Jagged Shadows,Pop in,Low LOD and jagged aa

[KaeptnKnoppers]

Started for me when i bought escape from Tarkov from the official Russian Website.

It was only on that game at first, Rust and other Games still looked good.

I reinstalled WIN10 because i thought it could help with the Problem in Tarkov.

Now, since its been about 3 years since this started, im not sure anymore if the other Games still looked fine after that, but i think they did...

Then i noticed in in Rust and all other games too. (Also, its the same, when i watch Videos of people playing the Game.

Now the only game playable is League of legends, which doesnt look all that bad. Maybe thats because the Game is in top down perspective, where you basically look down directly at your character from a close angle, so the game doesnt have to render shit, thats like a few feet away from the character.

 

The area a few metres around you looks normal, but everything thats just a few meters away has low LOD, i have extreme shimmering problems especially with typical AA heavy textures, like fences, or for example the electrical Powerlines in Rust. Textures that are a bit further away are so washed out/ pixelated, that they dont really stand out from their background, which makes it hard to know what youre actually aiming at.

 

But its not only ingame for me: Its also in all Media Playback and while browsing the Internet.

For example, if characters in TV look normal, if its like a close shot of their face, but the characters standing just a bit in the Background look like youre streaming in 480p or something. It alsmost seems as if the monitor is showing everything in a lower resolution, even though Both Monitor and Windows Resolution is at 1920x1080.

 

Where it probably most stands out, when youre not ingame is the Fonts of written Text. No matter if you have clearType on, or even Force it, the letters and numbers just look more Pixelated. The YouTube Logo for example, which looks normal when i use youtube on my Phone looks bad on my PC, like it´s really low res. The round edges are pixelated and dont look clean, just like the YouTube font next to it. Even noticed in my BIOS logo, which is kinda weird, but maybe I´m just imagining stuff right now, idk. i had this for years now, so maybe i just remember stuff looking better than it actually did.

 

changing PC didnt help at all, but that could also be, because i kept the monitor,mouse and keyboard from my old PC at first...

For 3 years now, ive been looking forward to moving out in 2023 and buying a new rig once again for a fresh start, but some people here claimed that they did that and it didnt help, which at this point sounds extremely illogical and also quite discouraging... Well, i have a normal Fan, you know one to cool you down in the summer, not a PC Fan which was connected to the same Multisocket-Powerstrip as my Computer and Monitor and whenever i turned on the fan, my Pc lagged for a second and then recognized a new connected device, it even made that sound that it makes when you plug in a USB device. And when i turned it off, it made the USB Disconnected Sound. And that too doesnt make the least of sense, because its litteraly a different Device, which is not compatible with PCs and uses a normal Power Cable for electric sockets.

 

So i have no idea how my PC managed to "connect" to the device, just because they shared a power strip. Now, the interesting thing about that is, that i took out that fan again this summer after a year, and it didnt connect to the PC anymore. Now if i remeber correctly, i switched Power Strips in between. The graphics-issue is still there, even if i dont use a power strip at all, so just changing that obviously doesnt fix it. But what i want to emphasice is, that i was using the weird (maybe faulty) power strip from before, when the issue first appeared.

 

So please someone tell me what to make of this. Could a faulty Power strip be the reason the issue starts? The reason i say that is because of the fact that the fan, which was just plugged in the same strip had an effect on the PC. So that means that the power strip somehow at least kinda connected these devices in a really weird way. Could that mean that the faulty strip distributed more electricity than it needed to, or distributed some of the power that it actually shouldve just distributed to the fan, possible damaging sensitive components like the GPU or even the CMOS Battery (or some other sensitive Mainboard component)? I know it doesn´t really make sense, but tbh this whole issue is crazy and illogical, so if my Computer has a really WEIRD issue, and the power strip connected to it also has a really WEIRD issue, that i have no idea how it happens, it makes me think those things could be connected. I know its a long shot, but if we could have solved this issue without long shots, then this thread wouldnt have 150 pages.

