug?
Dobdop
3 years ago
I have an ATI radeon card, I’ve downloaded the new Rage perf driver (the one linked via Steam), and I still get horrible texture loading while i look from side to side and flashing as well. This game looks so fun, so please fix this issue!
JohnBlazer
3 years ago
The AMD fix only works for Windows 7, Vista users don’t get a fix.
Did iD actually install this game on a single pc while they were making it?
This is rediculous.
Treusch
3 years ago
That worked! Thanks! I still have the occasional graphic flicker here and there.
Now my two biggest concerns are:
1. Rage ‘stops working’ often. Usually when I’m loading a new area.
2.Textures look like crap. It’s like it won’t load the higher resolution textures when it should.
On the plus side:
1.Runs smooth. No lag and load times are short.
2.Gameplay and world design are excellent.
3.Loading screen art looks like it was done by Simon Bisley
wickedwayne
3 years ago
Some comments seem like community damage control to me either that or you guys working for Id/Bethesda. I don´t get the praising and thanking for a product that is “currently” not working as advertised for PC players. Didn´t read any news of such Problems on either Xbox360 or PS3 i wonder why that is. Canceling my Pre-order now to many things that just don´t seem right. Bf3 did get a driver for a BETA on the date the beta was released makes me wonder why there is no working driver for Rage on street day. As for the Megatextures popping there are some funny Screens about the quality of textures in the game very amusing and ultimately its why i canceled my pre-order.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2154243
btw just my opinion guys and if you really want to play Rage get it for a console seems to be made for one.
Richard Armitage
3 years ago
I heard that Rage does not support nVidia’s 3D Vision
I have been waiting for this game for a long time, but I refuse to buy it until it supports 3D Vision. It’s really odd that a high profile game like this does not work in 3D. And since id Software has a very long history in PC-gaming, you’d think they were using all the latest tech :/ A game without 3D Vision is not top of the line. So please, give us 3D support 
Mark
3 years ago
Ya I had the graphic flickering as well and after yesterdays Rage(game) ATI/AMD driver update most of it went away. However there still seems to be a few issues.
1. Game crashes at times when loading into a new areas.
2. I left my pc with the screen in the save menu and my whole pc froze (normally never happens).
3. I’ve seen a graphic bug where the barrel of my pistol was floating detatched above my gun on the right side of the screen.
I’m hopeing there’s a patch in the works?
Wishi
3 years ago
This Game is a Scam! Why do you sell an unready not testet Game? This is an Late Alpha or an early Beta Version.
Julio
3 years ago
every game have problems at launch, even with 10 years looking for bugs. Doom 3 was the same thing. my gears of wars crash in the first week. Mass Effect crash. fallout have bugs for a long time. bethesda enjoy this as part of experience i think. but after organized solutions, graphics quality and performance on the pc, cover any headache.
tupera
3 years ago
I’ll second that! Another company forsaking their PC roots for consoles!
tupera
3 years ago
Didn’t work for me. I’m running twin AMD Radeon HD 6870’s (driver 8.892.0.0) with catalyst version 11.9. Still getting the tearing. BIGGER problem is that when turning around the textures are fuzzy and then are detailed like they are constantly reloading themselves! Way to go ID!
tupera
3 years ago
Having the exact same issue. Certainly hope they fix it soon as it is incredibly annoying!
Asgaro
3 years ago
Yet another company transitioning completely to console gaming.
No graphics options, wtf iD software!
Bobby
3 years ago
These might be workarounds to the graphics issue, how about addressing the fact the the options screens are woefully and unforgivably p*ss poor.
If you’d actually done your job properly and given us the next generation engine, you’ve been blowing smoke up our colllective orifices about for the past few years, instead of a slimmed down console port (and I am raging about this )no smile)), we should have had the ability of altering advanced graphics setting for ourselves (as is the norm) and maybe offsetting some of the inompetance that was involved in the execution of this launch.
To remove advanced functionality, that has become a mainstay for a given platform is going BACKWARDS.. Where is our so-called ‘choice’ that is vaunted by everyone who intends to make money from us? better functionality?.. “more of an experience”.. HOW? When all you do is ‘Slimdown and streamline’
This seems to be a continuing trend whith newer releases.. But from ID, the company responible for such influence over PC fps engine’s development? For you to “follow the trend” in this matter, which is ovbviously contrary to expectations, wishes and acceptances, of your biggest fanset and customerbase up to now, can certainly be seen as a kick in the balls for us.
You’ve lost a lot of rep with this.
drunk2much
3 years ago
The AMD driver is for listed as being for 6000/5000 series cards and for Windows 7 only.
I have a 4870 1Gb running on Windows XP. I am in Europe so not got my copy of game yet.
Please advise me – should I be canceling my order?
Bryan
3 years ago
Will a future update allow me to tweak my own graphical settings? The newest hotfix fixed my artifacting and texture loading issues but the textures still look like garbage compared to the screens I saw that compelled me to purcashe the game. My hardware is not the issue here, if I can run metro 2033 maxed out I can run this maxed. Let pc gamers play with the settings. From here on out, I will no long pre-order pc games as it seems we are second fiddle. Thanks for the sixty dollar headache.
Tyler K
3 years ago
I hope there’s going to be more than the RAGE Performance Drivers for AMD graphics users.
My driver ver: 8.892.3.0
I’ve got Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium SP1 on a 2011 15″ MacBook Pro. Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.0GHz, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, AMD Radeon 6490M.
I was running the stock Bootcamp drivers but those are from January of 2011 so I update my drivers to some of the more recent Catalyst Mobility drivers and then finally grabbed the last two RAGE Performance Drivers released.
The new drivers DO help with texture pop-ins and performance I have to say is great however, I’m experiencing an issue with some models/textures becoming corrupt at first only on characters
It was at first isolated to Wellspring. Moving to a different location, I found the character models to be fine. Then restarting the game I found even the models in Wellspring were fine. Now I’m in Deadcity and I’m finding my weapon models are doing the same thing…
Hopefully there is a fix for this soon, be it another driver update or a patch to the game because I can tell there’s a pretty awesome game underneath all these issues.
Everyone, I know this is frustrating but the senseless complaining won’t help. I’m sure providing specs and a detailed account of your issues here can help them isolate the problems quicker.
Budd Wright
3 years ago
Really need a fix for the “GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex not available” error with Radeon mobile GPU chips! Can’t start the game due to this error!
Marcus
3 years ago
How come no manual is included with the Steam purchase? I’m paying full price to buy the game through Steam, I don’t get a discount even though I’m not getting physical media. AT LEAST provide the digital manual through Steam.
HerrChancellor
3 years ago
It seems to only be me that’s having this issue, but I can’t play the game at all. I can get to the main menu fine, mess around with my settings. I click on new game, sit through the meteor hitting Earth, and WHAM. “Rage has encountered a problem and needs to close.” And it keeps doing this. Any advice? Anyone?
Abhishek
3 years ago
Even I have the same issue of crashing “Rage has encountered a problem and needs to close after meteror crashing on earth…my nvidia drivers are.up.to date i.e 285.38 and I have gtx 460 amp edition i7 2600 8 gb of ram…any solutions guys
Bryan
3 years ago
HerrChancellor: I was getting the same thing at first. Do you have any graphics options forced in your gpu’s control panel? If so, that may be your issue. I had to switch everything to “use application setting” and it stopped crashing at the intro(still crash every hour or so though). Also, make sure you put a id and rage folder in your appdata folder so that the game can cache properly.
