I keep getting a nasty glare from the in-game sun. Always when looking North West. I would not mind this effect, but i am getting the glare where the sun should not shine. I get the glare when the sun is behind mountains, or hidden behind trees or buildings, and even walls. A great example is me being inside the SunkenTemp (Atal'Hakkar), i get this shine. It only happens in the evening around 7-9pm server time. I attached a picture with the glare, and without.

Any ideas on how to stop it? I never got this before.

With Glare:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5049/wowscrnshot020410202633.jpg

Without Glare:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/3426/wowscrnshot020410202641.jpg

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Q u o t e:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/5/2010, 11:54:33
Machine name: FEDERALAGENT-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: FederalAgent0115
System Model: 12.01.2009
BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/02/09 20:41:48 Ver: 08.00.15
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 6136MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6136MB RAM
Page File: 2111MB used, 10156MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x68BE)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68BE&SUBSYS_E138174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 3824 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1012 MB
Shared Memory: 2811 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Acer X233H
Monitor Model: Acer X233H
Monitor Id: ACR0093
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: DVI
Driver Name: atiu9p64 aticfx64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Driver File Version: ()
Driver Version: 8.690.0.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-2BFE-11CF-3063-39C1A1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x68BE
SubSys ID: 0xE138174B
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem36.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_Evergreen:8.690.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_68be
Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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I'm confused. There's a ray of light shining to the pedestal/statue thing lower from where you're at but no light source are supposed to go there. Can you tell us more information about your computer? You can find most of the information if you go to Start -> Run -> dxdiag (or on Windows Vista/7, Windows Key + R -> dxdiag)

I'll need the following info:
System tab
Operating system:
System Manufacturer:
System Model:
Processor:
Memory:
DirectX Version:

Display tab
Device Name:
Driver Version:
Driver Date:
Driver DDI Version:
DirectDraw Acceleration:
Direct3D Acceleration:
AGP Texture Acceleration:

Your DDI version and driver stuff looks a bit off for some reason. Can you try installing the Catalyst 10.1 drivers and see if it makes a difference? http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=win7/windows-7-64bit

Radeon 5000 series are DirectX 11 cards. DDI should be 11. I don't have one in hand to take a look at so I'll see if I can dig around. Older 4000 series are DDI 10.1

Well, it looks like you have an unrelated bug: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975243

Does anyone else see this type of behavior when they're with you?