Graphical Glitches

[GillsMan 2]

Hi,

I'm experiencing some weird and annoying graphical glitches.  There must be something I can do to resolve this, so any ideas are much appreciated!  I've inserted the image below and highlighted the glitches.

I'm playing SC4 which I've downloaded via Steam, but this has happened on another version I borrowed as well.

My system:

Windows 7 (x64), E8400 Dual Core CPU, 6GB RAM, GTX 260, DirectX version: 11.

Any ideas at all?  It's quite frustrating.

[joshriddle 29]

I will ussually get stuff like that too. Make sure your game is set to the software rendering. Also what video card are you using?

[GillsMan 2]

The GTX 260. Yeah, I tried setting it to Software rendering and it didn't really improve things. I've read that Windows 7 isn't FULLY compatible with SC4, so I'm adding a Windows XP boot to my computer to see if it runs any better there. I'll report back if it improves things.

[Tysons4 68]

just set it to run in comparability mode with windows xp no need to install another os... and make sure you install the version of direct x that simcity calls for (its on the disk but i dont know about steam) ever since i did these 2 things sim city has given me no probems like yours and the game runs much much better with hardware rendering

[GillsMan 2]

Compatability mode didn't work, and that's despite having DX9.0c installed (as well as DX11).

Installing XP as a second boot did, however, resolve the problem.

[Pasta-power 7]

I get lots of glitches too like that time I connected one part of my highway to another and it appeared all crooked and parallel! Or that time I had a huge gap halfway up my ferry port and water only appeared in that gap! Either way I feel your pain Gills Man!