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6600 XT Poor Image Quality

FrankyP1212 said:
Maybe the image of the windows user is not the best example. It is blurry overall not only there and the gamign experience is really poor (not smoth, bad image quality despite high fps)

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Here is a screenshot of me playing fortnite. On the left the gpu clock and watt usage are very low. maybe someone can can read those stats better. The fps is also ver low ( this is perfromance mode)

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I really don't know what to expect from Fortnite in terms of GPU usage. Maybe performance mode locks the game to 60 fps, and consequently your GPU isn't used much? Just guessing, though.

In terms of image quality, I still don't see what I should be looking at. Everything looks normal to me.
 
the 60fps looks like it's capped or vsync on.
 
1080p panels that are >24in have really low pixel density I think thats what hes on about
looks perfectly normal for a 1080p 27in ish display
 
I had a similar experience as you with my Gigabyte Gaming Pro OC 6600XT. Not the poor image quality but the gaming experience. I tried several methods including wipe + reinstall Windows 10 and 11 , latest AMD GPU and chipset drivers with no luck. The FPS counter would indicate 80+ both in Steam and Afterburner but the gameplay felt like 30-40. I could not explain it but when I switched over to Nvidia the issue was gone. For you- I would suggest trying out one of the older versions of the chipset drivers, something like 3 months old. That actually didn't solve the issue with my card BUT it did solve a frequent 'No signal' error on my Samsung TV while switching resolutions. I hope that works for you though, as there really isn't anything else that is suspect.

B550 Previous chipset drivers:
 
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OneMoar said:
make sure you turn all the processing bullshit off on the monitor its self
msi monitor suck donkey duck out of the box
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Yeah, that. What a way to put it. :laugh: :)
 
OneMoar said:
1080p panels that are >24in have really low pixel density I think thats what hes on about
looks perfectly normal for a 1080p 27in ish display
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Yeah, the screenshots (output from the GPU) are perfect.
If the monitor looks like ass then it's some shit the monitor is doing on the image.

You say your laptop looks good and the desktop GPU looks bad - are they using the same source input on the monitor and are they running at the same resolution/refresh rate/signal format. I'm asking because your monitor might be applying some gaming bullshit filters to a 1080p/HDMI/144Hz/4:4:4 image but not to a 1080p/HDMI/60Hz/4:4:4 image.
 
Chrispy_ said:
Yeah, the screenshots (output from the GPU) are perfect.
If the monitor looks like ass then it's some shit the monitor is doing on the image.

You say your laptop looks good and the desktop GPU looks bad - are they using the same source input on the monitor and are they running at the same resolution/refresh rate/signal format. I'm asking because your monitor might be applying some gaming bullshit filters to a 1080p/HDMI/144Hz/4:4:4 image but not to a 1080p/HDMI/60Hz/4:4:4 image.
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Monitor is set on 144 Hz in windows and is also being displayed as 144 Hz in the computer menu

FrankyP1212 said:
Monitor is set on 144 Hz in windows and is also being displayed as 144 Hz in the computer menu
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monitor menu*

Tetras said:
I'd have thought the power used should have been way more than that, it looks more like only from the PCI-E slot or something. Have you tried another power cable?

Do your scores in stuff like 3D Mark reflect what other users get?
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FrankyP1212 said:
No it was capped at 160 fps no vsync
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I get that you set it to 160, but it's being capped somewhere else. Does it drop below 60 or is it just constant 60?
 
Okay so I created a completely new USB drive with windows and completely reisntalled it clearing all previous partitions adn the colors and resolution look beautiful for the smoothness I will have to check in games. So far so good let's see if this keeps up and solved my problems.

Updates games still do not feel smooth though.
 
Problem still persists. Now I downloaded HWMonitor and some stuff with the GPU voltages, power and clocks seem off. Anyone can read these and perhaps can see if this is the cause of the issue? Thanks in advance.
 

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FrankyP1212 said:
What can be the cause of this?
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Could be the game/drivers -- your 3dmark is doing fine, but 3dmark is synthetic and boosts your clocks, so something is causing the game itself to run in idle.

Can you do a Timespy run with HWmonitor open and then re-send that same screen? That way we can see what it SHOULD boost to. Also try the clock enforcer... might make a difference in your current situation.
 
Is there anything different that you're doing in game that doesn't happen when running 3D Mark? Running in windowed mode maybe? Some app that you only use when you game?

Is the image quality issue completely resolved now?
 
