what flash payer are you refering too?

and from what i can tell i only hear of ATI cards having these Artifacts..

ive tried clocking/unclocking..forcing DX9 ingame, nothing seems to work..its Pi$$ing me off tbh

*UPDATE*

Ok so ive uninstalled everything to do with ATI on my system through registry and driver cleaner and ive installed an older Catalyst driver from Dec2010

now the strange thing is i now have no water but just a green mess which i didnt have before BUT the artifacts have now gone, i do see water clearly in my rear mirror though..

I thought id sorted it but on installing 3DMark11 again and running it i still have the artifacts on that program *shake the head is confusion*

I can bet if i update my GFX drivers now il have water back and the artifacts will return..

il keep you posted

New drivers installed (new catalyst) and i still dont have artifacts which is a good thing..having no water though isnt

Just wanted to say I am running a system very similar to yours and am not experiencing any of these problems, so it may be something locally.

AMD Phenom II x4
HD5770
4GB DDR3

returned card to be tested..came up as faulty :rolleyes:

strange considering every other title i play i dont have or have seen any problems but this game and 3dmark11 highlighted a fault with the card..

i have a loan card HD5700 and have no issues..

problem solved