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I'm curious as to why you're here so desperately trying to convince people that this is normal, or how it should be seen. I personally started encountering this problem one day about a year and half ago and everything was aliased properly in all my games (new and old) until suddenly after reformatting one day, there was aliasing and jaggies in every game I played. This is most definitely not how my games should be displayed because I can drive to my friends house and play on his PC with 0 aliasing, and no problems just like I once didn't have. This difference was night and day when it happened, I shouldnt be distracted by terrible shaking jagged fine lines pulsating in all of my games when I'm trying to immerse and look for movement/people. This is NOT normal. It is an issue that clearly many people started to encounter. Nearly every fine line or window edge etc pulsates with aliasing when I move my mouse / look around in game. It's distracting and NOT normal, so if you don't have an actual solution to this specific aliasing problem people are having, than I would suggest you stop de-railing the thread with page-long posts telling people it's "normal" for newer games.. Can you explain why I can drive to a friends house and everything appears normal in his games? His anti-aliasing works perfectly like mine once did on every game new or old? But on my PC the aliasing is so horribly distracting its made me lose passion for gaming completely?
 

Have the same problem and have no idea what causes this or what direction to go in to fix it. 
It started one day on my old PC, I decided to reformat it and after I was done and installed my games, I noticed that every one of the games looked terrible with jaggies everywhere. It was A NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE. Suddenly, it's as if my computer wasn't able to apply anti aliasing and all of my games looked aliased. New games and even old games that I never had the problem on were now there. When my character is in motion or I move my mouse, every edge is shimmering and moving, It's very distracting and ruins the immersion I once had when gaming. I spent months trying to figure out a solution trying different drivers, trying to force AA through nvidia control panel and nvidia inspector even though my games looked fine before ever having to force AA on in the past, and even when forcing high amounts of AA into the game, it still doesnt apply the AA and everything looks jagged. Reinstalling windows mutiple times, trying different dvi cables hdmi cables and a different monitor. I eventually gave-up and threw the entire PC out and bought a completely new pre-built pc thinking that the problem could no way get itself into a brand new pc. Well I got my brand new pc with an i7 7700k and gtx1080 and the exact same problem is here in my new pc..... The aliasing and jaggies even show on twitch streams that I'm watching of people's gameplay but I know that's not what it looks like for them. At this point, sadly, I have to give up pc gaming and maybe hope that later on in life I can try to buy a pc again when I live somewhere else and hope that it doesnt happen lmao. It's the most insane bullshit pc problem ive ever had to deal with and i just wish we could get help from a team of actual professionals at nvidia or intel to help us solve this issue. I've been gaming for 13 years and ive never once experinced a problem like this that i couldnt end up fixing until now.
 
It may sound crazy, but after nearly a year of trying to troubleshoot this issue I'm almost starting to believe it's some sort of root kit or virus spreading itself into any PC or storage device that comes around the location of the infected pcs. Because how in the world am I having the exact same problem on a brand new pc that has nothing in common with the old 1 other than the electricity going into it. Is it some sort of bitcoin miner that is causing graphic problems? More specsifically Anti Aliasing problems??? So lost with this after a year of dealing with all of my games looking so bad I cant even focus on them anymore, every wall or edge just jaggies and pulsating in every game I dont even want to play games anymore this problem IS THAT SAD.

I've been pc gaming for 13 years, never once have I encountered a problem like this that I couldn't fix through replacing hardware or reformatting. Trust me I can understand why people think we sound insane but every solution that has been tried doesn't work and it just doesn't make sense. We are just as confused.This problem suddenly started happening and I went through every logical solution to fix it, and even ultimately purchased a brand new pre-built pc. Somehow it's here on my new pc aswell as every other computer in my home. It's an incredibly noticeable aliasing in all games that makes every edge of walls, objects and fine lines shimmer and pulsate with jaggies. Something so specific as Anti-aliasing just NOT working in any way on all my pc's. I know this isnt simply "how things are" or the way they are supposed to look because i remember the very drastic and sudden change in the way all of my games now look. I also can go to my friends house where he has similiar specs to me (intel i7) (nvidia gfx) and doesnt have the problem. All of the edges of the walls are smoothed with proper anti aliasing and fine lines dont shimmer in his games. I know how crazy this sounds but I've been having this issue for a year now and have tried everything to no avail.

I'm curious as to why you're here so desperately trying to convince people that this is normal, or how it should be seen. I personally started encountering this problem one day about a year and half ago and everything was aliased properly in all my games (new and old) until suddenly after reformatting one day, there was aliasing and jaggies in every game I played. This is most definitely not how my games should be displayed because I can drive to my friends house and play on his PC with 0 aliasing, and no problems just like I once didn't have. This difference was night and day when it happened, I shouldnt be distracted by terrible shaking jagged fine lines pulsating in all of my games when I'm trying to immerse and look for movement/people. This is NOT normal. It is an issue that clearly many people started to encounter. Nearly every fine line or window edge etc pulsates with aliasing when I move my mouse / look around in game. It's distracting and NOT normal, so if you don't have an actual solution to this specific aliasing problem people are having, than I would suggest you stop de-railing the thread with page-long posts telling people it's "normal" for newer games.. Can you explain why I can drive to a friends house and everything appears normal in his games? His anti-aliasing works perfectly like mine once did on every game new or old? But on my PC the aliasing is so horribly distracting its made me lose passion for gaming completely?
 

