Red Dead Redemption 2 looks ugly on new better GPU

[IndioBravo]

Hi everyone, I recently upgraded my GPU from a 1060 6GB to a RX 5700XT.

 

But I notice that now RDR2 looks ugly, even on almost ultra levels. How can this be? I can literaly see graphical glitches on trees, horrible draw distances, and even more stuff that makes it look just BAD. I looked way better on my previous GPU.

 

I can also notice a slight color change on other games such a R6 Siege, not necessarily ugly, but strange color. I have an Asus mg28uq 144Hz monitor.

 

Another new thing I noticed recently is a barely noticeable different colored pixel when on dark backgrounds, which I can swear was not previously there.

 

Does anyone have a hint what is going on?

 

 

Thanks for the help!

 

 

My specs:

 

MOBO: Gaming Plus B450

CPU: Ryzen 5 2600x

CPU Cooler: Hyper 212

GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 5700XT

Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Lite 5 (3 intake 1 exhuast)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8 @3000Mhz

SSD1 (OS): Samsung EVO 500GB

SSD2: Kingstone SSDnow 120GB

HDD1: WD 3TB green

PSU: Corsair RM650x

[JoshHendi]

Hmm that is interesting... Have you tried different driver versions to rule that out?

[IndioBravo]

23 minutes ago, JoshHendi said:

Hmm that is interesting... Have you tried different driver versions to rule that out?

Yeah, I tried the previous one, still same thing

[MadAnt250]

1 hour ago, Pablo Molina said:

But I notice that now RDR2 looks ugly, even on almost ultra levels. How can this be? I can literaly see graphical glitches on trees, horrible draw distances, and even more stuff that makes it look just BAD. I looked way better on my previous GPU.

Did you try messing with the AMD Radeon settings.

[Whiro]

6 minutes ago, Pablo Molina said:

Yeah, I tried the previous one, still same thing

So this starts happening when you upgraded gpu? Or did you had this problem before?

Also cos you was swapping from nvidia to amd did you DDU drivers?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Removing the junk between swapped Drivers...

 

Download DisplayDriverUninstaller

YouTube search how to use Display Driver Uninstall

 

Uninstall Nvidia the official way,

Using Control Panel uninstall Apps section..

Nvidia Drivers be gone...

 

RUN DisplayDriverUninstaller

 

Use it to remove trace files from Previous AMD Driver and NV installs.

 

Clean n reboot, then reinstall Nvidia drivers (latest version)

 

 

 

[Mihle]

And go through AMD settings and see if some settings is forced on/off instead of letting the game decide.

 

Also see what happens if you change the setting for sharpening if that makes a noticeable difference to you in either direction (better/worse)

[Xkillerpn]

5 hours ago, Mihle said:

And go through AMD settings and see if some settings is forced on/off instead of letting the game decide.

 

Also see what happens if you change the setting for sharpening if that makes a noticeable difference to you in either direction (better/worse)

Run DDU before anything , then install all of the drivers again and check. 

[Mihle]

3 hours ago, Xkillerpn said:

Run DDU before anything , then install all of the drivers again and check. 

Ofc, other people said that.

[IndioBravo]

13 hours ago, MadAnt250 said:

Did you try messing with the AMD Radeon settings.

Not too much, I just deactivated Enhanced Sync because I read it could cause problems. Should I?

 

[IndioBravo]

13 hours ago, Whiro said:

So this starts happening when you upgraded gpu? Or did you had this problem before?

Also cos you was swapping from nvidia to amd did you DDU drivers?

It happened when I upgraded GPU, I didn´t have this problem before.

 

After I started experiencing problems I decided to make a clean windows install. Should I still use DDU?

[IndioBravo]

13 hours ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Removing the junk between swapped Drivers...

 

Download DisplayDriverUninstaller

YouTube search how to use Display Driver Uninstall

 

Uninstall Nvidia the official way,

Using Control Panel uninstall Apps section..

Nvidia Drivers be gone...

 

RUN DisplayDriverUninstaller

 

Use it to remove trace files from Previous AMD Driver and NV installs.

 

Clean n reboot, then reinstall Nvidia drivers (latest version)

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, Xkillerpn said:

Run DDU before anything , then install all of the drivers again and check. 

I made a fresh new windows install after new GPU was installed just in case. Should I still use the DDU to make new driver installs?

[IndioBravo]

10 hours ago, Mihle said:

And go through AMD settings and see if some settings is forced on/off instead of letting the game decide.