Anyways, please share your opinion, on the whole power-strip thing, i just described.

 

Oh, and, if by some miracle, some of y´all in the Discord Group figure this out, please remember to let us Forum people know about it too.

[SajjaD83]

My guess is it's a hardware related problem the issue should be gone after changing your Gpu i don't have the budget right now otherwise i would definitely change my gpu

maybe one of every 1000 graphic cards they make is faulty and has this problem

[Asasinas]

I uploaded bunch of new videos today. Don't ask me what solutions I tried. Don't want to repeat myself. Please check my mega-post in page 113 for all that info.

 

Death Stranding has weird flickering on various objects when DLSS enabled.

Meanwhile, TAA has jaggies and shimmering instead of that flickering.

Cloudpunk has massive amount of jaggies. Not sure what AA method it uses, but my guess it's FXAA.

Fallout 76 has a lot of jaggies with TAA on various objects even on close range (for example: inventory).

Surviving Mars has jaggies on all buildings with SMAA on.

Borderlands 3 has flickering/shimmering on some objects with TAA enabled.

Destiny 2 issue feels... "evolving", lol. It's more and more visible. Even 1440p with 200% (5K) render scale does nothing.

Feel free to share and discuss these videos with others. Also, if you ever plan to consult with tech specialists about this problem, you can use my videos as example of this problem.

 

Have a good evening.

[Gdog184934]

*Possible Solution* if it doesn't work for you, don't outrule others.

 

Believe me, I've had every bad gpu issue I could list. Low draw distance, jagged shadows, pixelated textures, etc. I tried almost every solution and it was upsetting me cause my GPU works fine with other games.

 

So, I did this. Went into my bios, enabled XFR enhancement. Enabled boost precision overdrive to "enabled" and turned on core performance boost. Now everything is back to normal, and I'm not experiencing any more anomalies in-game. my conclusion is possibly a voltage issue, when hardware doesn't receive enough voltage it lags in many areas. Memory, antialiasing, shadow filtering, FPS etc. Try it out for yourself and see what happens. God bless ✌

[rajl]

8 hours ago, Gdog184934 said:

*Possible Solution* if it doesn't work for you, don't outrule others.

 

Believe me, I've had every bad gpu issue I could list. Low draw distance, jagged shadows, pixelated textures, etc. I tried almost every solution and it was upsetting me cause my GPU works fine with other games.

 

So, I did this. Went into my bios, enabled XFR enhancement. Enabled boost precision overdrive to "enabled" and turned on core performance boost. Now everything is back to normal, and I'm not experiencing any more anomalies in-game. my conclusion is possibly a voltage issue, when hardware doesn't receive enough voltage it lags in many areas. Memory, antialiasing, shadow filtering, FPS etc. Try it out for yourself and see what happens. God bless ✌

Where on earth are these extraordinary bios settings?

[Asasinas]

As far as I know, these settings are for AMD cpus only.

[Jokel 1]

Last year when this happened with my pc same thing happened on the phone, open world games became unplayable so this clearly isn't problem because of a faulty gpu. 

[ixDriger]

cmon i stopped gaming 5 months ago and i think i will sell the pc this problem has no fix 

i tried everything i can do 

The biggest problem is we don't even know what causes this issue ....

 

[enea12345678]

https://discord.gg/AUt3JQ join the official discord tread for shadow flickering etc

[DaveThomas]

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https://gfycat.com/lividweirdgalapagoshawk-callofdutymodernwarfare2019

Eh? 

[KaeptnKnoppers]

Just went through my old pictures on my phone and saw a bluescreen message i took a picture of, to google the code or something. That bluescreen popped up while playing PUBG and since then my PC has been freezing and shutting down in random places, whenever an animation in a webbrowser started, or while clicking on netflix previews. Im not really sure, its related to this issue, since i still have the issue after upgrading my rig, but i noticed, it said something about GPU, so maybe it has. anyway, heres the pic.