Bryan
3 years ago
One other thing, just arrived at the dead city and it looks like I am playing half-life 1. Will this be fixed? This is what I get for my sixty dollars?
hakan
3 years ago
my problem starts after the meteor hit the earth, then the game starts to run in extreme slowmotion, the alarm sound (i guess it is) and some letters thats I guess are supposted to build a word just take forever, and when press esc to get to menu it takes like a minute for anything to happen, I have a rather new computer that runs all games so far at the maximum setttings, havent seen anyone else have this problem.
bluegrassgirl
3 years ago
Ok, here is an issue I’m running into and haven’t heard anyone else having this problem. I have Windows Vista and all drivers updated, but when I click to play, I get the “stopped working” message, but then it tells me Data Execution Prevention (DEP) has blocked this program from running. I go to the Avanced settings of DEP find the exe file and click add, it tells me cannot add, DEP has to be ran with this program. What am I to do?!? I’ve never had this problem with any games. My PC can run LFD1&2, Dead Space1&2, Dead Island, etc. PLEASE look into this and if anyone can help, email is bluegrass-girl@hotmail.com. THX!
Lemn
3 years ago
so can you tell us when the update will arrive?this week?the next?next month?:-\
Daniel Kratz
3 years ago
I’m getting the same issue. I upgraded to the beta Nvidia driver for my GTX280, but the problem remains. Hope I get to play it this weekend at least
ANTHONY VILLASENOR
3 years ago
are u kidding me i waited so long for this game and i cant even enjoy it the world always just goes black and im walking around in the air, please fix this fast before i regret buying this
Sam
3 years ago
The only issue(s) I am having is when I try to load into a new area it stops responding and when I hit ‘escape’ it stops responding. I have just learned of the ‘F5′ quicksave hotkey so that portion is less of an issue but is there a reason or solution to the game locking up when loading into a new area?
Tyler K
3 years ago
HerrChancellor,
Are you using an AMD GPU by any chance? I had this issue as well until I updated my drivers. It began working with a minumum of 10.4 Catalyst drivers.
I didn’t install the CCC, just the drivers that come with 10.4 and it worked.
From there I installed the latest “RAGE Performance Drivers” and that improved performance greatly!
So – update your video card drivers.
Geronimosan
3 years ago
The “texture issues” (not the texture tearing) that many PC gamers are referring to are the ugly, low-res textures being used, as if they were torn straight out of some game developed in 1998. Are you honestly suggesting this is a video card driver issue? That if we get the latest drivers the textures will magically look great? I’ll go ahead and answer that for you. No, it won’t. Stop playing games; admit you screwd up for the PC version, and tell us how and when you are going to fix it.
set
3 years ago
I simply don’t understand why the game was released in such poor state, where were the beta testers? It’s a big disappointment for me and a lot of other gamers, Bethesda is going strong for #1 in unfinished releases. We can only hope for a quick fix that actually works. It’s a shame
Jman
3 years ago
Actually, you are wrong about the driver problem Bethesda…..if you were to actually follow this you would know that the majority of problems on the PC are fixed by editing a cfg file, because, *gasp* iD’s auto-balancer doesn’t work right.
Chairon De Celeste
3 years ago
For the love of god, please spare us further steamworks harrasment – that thing doesn’t even have a version check
for us-versions of the game – just the location of the pc
counts – then *poof* installation canceled and just the ‘preload’ available.
(And don’t get me started on the steam related FO NV ctd, the unwanted overwriting of the ini files by steam just the most harmless reasons behind that).
Jared
3 years ago
Let early adapters take the console port heat.
Valamir
3 years ago
I hate to say it but the ATI fix made the game worse than it was before. Good job. Quit making ports. Design the game for the specified platform, period.
Nick
3 years ago
I downloaded the new drivers and the game is still unplayable. Textures pop in, very choppy, its pretty awful.
mike
3 years ago
you need to go into your ati/nvidia control panel and force vsync and tearing will go away
James
3 years ago
I can’t even start the game. I click “run” from the steam menu, and several seconds later I get an error box stating that Rage needs to close.
Renegade
3 years ago
I installed the latest ati drivers and the game works beautifully. I was happy with the game before mainly because I was ignoring the graphics problems and focusing only on the content, but I no longer have slow frame rate and flashes of light on the screen. I’d have liked the game to work originally like this, but an excellent fix, and it only took a day to get it out, very nice.
Al Alexon
3 years ago
I hope the Rage will be out on Mac’s.
Farewell Steve.
Andrei
3 years ago
I got the latest drivers, i even made the id software/rage folder the tard game doesen’t know how to make em that’s why it’s tearing like this (C:\Users\Ferakitril\AppData\Local\id software\rage) use lowcase when u make those 2 folders. But with all that the game is unplayable, it goes with perfect fps … but it stops a lot of times … i mean now it’s play time 2-6 secs later i can’t do anything move mouse press esc nothing then it works for a few secs then it stops again. If anyone knows what should i do please do tell i even tryed vsync+triplebuffering still not wroking… thou the add of the folders improved the number of secs it was playable more like double it.
HerrChancellor
3 years ago
Windows XP, Radeon HD 4890 if that helps anyone help me.
Here’s hoping!
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Unfortunately i just discovered my monitor runs at 60hz so am unable to use the buffer advice which means back to extreme blockiness or end up with a messed up monitor and one heckuva of a headache.
Guess i’ll wait for the patch.
Steven
3 years ago
This game is a horrible POS! I waited for years, upgraded my machine, for this?!?! Id software has turned it’s back on PC gamers and sold out to the consoles like so many other companies. I used to be a loyal fan of id, now i’m sorry i pre-ordered this garbage. id software, go back to your mom’s basement and make games the way you used to…
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Just played at a lower resolution of 1280×768 with the latest 11.9 catalyst drivers on my Radeon 5770 on WinXP and the texture popup is almost non-existent though i still have screen tearing but not as distracting as before.
Jacksaw Jack
3 years ago
I just want the crashing when transitioning to a dungeon or town to get fixed. I could care less if looks pretty I just want it to work properly. Should have went console on this one it seems.
Jeremy Cooke
3 years ago
I’m currently playing rage on the 360, all i can say is wow. This games “Mega” texture mapping or what ever it is (im not to graphically inclined haha) is really incredible, I was worried that i wasn’t getting the game the way it was meant on the xbox. im about 8 or 9 hours in and I’m truly blown away. Seems a lot of these new games have driver issues on the pc. seems even if someone has an “uber” rig there’s still some sort of driver technicality that totally disables the game dragon age II, witcher 2 anyone?? Seems there needs to be a better standard to promote compatibility. Is there such thing?
I assume alot of these issues stem from outdated chipsets. I know that this machine wont even install the newer catalyst. HD Radeon 4200.
Anyhow, ID thanks for keeping the old DOOM 2 walking motions that you’ve kept and upgraded through your games, the “Vault-tec”, “Vault-Boy” on the mayors desk was a nice little reference. I feel like im playing an ID game hunting for my next frag down in my moms basement again……superb
Me
3 years ago
i wish the game had crossfire support!!! wonder how long its going to take for that update.
sayan2k10
3 years ago
id and bethesda have created a shit.the texture issue is making people crazy and websites like ign and gamespot are giving review points more than 8.this is really awfull that craetors of doom and quake have made such a buggy game.this should be fixed soon rather than provoking reviews given by the gaming websites.
