BFBC2 Steam Edition and D3D11 (Win7 + ATI5000 Series)

**Alundil** · 01-28-10, 05:21 PM

For those who are running the Steam beta on Windows 7 with a 5000 series card from AMD/ATI.....

There is a known bug with the Steam Overlay and D3D11. Steam support is aware and has a fix.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1126159

**dex71** · 01-29-10, 08:49 AM

Hmmmmmm.....Are you sure it's just the 5000 series? I have two 4890s,and when I do a dxdiag,it tells me I am running DX11.

Maybe I will give it a go....I wasn't able to answer any Steam messages while I was in-game last night. I could hear the tone,but the Alt/Shift wasn't working.....unless I'm doing it wrong?

<------Bit of a Steam noob....I'm used to X-Fire....but X doesn't support BF:BC2 yet.

**jason_jinx** · 01-29-10, 08:51 AM

I was crashing last night to the desktop every time I launched with steam.

ATI 5770, vista64

Bro in law let me in on the info that if you launch from the dir folder there should be no issues sure enough it worked.

Only complain is that the water was buggy and flashing. ITs the beta so I will cut dice some slack

**Alundil** · 01-29-10, 09:53 AM

According to Valve - the issue is with the Steam Client overlay. I could hear the messages as well, but could not get the overlay while the game was running (and I am not even using that hardware yet). I didn't crash, just couldn't get the overlay. There is a BETA Steam version that will support D3D11 with no issues, supposedly.

I am using:
Phenom 9950 (Quad)
GeForce 8800 GT (haven't gotten the 5870 yet)
Vista 64

Vista supports Dx10.1 if I am not mistaken.
The AMD/ATI 5000 series of cards support DX11 (only ones as far as I know). I do not think that the 4800 Series hardware supports DX11.

**WileECyte** · 01-29-10, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by dex71

Hmmmmmm.....Are you sure it's just the 5000 series? I have two 4890s,and when I do a dxdiag,it tells me I am running DX11.

All Win7 users report DX11 in dxdiag; however only the 5000 series takes advantage of the DX11 enhancements.

**Potemkine** · 01-29-10, 12:01 PM

I have Win7 64 8800GTS and I am getting similar errors. I hear the ping message, but I cant shift tab to see it. I am guessing the steam beta update today will fix it.