[slayer007]

Your GPU or its Driver might have crashed...

[rajl]

On 8/27/2020 at 3:39 PM, KaeptnKnoppers said:

Just went through my old pictures on my phone and saw a bluescreen message i took a picture of, to google the code or something. That bluescreen popped up while playing PUBG and since then my PC has been freezing and shutting down in random places, whenever an animation in a webbrowser started, or while clicking on netflix previews. Im not really sure, its related to this issue, since i still have the issue after upgrading my rig, but i noticed, it said something about GPU, so maybe it has. anyway, heres the pic.

Upgraded what parts?

[rajl]

On 8/18/2020 at 8:03 PM, ixDriger said:

cmon i stopped gaming 5 months ago and i think i will sell the pc this problem has no fix 

i tried everything i can do 

The biggest problem is we don't even know what causes this issue ....

 

Didn't your brother's laptop have no issues at all? And you have not posted a thing off that laptop using a external camera and now you are back. I have perfect suggestion for you sell your pc and buy the same laptop your brother bought, problem solved! No need to come here you have been useless to this community when needed.

[Rylex]

Calm down, we dont want to get that thread supsended, right?

 

[Jamb0]

I have also been scrolling through the net for years for a solution. I too have tried everything previously mentioned. I have attached a video of Hunt Showdown which uses the Crytek Engine. Kinda hoping the new Nvida 3000 range improves this.....

 

 

[KaeptnKnoppers]

On 9/2/2020 at 7:10 PM, rajl said:

Upgraded what parts?

Everything. really everything except for my headset,mouse,keyboard and monitor. not all at once though. First i thought it was just the gpu, so i changed that. i noticed it didnt change anything, so i built a completely new rig, except for the gpu. i used th einitial GPU at first, and then switched to the one i bought when i thought gpu was the problem. didnt help

[okaysurenoproblembro]

I bought a brand new pre-built. Didn't solve any problems.

[ixDriger]

1 hour ago, okaysurenoproblembro said:

I bought a brand new pre-built. Didn't solve any problems.

Hmmm ,

so i am 99% sure it is the electricity then

 

[VincentArogya]

On 9/30/2020 at 4:21 AM, ixDriger said:

Hmmm ,

so i am 99% sure it is the electricity then

 

Well, I am moving to a different place in two weeks, Far from my current city. So, we'll see if it's electricity or not.

[ChuckS117]

I made an account because after lots of research, it appears that I am now part of that group.

 

I made a new rig, with a clean windows isntall, and the problems appeared.

Old:

4790K

24GB RAM DDR3 1600mhz

Asus Maximus Hero VII

Corsair AX750

Samsung 970 SSD

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3

 

New Rig:

10900K

MSI Meg Unify

16GB RAM 3600mhz

Samsung 970 SSD

Corsair AX750

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3

 

Monitor is an LG 34GK950F with a Display Port connected.

 

I noticed it after installing Overwatch in the new PC, and noticed more of it playing SQUAD.

I thought it was the GPU, so I rebuilt my old system and I noticed the problem was there, too.

 

I brought the GPU back to the new one, did yet another clean windows install and the problem is still there.

 

If you can link the Discord again, I'd appreciate it.

 

EDIT: I'm returning the Motherboard and buying another brand. I don't expect it to fix things after reading some posts here, but the mobo gave me a lot of problems so, who knows, maybe it fixes this one.

[adarsh_techTips]

10 hours ago, ChuckS117 said:

I made an account because after lots of research, it appears that I am now part of that group.

 

I made a new rig, with a clean windows isntall, and the problems appeared.

Old:

4790K

24GB RAM DDR3 1600mhz

Asus Maximus Hero VII

Corsair AX750

Samsung 970 SSD

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3

 

New Rig:

10900K

MSI Meg Unify

16GB RAM 3600mhz

Samsung 970 SSD

Corsair AX750

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3

 

Monitor is an LG 34GK950F with a Display Port connected.