Carsten
3 years ago
Worst game release ever, I can´t believe they dare to sell crap like this. I never buy a PC game from this compagni again, you have let all the gamers down with releasing this halfdone crap.
trigs
3 years ago
played it this morning on 5770 then a 5850 and 5870 murderd ccc in every way at every res from hd monitors to led tv and the texture popup is to of putting to enjoy it its so sad getting no help from id only gammers making it up as they go along to my fellow gammers any help or info would be appreciated !!!
ANTHONY VILLASENOR
3 years ago
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING FIX THE GAME, ITS SUCKS, CANT EVEN PLAY THE WORLD IS ALL CHOPPY STILL, THINGS LOOK LIKE CRAP
Christopher
3 years ago
The updated Rage driver seems to only be for Windows 7….
Carlo
3 years ago
what is happening here?? I can’t play this for anything.. it just freezes and plays and then freezes.. this is terrible. I am running a more than adequate machine for this game with a 5770 w/ 1 gig ram + 8 gig ddr3 + amd x4 2.8ghz and i had the evaluator check it and it beat the recommended specs..
please get this fixed asap.. EVERYONE WHO IS HAVING ISSUES please respond to this and left them know what is going on.
Thanks
Dismas
3 years ago
Firstly, Quake 2 changed my life and I’ve loved everything Carmack has done from id to Armadillo, but they finally joined the mainstream devs and flipped PC gamers the bird at a premium price point. It’s a war of attrition now and I hope the PC gamer community will return the gesture.
Flinn
3 years ago
RAGE wouldn’t start-up when I first installed it (immediate app crash, screen didn’t even blink) but getting the rage driver from AMD let it start. after that in game is fine except the NPC’s (namely wellspring citizens) will corrupt with crazy polygons and positions, although nothing else will. and except for the occasional crash (mostly when changing an area as the load screen comes up) the game runs fine, no texture popping or anything so far.
specs:
os: win 7 x64 Ultimate
mobo: Asus Sabertooth 990FX
cpu: AMD Phenom II x6 1100T 3.8Ghz
GPU: ATI Radeon 5870 Catalyst 11.9 w/ Rage update (10/4/11)
RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX F3-17000CL9D-8GBXLD
Flinn
3 years ago
forgot to say screen tearing is still atrocious
Flinn
3 years ago
last update. fixed all my issues by reinstalling the AMD driver AND solved my screen tearing by forcing Vsync and enabling triple buffering in CAtalyst (sorry nvidia people I dunno how to help you)
Phoenix
3 years ago
I have a pair of Nvidia Geforce 460 GTXs. The game gets through the opening movie and crashes.
I hope this is fixed soon. $60 and a 2 hour download to find out the game doesn’t run brings up words I can’t describe here.
Joe Chung
3 years ago
The RAGE performance driver broke BRINK for me.
Damion
3 years ago
I believe Skyrim will make up for this… I hope so at least.
Stellar
3 years ago
Rage is really fun and looks really nice on my PC. I wasn’t expecting to much graphicallysince the graphics remind me alot of Borderlands and are somewhat nicer, appears to be the stylized kind of look that many games are using these days. The story is fair but gives enough reason to go out and explore the world and kill murderous bandits. I haven’t experienced any of the graphical problems I’ve been reading about, could be my pc is more then able to run this game or luck.
system: i7 920 @2.68 GHZ x58 chipset
CORSAIR Dominator RAM 6gb @ 1600 mhz
EVGA 580gtx w/ 3gb vram
N3RD1001101
3 years ago
Lol… HerrChancellor, Though you prob wont admit to it, but I believe that implies that you are running a Pirated copy?
That issue was fixed before the game launched, silently updated our pre-load through steam. 
Nglan
3 years ago
I’m having the same problem.
I have an uber rig with Win 7, 12 gig of RAM, a 1gig HD 6670 graphics card, updated all the rage specific drivers as instructed and I can’t exit the Arc at the start of the game without the gam ecrashing and windows reporting the error you have.
It’s bullshit that a company releases a game without this kind of compatibility testing, especially a big AAA release like Rage. SHAME on you ID/ Bethesda.
If I can’t resolve the issue tonight the games getting returned to Best Buy.
angry Rage Player
3 years ago
DO NOT USE THE AMD OPTIMIZED DRIVERS FOR THIS GAME THEY MAKE YOUR FPS LIKE .5
Corradiac
3 years ago
This new Rage driver released on 10/4, fixed all the artifacts, but crazy screen tearing ensued. Fixed the tearing by forcing v-sync in ati catalyst.
Inquisitor
3 years ago
Yeah Brink A Real joke, I wait for that game and dissapoint me, A lot of Issues and Bad Gameplay.
RAGE hoax spend money in a thing I need to wait to USE IT but already paid for it? that is Hoax.
TheSgtBilko
3 years ago
I see no connection between BRINK and RAGE. Different game engine different developer.
boumshaka
3 years ago
This is so frustrating!!! Bought the game yesterday for the pc, I meet all the system requirements and I can’t get passed the meteor intro. The game will freeze every two seconds!!
I’m with the AMD radeon… I’ve got a dell xps 1640. And I installed the rage catalyst driver. Before that, the game wouldn’t even start!!!
Does anyone have something new to suggest?
Jones
3 years ago
Hope your patch or fix includes fixing the enumerable crashes. Everytime you enter a new area, CRASH!!!
This game is worse than Bioshock 2 which until today topped my buggiest game ever list.
smaugthewyrm
3 years ago
please guys, fix the keybinding issues. i am having to re-enter my keybinds at every game boot. given 2-3 crashes per 2hrs of play, that is too much. additionally, not being able to bind ‘5’ really sucks. using the same keys for similar movements on every game is important. using the num pad for primary movements and weapon control is how i play. muscle memory for ‘forward’ for example helps me get the most out of each new FPS straight out of the box.
it is really hard to enjoy the game when i keep missing familiar keys.
longline
3 years ago
I downloaded the update, I have a phenom II 940 cpu, 4870×2 and I have everything cranked to the max, except I always keep adaptive anti-aliasing disabled no matter what game I play. At first there were massive screen tearing. I then enabled v-sync and triple buffering, whether I needed the buffering or not, and the game runs perfect. Only noticeable thing is megatextures when turning left or right, but for a split second. Deus Ex 3 was a great game but had stutters for me when outside. I did not have v-sync enabled then. Hope this helps. FORCE V-SYNC!!!
longline
3 years ago
enable v-sync worked for me
Apocaliptic
3 years ago
Many ATI users can even start to play the game. Why this is not mention that after the intro cinematic when the game start the framerate is 0-1. Unplayable.
Lee
3 years ago
I cant even get it to start
Rusty
3 years ago
fresh install of Win7 X64, latest “rage performance” drivers from Ati.
i7QQ@2,9/12GBDDR3@1333/Ati5750 with 1GB
playing at 2560×1440 with no FPS problems at all, the game is flying but i still have very small texture problems (bleeding and poping up) especially in Wellspring.
Hope for another fix and/or patch
Jonny C
3 years ago
Come on Id guys, another 24 hrs and nothing. get more coders and testers in 24/7 sleep by their workstations…. come on we want this fecking game patched and I want to crossfire my two ATI 5770 cards again and run them flat out.. come on work harder… the fans did to earn the money to buy this buggy game. MAN UP (and Woman up) and get this thing done.
I finally got something that plays.. god knows why WE have to do this… but now the odd crash and green dark shadows?
