I have a graphic issue with the game , the shadows in my game are jagged and flickering . I dont know what to change in the settings or anywhere else … in my video settings the shadows quality is at maximum .
Sounds like you’re overdue to blow the dust out of your computer. Graphics artifacts are often the sign of your graphics card getting a bit toasty.
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TheDarkJedi - i have a whole new PC …
It could be an airflow issue. Cable stuck in a fan. A defective fan. A blocked intake vent.
Graphic artifacts are often the sign of an overheating issue with the card. It can also be a driver issue, try updating your graphics drivers. Lastly it could be a defective graphics card. Just saying
I work in IT, troubleshoot/repairing computers is part of my job.
Sounds like a G-sync problem. If you have g-sync enabled (nvidia control panel), disable it and see if that helps. The other suggestions in this thread are laughable - it’s definitely a software / drivers / settings issue.
First, what card do you have? Is the card chocked on air flow in your system. Is the card dusty? Is the thermal paste on the heat sink applied poorly? Did you run a diagnostic software that shows temps and memory use, etc?
The first step is running D2R with something like afterburner or AMD’s things, depending on your card brand, I’m sure there’s a universal one you can find too. Get some numbers on what’s going on with temperatures, utilization, and VRAM usage. Check that fans are running etc.
TheDarkJedi - The drivers of my graphic card are updated .
Then if it’s an airflow issue ( though I have no idea where it might come from , no intake vent seems blocked …) what should I do ? I probably do not have the knowledge to open my computer and try to fix it myself …
Ascended - ok how do I disable / enable Gsync in Nvidia control panel , on what should i click ?
Tohki - my graphic card is a Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 , I’m pretty sure it’s from MSI .
I have no idea if the thermal paste on the heat sink is applied poorly or not .
I didn’t run any diagnostic software , and I don’t know any .
I do not understand this sentence : « The first step is running D2R with something like afterburner or AMD’s things» what’s afterburner and AMD’s things ?
How do I check that fans are running ?
First of all, if you don’t feel comfortable doing troubleshooting on your system and want a more professional opinion on what the problem is, then I’d recommend you take it to a reputable computer repair shop.
There are tools for monitoring your system temperatures and fans.
Scroll down a bit, and look for “Zip - English”. Extract the zip folder somewhere, and run HWMonitor.
When you run the program, you’ll see a lot of information. It’s categorized by the hardware; Motherboard, CPU, RAM, storage devices and then graphics card. You can collapse the hardware categories you’re not interested in, or scroll down the list until you see your graphics card.
As long as there are no airflow problems, your graphics card shouldn’t get much hotter than 80 Celsius while under load. So run HWmonitor, play D2:R for a little while and then check to see what the max temp readings are.
If your card isn’t getting that hot and you have the graphic artifact issue no matter what, then it’s more likely to be a faulty VRAM chip on the graphics card. If ultimately it is determined this is the case, then I’d recommend seeking a warranty replacement.
I have a graphics card that I use in my machine at work that has a faulty VRAM chip, but it doesn’t impact my work usage… I use it for using multiple monitors… However if I do fire up D2:R which happens on slow days, there are some minor graphic artifacts that do happen, but I only notice them on the main menu.
Unfortunately there aren’t many reliable software tools to test for bad VRAM.
MSI afterburner is software that shows the details of your GPU while it’s running.
New computer makes it even more likely it’s overheating…
Modern GPUs like to do this thing called “silent mode” by default, which will cause fans to not spin below like 70-80C or something. It’s an incredibly stupid “feature” that just nukes the life of the hardware.
Stupid for the consumer, fantastic for the GPU manufacturer.
Absolutely. Buying a top end GPU to run it at 80C, which is technically “within spec”, is terrible. High end GPUs should be used to run games on high settings while staying below 60C. If noise is that important to a consumer, they should learn how to build liquid cooled systems.
You can crank your GPU fans to always run at 100% and the card is better for it. Fans are dirt cheap, so are heat sinks if you want to replace that whole component. All the value is in the PCB.
Eventually they will reach a point where cards are so powerful that adding more transistors won’t make much of a difference. The rasterized image can only get so good before the eye can’t see any more improvement in detail. And anything beyond 240hz refresh rate is overkill. Maybe then they can focus more on improving the power efficiency of graphics cards, that way we don’t need a 1500 watt power supply to play games on high end hardware, along with the risk of melting power cables/fires.
They’ve come a long way since the good ole 4MB Voodoo 1 card. Roughly 1 million transistors and 1 pixel shader… That was it. Now cards are approaching the hundreds of billions of transistors.
Honestly, beyond 120hz refresh is pointless to the human eye. You’ll notice from 60hz to 120hz, but it’s very muted compared to 30hz to 60hz. You’re right, the focus is asininely pointed to a visual fidelity in displays greater than 1660p. It just doesn’t matter. At the power consumptions that we’re seeing in new cards, it’s not a worthwhile endeavor for manufacturers.
I use a 1200 watt PSU for a system that demands 500 watts tops under load. For systems that want 1000+ watts under load, you’ll want those 2000 watt PSUs, and that’s the current maximum for a single unit.
Uninformed consumers are spiraling hardware development into dead ends. The amount of people who will use a 600 watt PSU for a system that wants 400 watts is alarmingly high because they think “well, it’s enough watts”. This is like driving your car at the red line for extended periods of time.
TheDarkJedi- is there a version of this tool in French ?
Also , can someone tell me how do I disable Gsync in Nvidia control panel ?
Nothing is overheating, buddy. It’s nvidia’s fault. I have a 5080 from msi and I’ve had this problem in 3 titles
https://www.reddit.com/r/controlgame/comments/1j59kn4/shadow_flicker_after_rtx50_series_upgrade/
Torment - thanks for sharing this information. Although my shadows flickering problem is more discreet than the one shown in the Reddit video . My shadows aren’t flickering everywhere , just on character and npc’s . Do you also have issues of frame drops and textures popping in front of you ? Because I also have those issues in other games with my 5080
This is happening to me more discreetly. But I think it also depends on the game. When it comes to shadows, in the game callisto protocol I have these discrete location-dependent glitches. Also smaller in this link. However, there are glitches that are clearly a bug and I catch them and it annoys me. I read on this forum that installing nvidia patches helps. In callisto it hasn’t helped yet, but it helped in resident evil 4 where there was a tragedy after running the latest drivers. There are games in which nothing happens. One thing is for sure, it’s their fault, not our hardware’s.
h ttps://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5650
I still have such circuses happening
h ttps://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/562153/anisotropic-filtering-creates-solid-red-gradient-l/