counter-strike models look weird with radeon 8500

[JoeCrappa]

i just got a radeon 8500 (for $110). and the guns in my counter-strike are weird. my glock looks all inflated and other guns look like they were melted or something.

does anyone know what's wrong? are there patches or something that i can install. my friend said that he had the same problem with his 7500 but i can't get in contact with him right now.

suggestions? solutions?

[TruckChase!]

truform rocks eh? That's a "feature" of the 8500, which, in my opinion, is an exceptionally poorly implemented technology. Unfortunately, I don't remember how to turn it off.

[Yodums]

Did you make sure you set CS to the best quality as the default look so bad!

yodums

[JoeCrappa]

Set to best quality? you mean in the video card settings or in counter-strike settings. i can do it under display settings but i don't quite get what you're talking about settings "in counter-strike".

How do i set CS to be best quality?

i found out how to turn off truform....anandtech did an FAQ here (http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=103) . Thanks truck chase!

[Yodums]

I found that in sound options I enabled A3D and EAX and it worked better graphics wise and sound wise.

Then in Video make sure your using a display that will give you the full potential as CS worked bad for me at 640x800 since the refresh rate was horrible thus FPS was horrible.

Yodums