Anti-aliasing not working for any game on my PC

[xquizt]

Hey I'm praying that someone has some insight into a very troubling issue I have been having for the past 6 months. I suddenly began having an issue where after formatting my PC, I realized that all my games had horrible jaggies and aliasing going on everywhere as if Anti-aliasing from both the game and my pc was simply not working or off. I've tried everything from reformatting, trying different monitors and have now gone as far as buying a completely new PC that has Windows 10 instead of my previous pc which was running windows 7 AND STILL HAVE THE ISSUE. Despite buying a completely new pc, i still have this issue where all of my games simply have no AA at all. No matter how much I try to force it through the nvidia control panel or nvidia inspector, there is simply no AA in any of my games now and jaggies and shimmering are all over. It's mind boggling and has me clueless at this point that I've bought and entirely different and new pc and the issue is still here.


-So basically, all I know is that this problem can't be hardware based because I've purchased and completely new pre-built PC and am still having the issue.

 

[Artas1984]

This is, quite frankly, unbelievable.. You bought a new PC just so that you could play with AA and you still can not enable it? What? Can you post pictures in games where there are options of AA? Please update your gaming rig in your profile, we need to see what you have.

Also, if you had this issue for the last 6 months with your old PC, this then can not be "suddenly"... Are you telling me that with the same games but on totally different hardware you can not apply AA? I've never heard anything more absurd that this, although it does not mean that i do not believe that there is a problem in your rig, perhaps you might try to explain this a bit more fluently and with some pictures...

 

[qubit]

This is, quite frankly, unbelievable..

Ya, agreed. I don't think our OP is trying to hoodwink us though, he's just very confused. Heck, I've heard stories of people buying a new PC just because their old one got infected with a virus. Seriously.

 

[jboydgolfer]

fill out your specs OP.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Interesting. This is the second thread this month about AA not working. It looks like it may not be a one-off.

 

[64K]

On the other thread he is saying these are some of his specs

i7 7700k
GTX 1080
Windows 10

And that he's even tried different cables and a different monitor

"I've tried using a different DVI cables and even an HDMI cable with a different monitor and the jaggies / aliasing are still all there. It's really irritating because objects with fine lines in the distance shimmer and move and its distracting. I used to not have this problem and it just suddenly started happening and not even buying a completely new PC has fixed it. Can it be power? electricity? grounding? It sounds far fetched that any of those can cause such a specific problem as the anti aliasing not working at all but i have no clue what to think at this point"

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/gtx1080-no-anti-aliasing.231661/page-2#post-3638640
Post #31

OP I see you say you got a completely new PC but I'm wondering if you just swapped the
1080 into the new PC?

 

[jboydgolfer]

its gotta be turned off somewhere in settings. or the first ever anti-aliasing biased system wide glitch . "AA'cism"

 

[rtwjunkie]

its gotta be turned off somewhere in settings. or the first ever anti-aliasing biased system wide glitch . "AA'cism"

Skynet started small.....oh wait, that hasn't happened yet!

 

[JATownes]

I'm not being insulting by these questions, just want to cover the basics first. To clarify:

1.) You are using the dedicated graphics and do not have the monitor plugged in to the IGP;
2.) Newest drivers installed after a clean uninstall of the existing drivers?

Again, I know these are remedial questions, but as I do not know you, thought it was appropriate to ask.

JAT

 

[DRDNA]

I did read somewhere issues with Creators and NVidia.....I think that's why they released 381.65 which said this
New Features

• Added support for Windows 10 Creators Update.
• Added DTS X and Dolby Atmos support for 5.1.2 speaker configuration.
• Added Dolby Vision support for games.
• Added NVIDIA® AnselTM support for Snake Pass and Kona.

On the other thread he is saying these are some of his specs

i7 7700k
GTX 1080
Windows 10

I however don't have that issue and have yet to update to 381.65 and I'm running Creators but I have a GTX960 and his is a GTX 1080 so you never know.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I think @DRDNA may be on the trail at least...possibly a Pascal combined with Creator's Update of W10, and a certain driver number.

Edited to change Maxwell to Pascal....had a brain fart with @DRDNA mentioning 960.