If this game is DX11 then we need a panel. ANd we need easy normal VGA settings access. Crossfire.. at min. I mean NO crossfire WTF! what were u thinking u dorks.. come on
JC South Wales UK
thil
3 years ago
Hi, Bethesda, I updated this post’s title picture to more accurately reflect Rage’s graphics: http://i56.tinypic.com/mbsmmg.jpg
sitosore
3 years ago
I updated the Nvidia GE FORCE GTX 295 with the latest beta driver 285.38 on my PC (windows XP)
It works 5 minutes after modifying/playing with setting (GPU enable, lower definition, play in windows etc..)
I manage to save the game after 4 minutes.
After restart, constant crash….
Cannot reload saved game..
Cannot restart new campaign….
I guess I have to wait for better driver for windows XP…
Seems like Windows 7 have less issues….
Justin French
3 years ago
I’m running an iMac Core 3.4Ghz i7 16gig ram and 2GB AMD Radeon HD 6970M, will be playing Rage today via bootcamp, its the est option for us Macites.
RIP Steve Jobs
Lumeres
3 years ago
Enable VSYNC, mine works great on quad amd chipset 2.8 ghz with 6870 radeon on 1080p.
Paul
3 years ago
Hello,
Please don’t take umbrage Bethesda… but when are you going to release a game which isn’t full of bugs…? Take for example Fallout 3 great game buggy as hell. And here we have another example, great game, and years in development, over a year to polish before final release… and what happens on the PC version.
Well to be frank… the sh** has hit the fan again, with buggy graphics pore rendering, a really annoying glitch and lagging in the graphics even after I have tweaked my own config settings way before anybody decided to make them public. Did it make any difference? …Um, nope. Oh and another annoying feature which I would like to see patched in the first patch, and boy is this going to be a big patch because it’s full of bugs. Key binding, we gamers like to bind our own keys to a specific way. Can you bind your won keys in Rage? No you cannot. There’s a default.CFG but no sign of a custom CFG file once you have make changes to bindings within the game. I use the “Key Pad” and you cannot bind “5” for backwards because it’s binded by default to a weapon. Even when you change the default binding for the Crossbow “5” to “0” it will still not allow you to bind backwards to _KP5 or _KP_5 annoying please resolve this in the first patch.
Regards,
Paul
Richie7278
3 years ago
It’s a total insolence releasing a game completely unplayable (console versions as well)…after a year of polishing you should get rid of these people who can’t do their job right…
Richard
3 years ago
I have v-sync forced in the latest betas (for my GTX 480) and in the launch options however i still get tearing
Guess i wont be playing until this is fixed….
zulgardar
3 years ago
Same issue for me (winxp, nvidia gtx260). Tried running it in Windows mode as mentioned on the support page, latest nvidia beta driver, latest official nvidia driver, tuning down screen settings. Multiplayer works and seems to run smoothly but campaign is a no go.
Candyman
3 years ago
So… we with Nvidia cards we’re suppose to use beta drivers to play this f……g game. The fact that beta drivers could drive our pc’s to NOT be able to play other titles due to possible problems, we do not care. This situation is ridiculus. The game is unplayable and NOT in SOME users, but in the vast majority of them. Freaking console games are destroying pc gaming.
Redchili
3 years ago
This is all you will fix? How about fixing all the crashes. I was really enjoying the game until I finished Mutant Bash TV and it crashed when I stepped on the podium. I have tried several times but it always crash and since you can’t save while doing the MBTV you have to kill all of the mutants again. Some folks suggested lowering the resolution, which I did, didn’t help at all. I’ve even tried playing in windowed on 640×420 with no AA.
I really hope that a patch for this will come out since I want to be able to play the damn game that I payed for.
Carter
3 years ago
Pretty sure you can stop the severe tearing by forcing v-sync and triple buffering on your GPU’s settings. This worked with a friend’s nvidia, not sure about ATI though
Charlie
3 years ago
This game better be so good that the glitches aren’t worth noticing. Because I work at a game store and don’t want to have to push every customer away from buying/renting the game.
I payed a lot of money for this game and even took the day off college to play it, but from the second I enter the world I am disappointed.
I haven’t even played 5 minutes of the game after realising that the graphics can’t be altered manually and that the textures take a while to load. I have an amazing PC that can handle anything, but to buy a game that has had so much hard work put in to it, and for it to look ugly on my system is a huge punch in the face for me and everyone who worked on the game.
I am TRYING to get through the game with the problems, but I am not enjoying it. Especially after having been disappointed before I even clicked ‘New Game’. I wish companies would not put so much effort in to something that will be massively hated by most of the gaming community. I don’t know why they do it, it’s unfathomable.
Ken
3 years ago
I’m a little confused by everyone’s supposed luck so far… I started with catalyst 11.9 and had horrible screen tearing/ artifacts/ objects disappearing. Rolled back to the 11.8 catalyst and the tearing and artifacts are gone, but in certain levels the dark (black) areas look green, others look blue, and I keep freezing while loading new levels. I get really annoyed when developers rush games to release and try to make up the errors by promising an upcoming patch… leaves a bad first impression for a game that should have otherwise been great. Like opening a Xmas gift to find the contents broken. I’d rather wait for you guys to be ready. This reminds me of a time… A la Crysis and most other EA games from that era. Does Bethesda and id really want that rep? Shame shame…
CorranFox
3 years ago
Any note on how to open up the console, these commands seem very familiar to me and I want to get in and start tweaking my own custom config. I greatly improved performance in Brink using the console and hope to do the same with rage (which btw performs and looks like a dream now that I am running 8k textures) just wondering if I can get access to the console and what other things might brighten up my gaming experience!
Just a side note, running great on a Dual Core (Core2duo @ 3.8ghz) with an Nvidia GTX 470. I am really enjoying the game so far and so glad it is FINALLY out!
Dave
3 years ago
Ok, I have a 2 year old Asus gaming laptop, and with Rage cranked up, and the last official nividia drivers, i added the new texture size config, and it runs perfect. better than consoles. This game is amazing. here is the lovely no pop in texture goodness
http://www.youtube.com/user/JEbroni2k7#p/a/u/1/BP_SyQOryiA
Dave
3 years ago
Also, you can download the fixes in my description… SUBSCRIBE!!!
Enlightened
3 years ago
i just brought the game today but after install ,wanted to play but can’t even START the game!!!
Enlightened
3 years ago
my is MSI R4850 on WinXP
Ricardo
3 years ago
I love Rage on the PC, I hope id will support the pc community with more dlc content.
Wills Martin
3 years ago
Hello. I’m running windows 7, (x86) on an alienware laptop. I’m able to run the campain through the first cutscene where the meteor ship…uh…thing crashes into the earth. But, as soon as the actual game wants to start the game crashes. Please, help. Bought it for $60 on steam, and it looks like a very fun game so I don’t want it to be a waste. (Ran three times with the same problem)
cynic
3 years ago
Are we even playing the same game?! wtf?! lol
DarkMoon
3 years ago
A short story:
Bought a boxed one, in the store they warn me, there are some problems with ATI graphiccards…
OK lets give a try… Install, activate, download the anarchi edition content and PLAY
After the intro, freezing, 5 times, new driver from ATI (RAGE enhancement) same, read a lot, changing ATI setup, writing config files, nothing… Undo everithing and download Skid…’s cr… exe.
Working, not perfectly, problems with saving, but not a single graphic issue
WTF… no way…
fasf
3 years ago
Deeply disappointed, just update the drivers from Nvidia and I have popin textures.
