Poor anti-aliasing
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I have posted on this topic before but thought I would post one more time to see if we can uncover any new or different ideas.
I love gaming and have a i7-2600k system with GTX780 3GB, SSD Intel 300 series and 8GB Ram. I have a 1200W power system, which I am sure is working correctly.
On the software side, I run my OS and all games on my main C:\ drive, have the most recent updates on Windows 8 and have the most recent Nvidia drivers. I have tried also using Windows 7 and trying to use non-beta or older Nvidia drivers and none of these changes solve my problems.
So - prior to 2010, I had an older system on which I played a number of games. These included World of Warcraft, League of Legends, a bunch of shooters, racing games, etc.
In the past, I never had as bad issues with dithering on edges and poor anti-aliasing in games. I particularly see this in the trees and areas with lighted shadows in World of Warcraft, Grand Theft Auto IV (where it is really bad), Total War Series games, etc...which are all DX9. ESO was so bad I don't even want to play because of the dithering.
However, I also see it in DX10/11 games, like the beta for wildstar, and many, many others.
I have tried every possible thing over the course of a year. I updated my monitor to a 2500x1600 screen. I upgraded my video card.
Many people, much smarter than me about this stuff, have pointed out that many games just have poor anti-aliasing, and that poor optimization of shadows causes annoying jagged edges in many games no matter what you. However, unless I'm delusional, I could have sworn I never had these problems as bad in the past.
I've tried using SMAA injectors, which definitely help in games just as Age of Wonders III, but their benefit is very mixed. For example, they don't work for me in GTA IV.
I've even tried manually anti-aliasing and maxing out settings using the Geforce control panel, and that doesn't work either.
I am kind of at wits end and, as a result, don't even play games that have obvious poor dithering. Basically, I've found myself limited to enjoying games that are mostly top-down, like AoW 3, Diablo 3, Hearthstone, Dota 2, etc, that don't have as much potential for anti-aliasing issues. This is obviously a minor concern in the larger scheme of life, but for my gaming concerns, it has ruined my enjoyment of basically every open-world 3d game like Skyrim, Warcraft, Dishonored, Battlefield, etc.
Any suggestions on what to try? I would really appreciate any new or fresh ideas.
Thanks so much
I have posted on this topic before but thought I would post one more time to see if we can uncover any new or different ideas.
I love gaming and have a i7-2600k system with GTX780 3GB, SSD Intel 300 series and 8GB Ram. I have a 1200W power system, which I am sure is working correctly.
On the software side, I run my OS and all games on my main C:\ drive, have the most recent updates on Windows 8 and have the most recent Nvidia drivers. I have tried also using Windows 7 and trying to use non-beta or older Nvidia drivers and none of these changes solve my problems.
So - prior to 2010, I had an older system on which I played a number of games. These included World of Warcraft, League of Legends, a bunch of shooters, racing games, etc.
In the past, I never had as bad issues with dithering on edges and poor anti-aliasing in games. I particularly see this in the trees and areas with lighted shadows in World of Warcraft, Grand Theft Auto IV (where it is really bad), Total War Series games, etc...which are all DX9. ESO was so bad I don't even want to play because of the dithering.
However, I also see it in DX10/11 games, like the beta for wildstar, and many, many others.
I have tried every possible thing over the course of a year. I updated my monitor to a 2500x1600 screen. I upgraded my video card.
Many people, much smarter than me about this stuff, have pointed out that many games just have poor anti-aliasing, and that poor optimization of shadows causes annoying jagged edges in many games no matter what you. However, unless I'm delusional, I could have sworn I never had these problems as bad in the past.
I've tried using SMAA injectors, which definitely help in games just as Age of Wonders III, but their benefit is very mixed. For example, they don't work for me in GTA IV.
I've even tried manually anti-aliasing and maxing out settings using the Geforce control panel, and that doesn't work either.
I am kind of at wits end and, as a result, don't even play games that have obvious poor dithering. Basically, I've found myself limited to enjoying games that are mostly top-down, like AoW 3, Diablo 3, Hearthstone, Dota 2, etc, that don't have as much potential for anti-aliasing issues. This is obviously a minor concern in the larger scheme of life, but for my gaming concerns, it has ruined my enjoyment of basically every open-world 3d game like Skyrim, Warcraft, Dishonored, Battlefield, etc.
Any suggestions on what to try? I would really appreciate any new or fresh ideas.
Thanks so much
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SirAndy✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Same here, it's implemented poorly and there is still way too much flickering in the distance, especially on shiny surfaces.
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