By the way. I also have an issue with my microphone on this newly built pc, it works perfectly on my laptop but when I use it with the new pc it is not working properly not matter what I do either. I am starting to sense that there is a connection between these issues that might be Motherboard or PSu related.
 

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By the way. I also have an issue with my microphone on this newly built pc, it works perfectly on my laptop but when I use it with the new pc it is not working properly not matter what I do either. I am starting to sense that there is a connection between these issues that might be Motherboard or PSu related.
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I don't think it's hardware related for this reason:
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Microphone is another software thing IMO... that if the software doesn't switch to it it wont work etc. The jack itself and the circuits are super simple, and it's a bit of either they work or they don't kind of thing.

During 3dmark your rig works exactly as intended. But during your game your rig is idling at 20W instead of boosting to 136W as intended. It's definitely some software stuff that's not behaving properly - since you reset windows already try re-downloading drivers for that motherboard - updating the bios etc.
 
phanbuey said:
I don't think it's hardware related for this reason:
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Microphone is another software thing IMO... that if the software doesn't switch to it it wont work etc. The jack itself and the circuits are super simple, and it's a bit of either they work or they don't kind of thing.

During 3dmark your rig works exactly as intended. But during your game your rig is idling at 20W instead of boosting to 136W as intended. It's definitely some software stuff that's not behaving properly - since you reset windows already try re-downloading drivers for that motherboard - updating the bios etc.
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All Mobo drivers are freshly installed, and bios is the newest just updated it some days ago.
 
Ihave same problem but the problem was setting on my monitor.try to setting monitor
 
Tesla92 said:
Ihave same problem but the problem was setting on my monitor.try to setting monitor
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Monitor settings are the deafault out of the box settings. No issue with them at all. I can change stuff but it makes no difference with the issue. So I just reset to default which work fine.
 
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FrankyP1212 said:
Monitor settings are the deafault out of the box settings. No issue with them at all. I can change stuff but it makes no difference with the issue. So I just reset to default which work fine.
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I was changed something for sync I think and I saw a difference. Give a try and see if something happen.
 
I have a similar system here, a 3300X @ 4.5 all core with 6600XT @ stock and RAM/IF @ 3733. I noticed OP mentioned low fps in Fortnite. I don't play Fortnite, but installed it only to do a test run. I was just driving around at full speed in Battle Lab mode. You can see the stats and the detailed settings I used in my screens. Gameplay feels smooth in general, but there was occasional noticeable stutter.

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Hopefully we can use this baseline to help OP troubleshoot his game problem.
 
Wow, this thread is still going?

Since @QuietBob also has a 6600XT you two should run some repeatable, consistent benchmarks like heaven/superposition/Firestrike (assuming QB is willing) and compare to see if the low usage and blur is specific to certain games or not. Nevermind, your Time Spy result of 9700 is very close to the expected 9900 average score for a 6600XT. The blur is weird because I've yet to see any evidence of it in screenshots or photos despite poor image quality being the thread title. Maybe I'm missing something but @FrankyP1212 can you post an image or photo of the blur and circle the bit you think is blurred please? Make use of zoom/magnify/whatever - at the moment every single image posted in this thread is as it should be - every pixel edge that should be sharp is pin-sharp and the only soft edges are those antialiased edges that are supposed to be soft.

This here:
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That is the opposite of soft. That is so crisp and un-softened that it actually would look better if it were softened by antialiasing.

At the moment it's looking like faulty something (we haven't ruled out faulty user yet) because there's a lot of conflicting symptoms in this thread.

If we can move on from image quality issues, changing the topic title to something more accurate like "6600XT low GPU usage in Fortnite" might bring in more hits from people who have experienced that exact combination and can provide some insight.
 
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QuietBob said:
I have a similar system here, a 3300X @ 4.5 all core with 6600XT @ stock and RAM/IF @ 3733. I noticed OP mentioned low fps in Fortnite. I don't play Fortnite, but installed it only to do a test run. I was just driving around at full speed in Battle Lab mode. You can see the stats and the detailed settings I used in my screens. Gameplay feels smooth in general, but there was occasional noticeable stutter.

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Hopefully we can use this baseline to help OP troubleshoot his game problem.
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Thanks for posting this . In fortnite I get decent fps aswell using Direct X 12 but with DX 11 and performance mode there are issues. Just out of curiosity you can see if you have the same issue in these rendering modes. However, I have come to the conclusion that it is a hardware problem I have and I do not want to bother you guys anymore, I will try to work with a repair shop to hopefully find the root of the issue and see what part is faulty.
 
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