 

Also see what happens if you change the setting for sharpening if that makes a noticeable difference to you in either direction (better/worse)

Good idea, I didn´t try that. I´ll do it once I get home. Thanks!

[Stu_Bear]

Hmmm...if it's truly an AMD issue it makes you wonder.  Wonder if anyone has ever done an image quality test/comparison, regardless of fps, between the brands and tiers of cards.  I mean if cards of differing brands costing the same...does ultra-texture look better on one card versus another?  

[Zando_]

Are you running Optional drivers? You want the Recommended or Recommended (WQHL) ones. 

[IndioBravo]

1 hour ago, Stu_Bear said:

Hmmm...if it's truly an AMD issue it makes you wonder.  Wonder if anyone has ever done an image quality test/comparison, regardless of fps, between the brands and tiers of cards.  I mean if cards of differing brands costing the same...does ultra-texture look better on one card versus another?  

Yeah I have never heard of such comparison either. Would be sad if a 1060 6GB has a better image quality than a 5700xt.

[IndioBravo]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

Are you running Optional drivers? You want the Recommended or Recommended (WQHL) ones. 

I am currently running the lastest. I will check if it is actually optional and not recommended. If that is the case, then I´ll use DDU to roll back to the recommended one and test it.

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, Pablo Molina said:

I am currently running the lastest. I will check if it is actually optional and not recommended. If that is the case, then I´ll use DDU to roll back to the recommended one and test it.

Would highly reccomend that. I've skipped Adrenaline 2020 altogether because of issues with that. I run a Radeon VII, it behaves much better on Adrenaline 2019 drivers, I'm using the one version of WQHL ones AMD still offers as a download (I forget the numbers lol, 19.something.something). 

[IndioBravo]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Would highly reccomend that. I've skipped Adrenaline 2020 altogether because of issues with that. I run a Radeon VII, it behaves much better on Adrenaline 2019 drivers, I'm using the one version of WQHL ones AMD still offers as a download (I forget the numbers lol, 19.something.something). 

I´m gonna have to do that. I don´t want my $400 card behaving so badly.

 

Do I still use the Radeon Software to install the old one? The red one that appears when right clicking desktop. Or do I just install it directly from my browser?

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Pablo Molina said:

I´m gonna have to do that. I don´t want my $400 card behaving so badly.

 

Do I still use the Radeon Software to install the old one? The red one that appears when right clicking desktop. Or do I just install it directly from my browser?

I download the .exe, then restart into safe mode - DDU - restart again (DDU has an option to clean and then restart by itself, I use that), and install it normally (double clicking the .exe).

[Sir0Tek]

16 minutes ago, Pablo Molina said:

Yeah I have never heard of such comparison either. Would be sad if a 1060 6GB has a better image quality than a 5700xt.

There are in fact comparisions between nvidia and amd/ati but usually (with exceptions of course) it's the nvidia-card having less detail, colour vibrance and more blur:

 

[IndioBravo]

9 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I download the .exe, then restart into safe mode - DDU - restart again (DDU has an option to clean and then restart by itself, I use that), and install it normally (double clicking the .exe).

Ok perfect, thanks!

 

Do you recomend keeping this red Radeon Software or should I get rid of it altogether?

[IndioBravo]

2 minutes ago, Sir0Tek said:

There are in fact comparisions between nvidia and amd/ati but usually (with exceptions of course) it's the nvidia-card having less detail, colour vibrance and more blur:

 

Interesting, I literally can´t wait to fix this and start trully gaming on my new 5700xt.

[Zando_]

6 minutes ago, Pablo Molina said:

Ok perfect, thanks!

 

Do you recomend keeping this red Radeon Software or should I get rid of it altogether?

Radeon Software is the control panel, no? DDU will uninstall that version along with the GPU driver and HDMI audio driver and help wizard, and then when you run the driver installer it puts them all back, but appropriate versions to the driver you are running. 

Basically it's part of the driver package, DDU will nuke it, new install will put it back. It should be there, or you won't be able to change GPU settings. 

[IndioBravo]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

Radeon Software is the control panel, no? DDU will uninstall that version along with the GPU driver and HDMI audio driver and help wizard, and then when you run the driver installer it puts them all back, but appropriate versions to the driver you are running. 

Basically it's part of the driver package, DDU will nuke it, new install will put it back. It should be there, or you won't be able to change GPU settings. 

Yep, it´s the control panel, similar to nvidia´s put prettier.

 

That´s excelent then.

 

Thanks for the help. I´ll try it when I get home and let you know how it went.