Pixelated Shadows during Cutscenes?
I recently updated my graphic card (NVIDIA EVGA GTX 970 SC 2.0+) drivers (now December 21st version 361.43; clean install) as I was having a couple of odd issues (SWTOR would blink to a black screen...
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This here will explain the hotfix driver
Have you approached EVGA at all ? maybe there is a newer firmware etc to trial
I need to double-check with EVGA. Originally I thought the issue was isolated to SWTOR. However, now that I see it appears to be more widespread I may go back to EVGA. Additionally, I confirmed that the pixelated shadows still appear. I am running the December 21st 2015 driver (361.43). The way I understand it the hotfixes are basically beta drivers, correct? However, if this graphics card has been out for a couple of years now and the issues still aren't fixed, what are the chances of these issues ever being fixed? (Sorry, a bit pessimistic. None of this directed at you). Since you have a 970 also, am I correct in understanding that you also experience some of these problems?
I can give you more info next week hopefully, all going well .... hope internet is working (scheduled for Friday) after moving into house on Thursday.
I have a Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX970 but I do not recall having issues you have currently.
hot fix driver has fixes for 361.43 that they consider bad enough to patch before the next official release
I did some major tweaking within the NVIDIA control panel and applied the hotfix. For the last couple of days or so I have not had a black-out which seems to be a good sign. That could simply be coincidence as they didn't happen that often to begin with when December 2015 drivers were installed. If I look really closely (ie. if my character is standing still) you can notice the pixelation of shadows still creating some odd visual effects. It's nowhere near as bad compared to where I started, but it is still there. I'm going to be following the hotfixes, forums, and release notes closely to see how this situation evolves. Furthermore when I have the time I'm going to talk with EVGA support.
Best of luck getting your internet all set up, I was doing that not too long ago.Ok, yesterday- with the hotfix applied- my game still booted to a black screen. It looks like I'm going to pursue this with NVIDIA and EVGA support. If you set your shadows to Very High do you experience any in-game issues? I know previously you mentioned that you had them turned to Low. Was there any reason for that?