I did not expect this from ID.
Wooosy
3 years ago
The Bad:
* Latest AMD drivers installed and still crashes during loading between scenes (game installed on SSD) – reboot PC to rectify!!!
* Slow loading (crucial m4 ssd ain’t no slouch)!
The Good:
* Pop-ups when no AA selected, but with 2/4x AA is OK (no difference in frame rates either with fraps) so whoohoo!
* Amazing graphics and game play so far…
Awaiting the x64 version….
No-panda
3 years ago
a lot of people including me are having to much lage to even play the game . Why aren’t you saying anything about that?
Hellbishop
3 years ago
The latest AMD/ATI drivers for WinXP as of friday 10-7-2011 have completely fixed the texture dropouts. Everything is nice and solid with very smooth framerates at a resolution of 1366×728 on my Intel quadcore 2.5 cpu,Radeon 5770, 2gigs of memory.
Getting alot more crashes though especially when entering and exiting areas or vehicles. The MUTANT BASH area is pretty stable with no crashes which was surprising. I also got alot less crashes when i switched to a lower resolution of 1280x.
Hope everyone else gets similar if not better results.
Thanks to all involved.
Bear grylls
3 years ago
no good job
Leonson
3 years ago
New drivers did NOTHING for my problem. Game is still completely unplayable (Massive CPU usage at 100%).
For every 1 second of control I literally have 5-10 seconds of frozen screen.
Brian.the.cash.machine
3 years ago
One developer tweeted “We tried to have the driver out this week [sic Oct 7th] but we will definitely have it out next week.” I prepaid for this game 2 months ago. Enjoy your weekend guys. Don’t spend all of my money in one place!
Szongokou
3 years ago
Well I did get every update there is right now, but the game still won’t go further then the 3rd logo screen!! After that the screen goes black and nothing happens. I haven’t read this problem anywhere so I’m a bit frustrated….
eavenh
3 years ago
geforce gtx 460 newest beta drivers not working. all other new games work beautifully. software patch most likely gonna be needed.
Joe Howard
3 years ago
I have been a true fan of idSoftware since the beginning. I was online with John Carmack playing the Quake beta the day it was released. From Wolfenstein to Doom 3, I have LOVED the company. I just got done playing the highly anticipated RAGE. To say the least, I am disappointed. I was hoping for a smooth, graphically stunning game with the same features and feel of the originals. Instead, I was thrown into a remake of Fallout 3 with vehicles. The storyline is pathetic, and the gameplay is choppy. I know, I know, there are bugs which are affecting the video quality. But really, when Quake Beta was released, it was a game changer (no pun intended). If you really want to earn a gamer like me back (which I really hope you do for both of our sakes) Focus on a new Wolfenstein or Quake or even Doom, and make it look and feel as tasty and smooth as your original FPS games when they were first released. Drop the vehicles, thats not your strength. Make a game for the masses. Focus on Multiplayer, CTF, and open source modding. Take back what the Valve franchise has earned over the years. Stop trying to find new competetors, focus on doing what you do (or did) best. You will still make a bundle from RAGE, unfortunately, its mostly due to the hype surrounding it. You have taught me to expect more from you, so I do.
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Just installed the latest K-Lite Codecs to see if that would fix the crashing. I was able to complete the first episode in the MUTANT BASH ARENA for the first time but still got a crash upon exiting. Fortunately i saved before leaving the area so i should be able to exit the MUTANT BASH ARENA without a problem once i restart the game.
Nice setup in the MB Arena and loved how when i blasted a mutant in the face with my shotgun blood splattered all over my face in thick gooey globs. Most dramatic blood effect i’ve ever seen in a game.
I did notice in the last encounter in the MB Arena the mutants were stuttering in their movements unable to move freely as if stuck to the ground or another mutant next to them. The main boss also exhibited the same behaviour while gliding about the floor as if too big to do the correct animation in the cramped arena.
Music is also excellent including the main screen with its FRIDAY THE 13th style music.
Thanks.
Darth Guybrush
3 years ago
Until it CRASHES after 2 minutes.
georgetbt
3 years ago
Ok have tried all the fixes including:
rageconfig 4k + 8k
AMD_Catalyst_Rage_Performance_driver
(got ati 6970 still runs at 10 fps on 8k, on 4k runs fine but got insane screen tearing, some times pretty jerky especially in car…)
honestly i can play games that look 5 times better than this at 60 fps no problems >.< ID need to get there finger out fast, i'm wanting a refund this is bullshit!
vortex
3 years ago
I’m frustrated by the apparent lack of support for Nvidia card users. Absolutely none of the “fixes” work for my GTX 295, a card that can run any game I’ve thrown at it. The texture popping and screen tearing make the game unplayable.
Joshua
3 years ago
Why are all the comments here ONLY related to the PC version of Rage?! I am starting to get really upset because everywhere I go (here on bethblog, on bethesda/ID twitter/facebook, carmack twitter, Rage forums) everywhere, it seems attention is being placed entirely on PC users for Rage and the PC version, related drivers and fixes etc. What about those playing on PS3 and Xbox 360?! I can tell you there are a lot of us. Why are the console version receiving NO attention?
I guess a more constructive question would be: ARE these fixes for drivers and such on the PC going to somehow become available for console users? ALL I want is for the damn texture popping/lag to be fixed on my Playstation 3 version of Rage.
georgetbt
3 years ago
sorry for the language but i have never been this mad since a poorly made port since erm bulletstorm! and it took them 8 months before they sorted the pc problems
/cry
a serious V-SYNC + texture issue needs fixed in game can’t blame graphics cards for poor pc support imo. no other games have these issues on pc so cmon
georgetbt
3 years ago
any1 has any ideas that can fix this for me i’ll be glad to hear them
my rageconfig is as follows
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 8192
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly 8192
vt_pageimagesizeunique 8192
vt_pageimagesizevmtr 8192
vt_restart
vt_maxaniso 4
image_anisotropy 4
also tried
launch options:
+vt_pageImageSizeUnique 8192 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly8192 +vt_pageImageSizeUniqueDiffuseOnly2 8192 +vt_maxppf 32
doesn’t seem to do anything
all out of ideas here keep getting screen tearing at the lower half of my screen! also tried steam forums, no difference :-s (also played around with every graphics card setting (upping cataclyst AI helped a little…)
HELP PLS
Metric Spaceman
3 years ago
It is broken. It crashes less than a minute after starting after flickering like all beejeebus.
Sam
3 years ago
PC developed and ported to console, is what Rage should’ve been after reading the development comments of the idtech5 engine. But it would seem that VALVE is the on true last PC developer out there; at least I can count on Gabe Newell to provide great PC games. And I play 99% of my games on console.
Chris Hillia
3 years ago
“While many folks are playing Rage with, no issues”..Seriously? Your own peers disagree with you.
Genie
3 years ago
Newest drivers 10/7 didn’t help much. Basically I have two modes of game:
1) freezes every 2 seconds for 5 or so seconds – no artifacts (big black squares)
2) disable catalyst AI in ATI CC – works flawlessly – but with huge black squares all over the place
It seems that people with DUAL CORE and ATI cards (mine is 5870) have that problem in common.
I have tried all prescriptions – from completely cleansweeping ATI drivers to variosu rageConfig.cfg tweaks but in vain.
Chris
3 years ago
Acually this new update didnt help me at all.Still have the NPC flickering and same texture popping. Im using a community config to make it playable.
