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Weird Shadows on GTX 970

Champion-Craig

I get these weird jagged shadows in pretty much every game I play. I attached some images to showcase it from Star Wars the Old Republic and Batman Arkham City. I've had this shadow issue for quite sometime now and I thought today I'd put some effort into investigating what's up with it.

 

 

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Do you guys have any idea what's up with these shadows? I'd be grateful for any suggestions. 

Thanks for any feedback in advance.

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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not enough MSAA(multi-sample-anti-aliasing) thats your problem. nothing but maby texture quality and anti aliasing

 

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you solve this problem bu going into the settiongs and increasing the one called AA, FXAA, MSAA or similar to a higher value. it may also be shadow quality slider that really low

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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not enough MSAA(multi-sample-anti-aliasing) thats your problem. nothing but maby texture quality and anti aliasing

I have these games on everything maxed is this something I need to do through the Nvidia Control panel?

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I have these games on everything maxed is this something I need to do through the Nvidia Control panel?

if you have GeForce experiense that might be messing with your texturesl, also chek the eddit, the shadow settings may be "hidden" or hard to find in some games

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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And remember too that you don't get the full 4GB either

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And remember too that you don't get the full 4GB either

I get these jagged shadows in some spots in GTA V and I'm only using 2700mbs out of 4000mbs there.

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I get these jagged shadows in some spots in GTA V and I'm only using 2700mbs out of 4000mbs there.

*cough* 3500mb *cough*

 

(it's actually 4096mb)

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Are there any other suggestions? Every single game I play has everything maxed out to the point where I cant increase it any further to remove any jagged shadows. Any other suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated. 

Specs:  CPU- AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5Ghz Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 GPU -EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked  RAM- 16GB 1600MHz (4x4)  HD- Western Digital Blue Hard Drive 1TB  PSU - Corsair CX 750M Case: Corsair 300R OS-  Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013 Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Edition 2013 

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