Weird issue with certain plants?

@graceymanors  The first thing to do is to check your deviceconfig to make sure TS3 is using your 1050 ti, not the integrated chip.  But if it is using the Nvidia, and given the errors in your dxdiag, as well as the weirdness with the plants, it's a good idea to do a clean uninstall and reinstall of your graphics card driver.  Here's how:

First, download Display Driver Uninstaller from here:

https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1750

You can download a fresh driver here:

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/147966/en-us

Next, take your computer completely offline—disable wifi and/or pull the ethernet cord—and double-click the DDU.exe. Take note of where the file will land, and click Extract. If it's easier, you can copy the path and then paste it into the address bar in a File Explorer window. Open the folder and then Display Driver Uninstaller.exe, and you'll get a message that you're not in Safe Mode. Click OK, then go to Options and enable Safe Mode dialog. Here's a screenshot of what your options should look like:

Close options, and the DDU, and then open the DDU.exe again. For launch options, choose "Safe Mode (Recommended)," and then click Reboot to Safe Mode (you'll need your password, so find it before rebooting). Once you login, you'll see this:

Choose GPU in the dropdown menu (step one), then Nvidia (step 2) if it's not already showing. Then click Clean and Restart (step 3).

Once your computer has rebooted, now back in normal mode, run the driver install .exe in custom mode. Select "perform a clean installation" and install ONLY the GPU driver, the sound driver, and the PHYSX software. Reboot again and see whether the plants look any better.

If this doesn't help, let me know, and I'll explain how to get some more specific data on how your card is behaving.

(Also, thanks again @holger1405.)

Is something wrong with my graphics card? ☹️

I'm not very techy, I'm afraid I'm gonna break stuff lol.

I will try this.Last time I did something, my pin number wouldn't work, it required a password.

Like before locked out of laptop password don’t work I don’t use passwords just pins

what do I do

This is why I didn’t want to do this I have no access now! This my work computer to anyone on that can help?

And because my comp is not connected resetting don’t work

Thank god my backup laptop works.But the fans on that one are old.I will have to take this comp in and see if someone can break into it

@graceymanors  I'm sorry this happened to you (again), but that's why I wrote that you'd need a password, and to not boot into safe mode unless you had it.  Not knowing yours is playing with fire; sooner or later, you'll find yourself in a situation where you need it.  However you get this resolved, you really do need to find your password.  A PIN is convenient but simply not enough.

For the record, I didn't think there was necessarily anything wrong with your graphics card.  The driver—the software that makes the card work—could also be corrupted, and a clean uninstall is the only way to be sure you've removed all traces of the driver before installing the new one.  There are ways to check your card's performance, no password required, but the last time I suggested it, you weren't interested in running the monitoring software.  So I thought this was the best place to start.

Yeah, I went and reset the password.I didn't realize being offline, my new password wouldn't work.

I need to create a new account honestly, because my Microsoft is always having issues with passwords.

I updated it now.

What was the monitoring software? Sounds like that might be easier.

@graceymanors  The software is hwinfo, which you can download here:

https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

Download the portable version, unzip it, and run it from wherever you want, no installation required.  (If you do want to install, click the green button, not the orange one.)  But there's really not much point in running it unless you're going to test in-game.  Your computer won't even be using the Nvidia card for basic tasks, so you wouldn't be able to see any problems.  And while you could force the laptop to use the 1050 ti for something trivial, the real test will only come while it's running TS3 or something similarly taxing.

For what it's worth, I still think a clean driver install is the place to start.  But it's better to run it in safe mode, and for that, you need your password.  On the other hand, I'm not sure how far the reset went, whether it would have removed all traces of the old driver along with everything else.  If you'd prefer, I can ask someone who knows more about Windows than I do.