Graphics just got worse in front of my eyes

ItsRejectz · April 2015

For some reason my games graphics suddenly just got worse. Not the best picture, but this is what they were like. http://i.imgur.com/2wV5Z42.jpg
but all of a sudden they have turned into this.
http://i.imgur.com/bn9WF7O.jpg
All my menus,UI,HUD, and loading screens all look fine. But for some reason my actual game looks blurry and pixleated. It happened right in front of my eyes and nothing in my settings changed. Ive not the best PC in the world, but i run most things on high and hold a 70 - 100fps.
Best way i can describe what it's like, is like when you change your subsampling quality to low, but its on high

Anyone know why this may of happened?
Thanks

Valve · April 2015

Hi, can you check the resolution in your in-game settings?

Okay, you have subsampling on high so it is probably the following:

When I play in Fullscreen (not Windowed or Windowed Fullscreen) and change the resolution it does the same thing as you showed in your screenshots.

I don't really understand why fullscreen doesn't change the monitor's resolution and only the game's internal render resolution. Some weird programming choice, I guess.

Or maybe it's a bug, who knows.

Hopefully this the problem you're facing, and the information I've provided helps. :-)

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO · April 2015

Your GPU ran out of small pixels, and had to use the huge untouched stash of large pixels. People use too many small pixels these days, and they are in somewhat short supply.

When I was young, we would have been happy to have even the large pixels. All we had was huge pixels, and most of them weren't even moving.

(Seriously, your subsampling quality is obviously not in line with the settings. Change it back and forth and see whether it helps.)

Valve · April 2015

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO wrote: »

(Seriously, your subsampling quality is obviously not in line with the settings. Change it back and forth and see whether it helps.)

I'm not entirely sure that's the problem. It is, of course, worth double checking subsampling, but I trust ItsRejectz when he or she says it's on high.

For example:
Here's two different 1080p screenshots with and without the same problem shown above:

All I did was change my in-game resolution with the game fullscreened.

ItsRejectz · April 2015

Valve wrote: »

Hi, can you check the resolution in your in-game settings?

Okay, you have subsampling on high so it is probably the following:

When I play in Fullscreen (not Windowed or Windowed Fullscreen) and change the resolution it does the same thing as you showed in your screenshots.

I don't really understand why fullscreen doesn't change the monitor's resolution and only the game's internal render resolution. Some weird programming choice, I guess.

Or maybe it's a bug, who knows.

Hopefully this the problem you're facing, and the information I've provided helps. :-)

EDIT: Fixed it thanks @Valve - I changed to Fullscreen windows and it fixed the issue. I am not sure why it changed in the first place though.. Still, thanks man

My Subsample is on high, it's the same settings i have been using for over a year on this game

I even put everything to default and changed to my settings, restarted my PC and its still bad.

I am really confused, because i was running to a stable in game and it changed in front of my eyes. I cant understand why it happened. I just loaded up CS:GO and BF4 and they look fine, so i dont think something on my PC has died

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO · April 2015

I am really confused, because i was running to a stable in game and it changed in front of my eyes.

I can't really say I'm surprised. My experience with this game over the past year has been anything but "stable", if you pardon the pun. Hence my advice to fiddle with the settings back and forth, even though they appeared to be set right. Nice to hear that you solved it, though.

stefan.gustavsonb16_ESO · April 2015

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