I'm curious as to why you're here so desperately trying to convince people that this is normal, or how it should be seen. I personally started encountering this problem one day about a year and half ago and everything was aliased properly in all my games (new and old) until suddenly after reformatting one day, there was aliasing and jaggies in every game I played. This is most definitely not how my games should be displayed because I can drive to my friends house and play on his PC with 0 aliasing, and no problems just like I once didn't have. This difference was night and day when it happened, I shouldnt be distracted by terrible shaking jagged fine lines pulsating in all of my games when I'm trying to immerse and look for movement/people. This is NOT normal. It is an issue that clearly many people started to encounter. Nearly every fine line or window edge etc pulsates with aliasing when I move my mouse / look around in game. It's distracting and NOT normal, so if you don't have an actual solution to this specific aliasing problem people are having, than I would suggest you stop de-railing the thread with page-long posts telling people it's "normal" for newer games.. Can you explain why I can drive to a friends house and everything appears normal in his games? His anti-aliasing works perfectly like mine once did on every game new or old? But on my PC the aliasing is so horribly distracting its made me lose passion for gaming completely?
 

By the way The Tomb Raider game and GTA V are known to have a few of these problems in the games itself, but this is a different issue that affects ALL games, even old ones that I remember never seeing any issues with..

***PLEASE READ ENTIRE OP BEFORE POSTING***
 
Edited by: @MEC-777
 
The issues being discussed in this thread are a continuation of multiple threads come and gone over the last year or so. Please read this post CAREFULLY in it's entirety BEFORE replying, to avoid re-hashing the same thing over and over. 
 
Description of the Problems/Issues:
A significant number of PC gamers have reported experiencing some or all of the following graphical issues after changing nothing with their system. Everything looked "fine" one day and "terrible" the next. The difference or change was/is drastic and disruptive enough to notice beyond what is normally accepted as "typical graphical anomalies" observed in various games. 
 
-Most or all forms of AA filtering broken or non-effective.  
-Increased texture, shadow pop-in, Z-fighting.
-Shadows appear more jagged.
-Increased "flickering" on high-detailed objects (due to poor/broken AA filtering) - "dancing white dots" during movement.
-General decrease in LOD in all games (new and old).
 
PLEASE NOTE: These issue go beyond typical and commonly known graphical issues with certain games. Example: GTA5 - LOD box definition, object pop-in, Minecraft - anisotropic filtering bug etc. The specific issues in question also go beyond the results of low detail settings and or low PPI displays and any combination there of. The issue is: specific aspects of how the image is rendered has changed from a higher to [much] lower quality, without having changed anything (to the user's knowledge), seemingly "overnight". 
 
ALSO NOTE: These issues have been observed on Intel and AMD (FM2+ and AM3+ or older)-based systems, running both Nvidia and AMD GPUs. It has also been primarily observed on systems running Windows. 
 
Here is an example of the difference. Both videos are running the same game on the same display with the same resolution and graphics settings. @BuckGup first noticed the excessive jaggies in the menu of this game one day, and that was the first tip-off that something had changed (went wrong), even though he did not change anything prior to this happening. This also serves to demonstrate that as far as we know, the problem is fixed after switching to the AMD Ryzen platform. <--- NOTE: some members have now reported that switching to a Ryzen-based system DID NOT fix the issue. Thus, we can only state that this is an inconclusive solution. 
 
After the problem occurred:
 
 
Before the problem occurred - the way the game SHOULD look:
 
 
Solution that have been attempted but did not fix the issue:
-Swapping out every component in the PC (one at a time and all together).
-Reformat and clean OS install.
-Switching from AMD to Nvidia and reverse. 
-Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10.
-Running DDU with clean driver installation.
 
In *some* instances, swapping out components from one system (with the problem) to another system (without the problem), the issue was gone.  ***Details on this to be updated shortly***
 
Solutions we know have ZERO effect on the issue or are unrelated:
-"Dirty power" or power-related. By the very nature of how a GPU functions and given the multiple "power-cleaning and conditioning" stages before it reaches the PC and GPU (PSU, VRMs etc), it's simply not possible for this issue to be caused by "dirty" or "infected" power source. So please do not suggest it. 
-Running games at lower settings and/or on lower PPI (lower pixel density) displays. We all know games look worse in those conditions. That is NOT what this issue is about. Please see the notes already stated above to reiterate. The issue is about an instant decrease in graphical fidelity without having changed anything (settings/software or hardware) with the system.
-Virus or software "infection" of some kind. If this were the case, a simple wipe or swapping out of the storage drive(s) and clean OS install would fix the issue - but that has not been the case. So it seems; once the issue is there, it is extremely difficult to fix, aside from taking drastic measures. 
 
