Ideas
Dear EA / Respawn Support Team,
I am reaching out to report a persistent visual bug in Apex Legends that started appearing right after the recent game update. I am playing the game via Steam on a high-end desktop PC with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and a Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor.
I have been playing Apex Legends consistently since Season 2, and I have never encountered a visual issue like this before.
The Issue:
There are persistent corrupted, multi-colored squares (rainbow-colored artifacts) appearing on the ground/terrain, along with glitched, flickering shadows during gameplay. This issue makes competitive play extremely difficult due to constant visual distraction.
Please note that this is NOT a hardware issue, as my GPU temperatures are completely normal (around 51°C under load), and other demanding competitive games run perfectly without any visual issues. This is strictly a software/engine bug related to Apex Legends.
What I have already tried to fix it (None of these worked):
1. Clean Driver Reinstallation: Reinstalled the latest NVIDIA Game Ready Driver using a clean installation method and restarted the PC.
2. Verified Game Files: Used Steam’s official "Verify Integrity of Game Files" feature, and all files were successfully validated.
3. In-game Settings Adjustment: Tested changing different video settings from the in-game menu, but the rainbow artifacts remain.
The issue seems deeply tied to how the game engine interacts with modern RTX 50-series GPUs on the current build. Since the hardware is completely stable, this requires a developer hotfix or a specific compatibility patch.
I have attached screenshots of the issue demonstrating the artifacts and my system metrics overlay for your reference.
I look forward to your urgent assistance or passing this to the development team for a hotfix.
Best regards
thanks for the screenshots as i couldn't take some before reverting back to the 577.00 drivers. 577.00 drivers are very stable and gives me a constant 240 fps. My hardware as follows - Ryzen 7 7700, RTX 4060 8GB, 32 GB DDR5 6800 MHZ RAM.