 

I noticed it after installing Overwatch in the new PC, and noticed more of it playing SQUAD.

I thought it was the GPU, so I rebuilt my old system and I noticed the problem was there, too.

 

I brought the GPU back to the new one, did yet another clean windows install and the problem is still there.

 

If you can link the Discord again, I'd appreciate it.

 

EDIT: I'm returning the Motherboard and buying another brand. I don't expect it to fix things after reading some posts here, but the mobo gave me a lot of problems so, who knows, maybe it fixes this one.

https://discord.gg/J3Hdcv

here you go

[CarlRsen]

Hey Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

here is my Story:

In May 2020 I still had my old PC with an I5 6600k and a 3 month old rx580 because my gtx 970 died. Then the new gpu driver 2.4.2 with dx12 ultimate and other stuff arrived. I upgraded to it and from that point on,  I had the same issues. So I decided to buy a new PC with an I9 9900k and a rtx 2080 super and good RAM. the preinstalled driver was 451.48. so the new one with dx12, but this time the nvidia one. The PC had the same issues, so i send it back. I bought another PC. Same issue. Send it back. Then i bought a new PC with 3900x and rtx 2080 super and nice water cooling and all the good stuff. It had the 451.67 drivers installed. Everything was fine. I upgraded to 452.06. Same issues occured. Couldn `t RMA it. Now i am stuck on this pc. I guess i don t have to tell you that reinstall of drivers or OS didn t do anything and changing hardware components changed nothing. So my conspiracy theory after all that suffering? Well, on 2 of my PC`s it occured after gpu driver updates. With amd AND Nvidia. Never had an issue before the new drivers. My guess is, that nvidia and amd drivers have a virus or something in them. The question is, if they doin this on purpose.

[ixDriger]

20 hours ago, CarlRsen said:

Hey Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

here is my Story:

In May 2020 I still had my old PC with an I5 6600k and a 3 month old rx580 because my gtx 970 died. Then the new gpu driver 2.4.2 with dx12 ultimate and other stuff arrived. I upgraded to it and from that point on,  I had the same issues. So I decided to buy a new PC with an I9 9900k and a rtx 2080 super and good RAM. the preinstalled driver was 451.48. so the new one with dx12, but this time the nvidia one. The PC had the same issues, so i send it back. I bought another PC. Same issue. Send it back. Then i bought a new PC with 3900x and rtx 2080 super and nice water cooling and all the good stuff. It had the 451.67 drivers installed. Everything was fine. I upgraded to 452.06. Same issues occured. Couldn `t RMA it. Now i am stuck on this pc. I guess i don t have to tell you that reinstall of drivers or OS didn t do anything and changing hardware components changed nothing. So my conspiracy theory after all that suffering? Well, on 2 of my PC`s it occured after gpu driver updates. With amd AND Nvidia. Never had an issue before the new drivers. My guess is, that nvidia and amd drivers have a virus or something in them. The question is, if they doin this on purpose.

So once you update the driver the issue happens and there is no way to fix it even with returning to the good old drivers like 451.67 as u said ?

 

[CarlRsen]

47 minutes ago, ixDriger said:

So once you update the driver the issue happens and there is no way to fix it even with returning to the good old drivers like 451.67 as u said ?

 

Yep. But i also have a slightly different theory. It started with amd gpu driver update, right? Lets assume the amd driver update had a virus or rootkit in it, that spreads to all components, that have memory in it. My mouse has memory as well. So it maybe could spread from the mouse to a new system too. I always used the same mouse on all the PC´s. So maybe its only amd and nvidia drivers don t have this virus. But i think both companies got hacked and spreading viruses and rootkits through driver updates. To really find out whats happening, we should contact members of the Chaos Computer Club ( CCC), that have the knowdlegde and resources to check for stuff like this.