Possible solutions that have yet to be confirmed:
-In *some* cases, building an entirely new system fixed the issue. In *some* cases, this fixed the issue, but only temporarily. 
-One member  Now two(2) members here on the forums upgraded to AMD's new Ryzen platform and observed nearly all these issues were resolved. 2 members involved in this thread who have both experienced these issues are in the process of testing with a Ryzen based system to see if this holds merit. Further testing in progress... 
Update: Some members have reported that Ryzen systems are still susceptible to these issues. So the verdict on Ryzen systems being a possible solution is inconclusive at this point (July 2019). 
 
PLEASE: Do not suggest solutions that have already been attempted or that we know are unrelated, unless you have something new to bring forward that we might have overlooked. 
 
If you have any new information or corrections to the above information, please send me a PM and I will update. If you don't believe this issue is real or exists, and you have nothing to contribute, then please refrain from posting.
 
My two cents on this whole situation: At first I was very skeptical. I said "this is just low PPI, low settings, typical game issues with AA etc...". In some specific cases, it was. But there were enough people complaining about this and describing what happened in the same way (there are many more on other threads on other forums), that it made me take notice. It's not about the "graphics" but the "sudden change in graphics" - regrettably and honestly, it took me a while to realize that is what they were really talking about and trying to fix. I personally have not experienced these issues, but I am genuinely curious to see if a solution can be found for those who are stuck with this.  
 
Thanks for reading.  
 
The original OP for reference:
 

OP has now been edited/updated. Please review and send me a PM if any info is missing or incorrect and I will fix it. 
 
Thanks.  
 
@BuckGup
@lordante

I might have some time today (finally) to edit and clean up the OP. My apologies it has taken so long for me to get to it. 

Why are you posting in this thread when you are not experiencing the problem thats being talked about? 

Why are you posting in this thread when you are not experiencing the problem thats being talked about? 

Except the problem starts randomly on PCs that didn't have it before and not all PCs have the issue. If it was the same across the board I wouldn't see an issue. But it's not

Before this problem started occurring for me, I never had to force any AA through NVCP or SweetFx etc but my games still looked great... Since the problem started occuring, not even forcing multiple different methods of AA through software has helped. I still get extreme amounts of jaggies and aliasing even when forcing high levels of AA. If you were to stand next to my PC and look at every game I opened, You would then understand what we are seeing. 

Yeah that's why this issue is so damn weird. As some, like myself didn't have it to begin with then it started. Just think we are pioneering a solution for the hundreds of thousands out there that suffer. Once we do get a solution or figure out what causes it we need to go to The New York Times or something with it

Have the same problem and have no idea what causes this or what direction to go in to fix it. 
It started one day on my old PC, I decided to reformat it and after I was done and installed my games, I noticed that every one of the games looked terrible with jaggies everywhere. It was A NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE. Suddenly, it's as if my computer wasn't able to apply anti aliasing and all of my games looked aliased. New games and even old games that I never had the problem on were now there. When my character is in motion or I move my mouse, every edge is shimmering and moving, It's very distracting and ruins the immersion I once had when gaming. I spent months trying to figure out a solution trying different drivers, trying to force AA through nvidia control panel and nvidia inspector even though my games looked fine before ever having to force AA on in the past, and even when forcing high amounts of AA into the game, it still doesnt apply the AA and everything looks jagged. Reinstalling windows mutiple times, trying different dvi cables hdmi cables and a different monitor. I eventually gave-up and threw the entire PC out and bought a completely new pre-built pc thinking that the problem could no way get itself into a brand new pc. Well I got my brand new pc with an i7 7700k and gtx1080 and the exact same problem is here in my new pc..... The aliasing and jaggies even show on twitch streams that I'm watching of people's gameplay but I know that's not what it looks like for them. At this point, sadly, I have to give up pc gaming and maybe hope that later on in life I can try to buy a pc again when I live somewhere else and hope that it doesnt happen lmao. It's the most insane bullshit pc problem ive ever had to deal with and i just wish we could get help from a team of actual professionals at nvidia or intel to help us solve this issue. I've been gaming for 13 years and ive never once experinced a problem like this that i couldnt end up fixing until now.
 
It may sound crazy, but after nearly a year of trying to troubleshoot this issue I'm almost starting to believe it's some sort of root kit or virus spreading itself into any PC or storage device that comes around the location of the infected pcs. Because how in the world am I having the exact same problem on a brand new pc that has nothing in common with the old 1 other than the electricity going into it. Is it some sort of bitcoin miner that is causing graphic problems? More specsifically Anti Aliasing problems??? So lost with this after a year of dealing with all of my games looking so bad I cant even focus on them anymore, every wall or edge just jaggies and pulsating in every game I dont even want to play games anymore this problem IS THAT SAD.