 

[RejZoR]

You guys do realize that 90% of games don't support MSAA anymore, right? It's the rendering method of new engines that prevents this. Basically only DX9 and older games still support it. For new games, you'll have to use FXAA, MLAA or SMAA post-processing methods...

 

[Nabarun]

I just wanna know what games and what settings he is using. Also, this might be a long shot, but I hope he isn't confusing tearing with aliasing. It's quite possible that his 1080 is too powerful for his 1080p monitor which probably is 60Hz.

 

[RejZoR]

You CANNOT force Anti-Aliasing in new games. It just doesn't work. You have to either use FXAA setting in NV CP or use DSR feature which is essentially SuperSampling without reverse scaling (normal SS enlarges and scales the image back to native resolution, DSR just enlarges it and fits it into your screen). Which is why text and GUI can look tiny with DSR where with proper SS, it would remain of the same size.

 

[Mycelium]

Hey I'm praying that someone has some insight into a very troubling issue I have been having for the past 6 months. I suddenly began having an issue where after formatting my PC, I realized that all my games had horrible jaggies and aliasing going on everywhere as if Anti-aliasing from both the game and my pc was simply not working or off. I've tried everything from reformatting, trying different monitors and have now gone as far as buying a completely new PC that has Windows 10 instead of my previous pc which was running windows 7 AND STILL HAVE THE ISSUE. Despite buying a completely new PC, i still have this issue where all of my games simply have no AA at all. No matter how much I try to force it through the nvidia control panel or nvidia inspector, there is simply no AA in any of my games now and jaggies and shimmering are all over. It's mind boggling and has me clueless at this point that I've bought and entirely different and new PC and the issue is still here.


-So basically, all I know is that this problem can't be hardware based because I've purchased and completely new pre-built PC and am still having the issue.

I'm having the same issue it sounds like. I am not even seeing anti aliasing being applied to my desktop icons, web browsers, videos. Everything looks like a bloody mess. Games look decent but the jaggies and shimmering textures bug the hell out of me. I built a new gaming rig this week to try and get rid of it, but my new pc is displaying the same problems. I didn't reuse any of the components from my old PC, so there is no way it's the hardware. I'm starting to think that the problem involves my electricity or something crazy like that. That's literally the only thing that my two pc's have in common.

 

[MrGenius]

Pics or it didn't happen. Seriously. Where's the screenshots or vids of this supposed weirdness?

I was going to say lay off the hallucinogens. But let's assume it's possible. For now....

 

[basco]

you dont have some audio box beside your monitor or other magnetic stuff?

 

[Mycelium]

Pics or it didn't happen. Seriously. Where's the screenshots or vids of this supposed weirdness?

I was going to say lay off the hallucinogens. But let's assume it's possible. For now....

http://imgur.com/a/emcP8

you dont have some audio box beside your monitor or other magnetic stuff?

Just my blue yeti mic, but the problem existed before I ever had the microphone.

 

[EarthDog]

http://imgur.com/a/emcP8

thkse parts you circled??????

Look at the bars on the window... if there was no aa there, that would be jagged...the pillars.... etc...

Do you know what aa does? I dont see it where you hvae it circled..

 

[P4-630]

http://www.windowscentral.com/how-make-text-easier-read-using-cleartype-windows-10

 

[rtwjunkie]

thkse parts you circled??????

Look at the bars on the window... if there was no aa there, that would be jagged...the pillars.... etc...

Do you know what aa does? I dont see it where you hvae it circled..

I'm not seeing it either.

 

[Mycelium]

I'm not seeing it either.

Well, you are blind then. There is clear proof of aliasing in each of those pics. Anyways, I came here to get help, not to be derided. Take care.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Well, you are blind then. There is clear proof of aliasing in each of those pics. Anyways, I came here to get help, not to be derided. Take care.

No one is deriding or berating you. We can't help you fix a problem if we can't see one. Maybe provide us some better examples?

 

[Steevo]

Looks like you are running a lower than native resolution and are seeing scaling artifacts.

 

[MrGenius]

I see what you're seeing. But in my opinion it's normal. You're expecting a level of perfection that can't be reached with current technology. There's a limitation on what you can do with pixels.