El`derina
3 years ago
I would just like to stress, I have been enjoyin Rage for a few days now, and I am very impressed… the textures not filling in fast enough when i turn left or right too fast is still a slight problem- but I do not suffer any FPS hit at all -AT ALL-, no crashing -AT ALL-, and playing seemlessly for entire day straight even, minimizing to desktop periodically and bringing it back up and the games entirely stable.
playing at 1600×900 resolution. on a duo core 2.6ghz, 7gigs RAM, and gefore 560 ti
DarkMoon
3 years ago
Yes, the new driwer minimase the graphic problems, compare to the older versions, looking much better, smooth runing on 1680×1050, 8xAA on my PC (Ci7, 8 GB RAM, Radeon5770, 2x500GB HD)
if I can start the game… well I can startonly with the cracked exe… with original exe, till crahe afther the meteor inpact…
Well iD guys mede a good job, meteor kill my machine :S
I will try thr K-Lite Codecs… Thnaks for the idea
reza
3 years ago
please release hd textures for rage! please ! you can do it !
please dont leave us alone ! pc gamers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ragingfail
3 years ago
What a crap release. This is a major dissapointment, id and zenimax/bethesda. Im not getting rage or skyrim.
no
3 years ago
“AMD users need to update to the most recent RAGE Catalyst driver.”
But… I play a lot of games beside just RAGE. I’m seriously supposed to install game-specific video drivers now, just to play a ten hour game? Are you kidding me?
burnt
3 years ago
I guess the only issue I have is that the game is great but graphically I had such great expectations. I really thought that the focus was going to include phenominal graphics. I will say that the characters and weapons etc are beautiful, but what happened to crisp and clean environment. I was just disappointed when I didn’t see the “HEY LOOK AT THIS GAME” graphics. How do I recommend the game to friends when I’m disappointed? Anyways, as for the game itself I’m having the time of my life.
kkt
3 years ago
uncheck Catalyst AI in your Catalyst Center. It should make your game starting… but you’ll certainly have textures problems.
aaww
3 years ago
CRASH,CRASH,CRASH…………………..
now, i am RAGE
Tzzt
3 years ago
I tried the AMD Catalyst™ 11.10 Version 2 Preview Driver, not working.
I tried the AMD Catalyst™ – Rage Performance Driver, not working.
I tried the 11.09 Ati driver, not working.
I tried the 11.10 Ati driver, not working.
Inside the CCC I tried the Catalyst AI slider, the V-Sync pipe, the Triple Bufferint pipe, not working.
The game has falter, working to 2 sec, after this stopped 5 sec, and keep doing it. Unplayable.
My PC is core2duo 2,8 ghz, 4g ram, Sapphire Radeon HD6950.
So, pathetic….
Rage owner
3 years ago
youtube.com/watch?v=Z7cnQtY9Kuo
“nice” new drivers…
strant
3 years ago
According to Mr. Carmack PC is just a sidenote so i guess we can be very grateful Bethesda even puts up with the worthless PC players
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/3215/article/pc-is-not-leading-platform-for-games-says-john-carmack/
Setsuki
3 years ago
Hi
The game on my machine is unplayable, with an ATI radeon 4780, I updated to the latest version of Catalyst (11.10) and it’s still reaaally slow..
In the menus everything’s smooth, except when it’s saving my option changes, but when I’m in game, my FrameRate is lower than 1 FPS. None of the solutions in the comments worked, neither writing my own rageConfig.cfg…
Hope to see an update soon, the game still looks great
Skothc
3 years ago
Guys, but the amd hd6790 is not supported by Rage? Because in the list of supported card the series6700 is not mentioned, and the game on this card dosent work at all: i see the intro video(the one with the asteroids), but when the screen with the text eden proget appears, frame rate drop down to 0
Sorry for my english but i am italian
a name
3 years ago
There are still flickering/twitching/stretching/whatever NPCs in Wellspring with the latest AMD 11.10 preview 2 catalyst. Otherwise the game runs a lot more smoother now for me.
Jonny C
3 years ago
I have this new AMD driver v2 on and its not done half of what it said it should. Have ATI 5770 Crossfire and still only one card fires up. Characters are flickering black making the game unplayable for me. Waste of money. This ruins the game experience having all this rubbish to deal with. Roll on the next gen of Xbox.
I still get with 07/10 ATI drivers:
Green dark shadows.
NO crossfire with 5770 ATI.
Flickering characters all the time.
Some blurring and then in focus when looking about.
Some crashes going into levels or races.
and still no patch from this company here.
If you’ve fixed say 2/50 issues then why not just release a little patch. Something, Anything please.
frustrated
JC
Pyros
3 years ago
Installing the newest ATI update fixes the textures for me, but now just opening the menu causes the game to crash, as well as when moving from area to area
Ramzes3f
3 years ago
Game freezes every 2-3 seconds. I tried different drivers, different start options, nothing works.
Graphics Card Radeon HD 6850
Hellbishop
3 years ago
At least he was brutally honest about it.
Thanks strant for the revealing read.
Dark Sol
3 years ago
Here’s what i got after a new driver!
NOTHING! http://savepic.su/197786.jpg
lol
Ramzes3f
3 years ago
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/3215/article/pc-is-not-leading-platform-for-games-says-john-carmack/
What are you playing RAGE on?
PC (73%, 1,529 Votes)
360 (18%, 370 Votes)
PS3 (9%, 190 Votes)
John Carmack seriously mistaken
David
3 years ago
Thanks so much this worked for me shame it dose not fix the crashes when i try to enter zones/areas
Pyros
3 years ago
I have an ATI radeon HD 5770 graphics card just to add some more details.
julien
3 years ago
The game is still crashing at level : waste garage !! Don’t know what to do.
Adam Fritz
3 years ago
Playing RAGE on PC? No I’m not playing it. BECAUSE IT’S UNPLAYABLE.
Stov
3 years ago
(HD 5550)
I downloaded the newest ATI driver and afterwards the “Rage Performance Driver” driver. My game is still a slideshow. But it got better! From ~1s to ~4s of moving pictures until the next freeze. Good job, guys!
Never again. Except I get a Xbox or PS3 for the inconveniences so I can play Rage, finally
Whatever … any ideas?
Stov
3 years ago
oh … it’s a HD 5750
FT
3 years ago
Amazing game, just one thing! NEED A TEXTURE PACK for better quality! the characters, itens and vehicles, ok. I hate see the normal map dont get a good shape, because the texture compres is better for consoles in the visual.
I prefer a texture pack than a DLC!
if you have a nvidia: gt, gtx or quadro with 1gb, 2gb + just use this tip – http://www.geforce.com/News/articles/how-to-unlock-rages-high-resolution-textures-with-a-few-simple-tweaks
the part i use:
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 16384
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly 16384
vt_pageimagesizeunique 16384
vt_pageimagesizevmtr 16384
vt_restart
vt_maxaniso 4
image_anisotropy 4
save as Rageconfig.cfg and paste on \rage\base
No issues during the game. But for 512 video memory.. really try 8192 and less resolution.
Inside nvidia control panel, create a profile for the Rage.exe
turn on vsync, tripple buffer, AA4x.
Jonny C
3 years ago
After trying complete ATI driver clean and reinstall of the new v2 11.10 and running that best rageconfig I no longer have flickering characters but still no crossfire for my 2 XFX 5770’s
Only one cooks up load and fan speed and temps the other gets maxed out as would expect but the other stays on idle. Have tried other crossfire games and they fire both cards up.
