Which setting is making shadows and distant objects look grainy??

[nightmarevoid]

I've noticed this in multiple games, mostly COD MW remake and CyberPunk 2077. Some nearby shadows and most distant objects will render with a grainy effect, which makes everything look wet. I was okay with it at first but now it's getting annoying. Anyone know what setting is causing this? Is it a universal Nvidia control panel setting? Thanks for the help.

[Action_Johnson]

Could it be a DLSS thing? In my experience with DLSS, it's a not subtle visual downgrade over native res. 

[nightmarevoid]

1 hour ago, Action_Johnson said:

Could it be a DLSS thing? In my experience with DLSS, it's a not subtle visual downgrade over native res. 

I checked on COD and dynamic resolution was turned off and I was rendering at 100% resolution. I'll see if Nvidia Control Panel

 

edit: I should also note that I never let the game change my settings to the "new optimized presets" because it always does some kind of garbage. 

[Action_Johnson]

Could just be how the two games render shadows...

 

You can always try using DSR/VSR and running at a higher resolution to supersample the image, or boost render scaling if the game supports it. It's becoming popular to use temporal rendering, and it can often cause some really weird things to go down. It's VERY noticable in RDR2, Far Cry 5, and FS2020, where your native res isn't really native res...

 

It's hard to explain, but when the image is still, it looks crisp, but the moment you move it goes soft, and the only way to fix it is to crank the resolution scaling or use VSR/DSR.

 

Cranking up the render scaling or resolution to compensate for this, eats up VRAM though. My 5700XT has 8GB of VRAM and it's not quite enough on some stuff like FS2020 or FC5 where the die can render it, but the VRAM capacity is limiting it.