Harder to check ingame for RAGE cos Radeon Pro just will not run the game with the crossfire hud display no matter what settings.
but from temps and GPU load just one is working in RAGE with this 11.10 v2 ATI driver. No crossfire.
Thomas
3 years ago
I have downloaded all the new drivers and tried all the old ones mentioned. Nothing I do will make the game playable. I have an up to date pc and can run anything just fine but no rage. I was really looking forward to this one. Oh well.
Rob
3 years ago
John Carmack paints beautiful graphics but it’s not much more than looking at a pretty painting hanging on the wall when it comes to interaction with the graphical environment. There are limitations in interaction and there are no destructible environments. Multiplayer battle racing is kind of fun but this game is not worth the $60 they charge for it. It’s not worth the hype. I’m not saying it’s a bad game for what it is, but it is pretty much the same type of gameplay as everything else. There’s no real breakthrough in gameplay. I felt like I got ripped off at least by $20.
Yosharian
3 years ago
These supposed fixes don’t do anything to solve the problem… 11.8 is slow as hell, 15 FPS on a HD6970. 11.9, 11.10 and the Rage performance driver all have the freezing slideshow effect.
This is pathetic. Don’t release a game in this state, it’s just embarrassing and a waste of everyone’s time.
Wind
3 years ago
Hey Ub34… ID Didn’t Develop Brink. Splash Damage did. This is Id’s first game in 7 FN years since Doom 3 (I guess Quake Live counts sort of, its just Quake 3 gold in a browser which is a tech marvel). and I havent had one issue…. Amazing game.
Wind
3 years ago
if you have say…. a 560 try this.
create a .txt file in rage/base called rageconfig.cfg and copy this in.
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 8192
vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly 8192
vt_pageimagesizeunique 8192
vt_pageimagesizevmtr 8192
vt_restart
vt_maxaniso 4
image_anisotropy 4
be warned, uber graphics come from it… but you need your horse power to back it up.
TheRominGnome
3 years ago
I have the exact same problem down to a t. I’ve played maybe 10 minutes of the game since it came out on Tuesday. The other 2 hours or so has been constantly fidgeting with my Catalyst settings and downloading new drivers. It still will never get past the opening cinematic.
Windows 7, Radeon HD 5850.
Fellow
3 years ago
Oh my lord. Why can’d I just buy a game and play it. It’s dead island all over again! All this frustration makes me regret paying so much money for a PC. Never had such problems on an xbox.
giuseppe
3 years ago
Ho aggiornato i driver AMD nuovi scaricati ma ho ancora problemi con il gioco, ogni tanto si blocca e girandomi velocemente a destra o a sinistra si vedono le texture caricare in riratdo, vi prego risolvete velocemente il problema, sono anni che attendo RAGE e voglio godermelo al massimo
giuseppe
3 years ago
la mia configurazione è
quad core AMD Phenom 9850 Black Edition 2500
RAM 4 gb
ATI 5770 1 gb
risoluzione 1920×1080
Adam
3 years ago
Yes, even with my good PC setup, frame rates drop from 60 to 20-30 often, I’m trying to see if there is a fix or not, but damn annoying.
FT
3 years ago
I’ve read comments like:
id Completely ignored basic things like
– Optimizing the game for current drivers
– Providing video settings since everyone Can not run the game at full spec
– Calibrating the texture streaming so it’s optimized for the platform
And I agree, there is no perfect technology.
I remember start be scared, when i read a interview with Tim Willits, and he said that the engine “fits the hardware”.
We’re Suckers
3 years ago
Now you understand why PS3 users have been so angry since Oblivion came out.
Imagine all the problems you are facing, but with no patches, fixes, work-arounds, or user created mods to fix them.
Now, add to that a company (Bethesda) that just stops caring suddenly and tells you that there will be no patches, fixes, or mods.
Imagine the company’s tech support telling you the problem is with your system, even though games from other companies work absolutely fine, and refusing to do anything to help you.
Now you can understand the “Rage” PS3 users have been having for over five years.
Class action lawsuit? I think one is well past due.
We’re Suckers
3 years ago
Would you mind hooking the PS3 users up with a class action lawsuit?
We have been getting hosed since Oblivion came out.
FT
3 years ago
Rage still has more problems with ATI. This does not indicate that the card is bad, because I bet you have run other games quiet, it’s Rage.
Turn off the AA and do not put the lines in the launch options, because you’re basically using it at the cfg.
Inside the catalyst menu, create a profile Rage, and put
vsync ON.
I still remember the keynote “rage is much better on pc”
Please … texture pack and to hell with the 60 fps!
the multiplayer is so limited. adventures short and easy to complete. and has a bug in the arena of MB. my friend got stuck in the scenario.
Well, it’s fun. But still, an easy adventure to hit 12, 15 hours.
sath
3 years ago
Crossfire isn’t supported yet. Apparently it’ll come next week according to AMD.
sath
3 years ago
Try turning your catalyst ai to performance and see if that helps
Darth Guybrush
3 years ago
Steam update now available…
http://store.steampowered.com/news/?headlines=1#
Darth Guybrush
3 years ago
New Steam update got me past the intro video. Fingers crossed!
Hellbishop
3 years ago
Your welcome and thanks for the info about helpful hands in the shadows for those who want to enjoy the game as stable as possible. I can run RAGE fine fortunately, its just the graphical glitches and crashes when leaving an area. At least the new drivers took care of one problem and possibly K-Lite Codecs aswell.
AchoZen
3 years ago
same thing hee
Kenneth
3 years ago
I got a GTX 480 i7 2600K Asus v-pro 16Gb Vengance..
Using 285.39 drivers, and made the rageconfig.cfg file from nvidia`s support.. no crashes, minor stuttering, and a little menu flicker… The Game is AWESOME! looking forward to a patch though.. The cfg file takes care of the texture balancer so its 8K textures.. Working fine here:)
Kenneth
3 years ago
sorry, ment 285.38^^
notthecarmack
3 years ago
2.67ghz quad core nvidia gt 240 1gb. I can play multiplayer games FINE everything runs great…. I cant play the game though. after I click NEW and watch the intro it crashes out with “NVIDIA OpenGL driver has encountered an out of memory error”
notthecarmack
3 years ago
taht is witht eh newest nvidia beta drivers
SoVi3t
3 years ago
OK, after reading this stupidity, I just HAD to add my two cents:
Many people seem to be having the same problem as me (game pausing for several seconds, ever few seconds). I also read that people having this problem have the same card as me (radeon 6850).
I’m sure the pro’s at Id have at least a LITTLE experience in these kinds of problems, and are working hard with ATI and NVidia. I hate that so many people want blood because three companies couldn’t be 100% up to par with each other in today’s market (and people totally ignoring the problems games such as Starcraft II, and Black Ops caused pc gamers at launch).
I can honestly wait a little while. Sure it hurts seeing my copy of Rage just sitting there, and seeing commercials taunting me. Sure I wish I could at least get the blurry images I get to see all over youtube. But I can wait. I waited for Doom 2 (and waited HOURS to send a buddy modified .wad files over 2400 baud modems). I waited for Quake (and to get a computer with a math coprocessor capable of playing it). I waited for Doom 3 (and managed to sneak a REALLY early legit copy off a buddy).
I can wait for Rage. Carmack hasn’t done me wrong yet.
(that being said I would love a copy for my 360, so I can finally play the game lol)
Bjoern
3 years ago
Yeah got a new 6850 too and I have the excact same problems as you. Runs fine for 1-3 seconds and the freeze up for 1-3 seconds. Totally unplayable!
Charlie
3 years ago
It’s not ID’s fault, it’s Bethesda’s. Every game that Bethesda has taken hand in, has become cursed in a way. Glitchy, buggy, broken, etc. I am so expecting Skyrim to be entirely broken. RAGE could have been one of the best games ever made. So much potential.
Charlie
3 years ago
Unfortunately Bethesda never listens to their public, otherwise all of their games would have improved in working quality. I’m not expecting RAGE to ever be fixed, unless ID put their effort in.
Charlie
3 years ago
I agree! Please do this!!!
FML
3 years ago
5770 here. I can’t leave wellspring. Crashes every time. Can’t save either without crashing. Even tried lowering res.
FML.
FML
3 years ago
Forgot to mention… I’m sweeped and installed Friday’s updated drivers.
Rage owner
3 years ago
before today’s patch was
http://i.imgur.com/u1uXx.jpg
but after
http://i.imgur.com/3oRuJ.jpg
now even worse than it was.
worse patch, worse newest beta drivers
Fred
3 years ago
How did you guys release such a profoundly broken game? And why?
Flink
3 years ago
Liked the game! Say: When will improve the texture?
carpediem
3 years ago
Sorry, have to STRONGLY disagree with SoVi3t here…I spent $ 60 for a game that I have yet to be able to play. When I buy a game and the specs on my brand new laptop greatly exceed what the manufacturer published ON THE GAME BOX, I expect it to work without my having to spend hours reading forums to find some backwater hack that MIGHT get some of the game working. Let’s be honest, they rushed this out to market and didn’t do their homework. I hope they’re all working 20 hour days and are doomed to lose their jobs. This is all about marketing and the bottom line. They coulnd’t wait another 30-60 days to test this with a wide variet of high end components, so they gave the reviewers the PCs to run the advance copies in order to avoid the embarrassment of having THEIR games crash. Reviews are published, game is released, and now everyone is surprise that the “real world” application doesn’t work. Still not sure what else I can do to get this working; will be calling the maker tomorrow to scream at someone.
Zourin
3 years ago
This is the beginning for game developers to come up with “Oops, I’m sorry” releases so they can get on with dropping PC development.
This wasn’t a mistake, but a deliberate action on ID’s part, since they have had a long history of PC-based shooters (they created the entire FPS genre on PC gaming), suddenly dropping the ball on their flagship platform isn’t accidental.
Mog
3 years ago
I have the game running properly already and hopefully soon will everyone. However, I think it would be really nice if ID could release a true texture pack for the game through whatever distribution means is viable. Currently the working as intended textures look worse that most games in recent memory.
If there was a 150gb texture pack available somewhere, anywhere, that people might be able to download you can at least say that this game showcases the technology as a 2011 technology and not just as a proof of concept.
moho
3 years ago
I have AMD 11.10 and still shi*, even worse!
Customer raging against RAGE
3 years ago
Thanks for deleting my fair comment, Noble Bethesda moderators!
TAPPETO
3 years ago
I SUGGEST YOU TO MAKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE A RIGHT PATCH.. WE WILL DESTROY YOU.. I PROMISE YOU..
mikaeru
3 years ago
radeon hd 5875, 3ghz quad core, 8gb of ram
game runs and looks beautiful, but there is a micro stuttering issue in dungeons, where every, say, 15 seconds to a minute, the game will freeze for like a millisecond.
Its hard to notice at first (but you will notice since it interrupts gameplay), however, the cponsistency of the problem makes the game pretty much unplayable.
RAGE ON
3 years ago
I had the same freeze ups every few seconds and slow texture loading. Installed the patch and recommended nvidia drivers. Which initially made things worse.
Then i reset the nvidia settings to default and stopped some unnecessary window services ie adobe updater ,nero updater, ipod crap, protexis licensing, etc.
It then worked like a charm, apart for some screen tearing.
but not a single crash ever since.
SO i think the problem is not necessarily with Rage or Nvidia but with other crappy programs running their background services that interfere with overall performance of the PC
All this on a win 7 x64 and GTX560
ezekiel
3 years ago
when is this crap gonna be fixed? aside from everyone defending the 3 companies responsible for the game, the fact still remains i paid good money for a product that is pretty much so buggy it is unplayable.. i would hope that AMD comes up with this driver pretty quick smart and the the customers putting up with this debacle r duly compensated
Yuri
3 years ago
The game “Rage” is really cool. But, after all the updates spelling errors. I play on a PC. The game runs perfectly on maximum settings. But when I go down the drain, the game features slow motion. Correct remaining errors please! It is impossible to play on.
andy
3 years ago
Crash on Save.
The updates fix most problems but i still cannot save the game 90% of the time it locks my computer out, quick save or full save but auto save seems better sometimes!
system amd athlon 2 quadcore 620 2600 mhz 4 gig ram, ati radeon hd 4800, audigy 4 soundcard xp pro sp3
I like the game but its unplayable due to the save pain
cheers hope this helps?
Chris
3 years ago
I got
Nvidia gtx460 1g ddr5, newest beta drivers installed
i7 x980 3,33mhz (12 virtual procs)
12giga of working ram 1366mhz
win7 64bits
i play all mine games to the max : 1980×1280, 16xalias etc …
but i cant even play this game at 1024×768?
tried all fixes, i can now play this game for 10minutes, if i dont use the sniper rifles zoom.
Don’t blame this soly on the videocard vendors.
i really think you overdue it with this game, did you test this game properly, with mainstream videocards that everbody has?
or do you test it on a supercomputer you have in your basement?
i read that you need at least 1,5gig ddr5 videocard, yes i gonna buy again a videocard that costs plusminus 300 dollar.
I am better off buying an xbox360 and play rage there, at least there it works fine.
this pc version is just a wast of everybodies money and time trying to fix all those problems.
I have this game 2 weeks now and mine play time is 2hours. it should be 48hours.
very frustrating
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3 years ago
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Andre
3 years ago
Game worked pretty well from the get go with me on both my computers. Sure, I had some texture popping but that didn’t make it unplayable.
Great game. Loved it. Though the minigame racing shouldn’t have allowed either you or your competitors to respawn.
Now… when is the rest of my AU$89.99 game going to arrive??? I’ve finished this sucker in under 15 hours.
Jani
3 years ago
After updating my video card from Radeon 4000 series to Radeon 6000 series, Rage became unusable. FPS dropped to something like 0.1
Jonathan
3 years ago
I bought the game and it didnt work, well i probably just thought by changing out the graphics card in my pc would help, so i went out and bought a FXF Radeon 6950 300$ i put it in download the best software on the enternet 11.10 (something like that) and the game still dosnt work. ive changed out settings, ive done as much as one man can do.. The game looks amazing, its just when i try to walk the game freezes and jitters. i cant even get out of the f^ing pod. Its campaign guys… it shouldnt be that f^’ed up. ive only ever had problems like this if it were online. can somebody tell me what im doing wrong?
Eric Fryer
3 years ago
When playing Rage is there any way to steer the race car using the miuse ??? Help – TKS
mikaeru
3 years ago
I have almost exact same setup, and I have the exact same problem.
Seems minor at first and then it gets ridiculously annoying after about the 15th time.
Agreed, unplayable as of 11/3/11.