Unusual problem - Anti Aliasing?

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Recently I have noticed a unusual problem in MSFS.

The sim is fully updated I am using the most recent Nvidia Drivers (551.61) on the following PC specification.

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core Processor 3.70 GHz
  • 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz
  • 12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060
  • 2TB CORSAIR MP400 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD
  • 2TB Sabrent Rocket Q M.2 (2280) NVMe PCIe 3.0
  • Windows 10 Home

My specification is as follows.

  • I have travelled around the sun fifty one times.
  • My first Microsoft Flight Simulator was FS5 on CDROM.
  • Generally PC competent.

MSFS Graphics settings as follows.

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_ (1)1920Ă—1080 141 KB

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_ (2)1920Ă—1080 139 KB

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_ (3)1920Ă—1080 137 KB

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_ (4)1920Ă—1080 138 KB

Nvidia Control Panels settings as follows;

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Overall I have a nice balance in sim between performance and visuals.

However I noticed a few days ago that when in full screen mode shimmering and “jaggies” across taxi lines, scenery objects and some other sim elements. When switching back to window mode they disappeared and all everything looks great.

When trying to screenshot the problem it starts to get confusing as there is no evidence of the problem in those images. I took two photos using my phone this morning to try and demonstrate the problem.

The image below is when in full screen.

Full Screen
Full Screen1920Ă—1440 704 KB

Windowed mode below.

Windowed
Windowed1920Ă—1440 180 KB

The problem gets more confusing when if I bring up the Xbox Game Bar (Windows Key +G) in full screen mode the image appears fine. i.e no jaggies etc…

In an attempt to remedy the problem I done the following.

  • Rolled back the Nvidia Drivers to two older versions. This didn’t fix it.
  • Disabled all AA related features in the Nvidia Control Panel. This didn’t fix it.
  • Disabled all features in the Nvidia Control Panel. This didn’t fix it.
  • Cleared the Shader Cache several times in between each driver install. This didn’t fix it.
  • Deleted the Rolling Cache in MSFS. This didn’t fix it.
  • Tried different aircraft (the problem occurred first in the Fenix A320). This didn’t fix it.
  • Loaded the sim at different airports. This didn’t fix it.

It isn’t the worse problem to have in MSFS I’m sure but it really is a head scratcher.

All views, opinions and suggestions are welcome.

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You should reset Nvidia Control Panel to Restore defaults. You don’t need anything in that panel for MSFS. Then turn down the Sharpening.

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You might have done some damage…

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:wink:

I find new damage everyday. Desperately need a rebuild!

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I’ve noticed bad AA on the flight displays since I upgraded to the Deluxe edition of MSFS.

Everything looks “over sharp”. I have a 4080 with a 1440 monitor.

I’ve tried everything from a clean install, to driver roll backs and updates, to every setting combination imaginable.

It’s worse in add-on aircraft for me like FBW or Horizons aircraft. The flight displays shimmer and the text and lines on the displays have the “staircase effect”. It’s not to bad with scenery for me. Again, nothing serious but I can’t understand why it’s happened all of sudden.

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I have already tried disabling all Nvidia Control Panel features but possibly not with the Sharpening reduced.

Would you share your reasons for not needing anything enabled in the Nvidia Control Panel - just curious?

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Everything is already in MSFS settings. With using both, some things can get stacked and tank performance. By far the most stable and best results are used with nvidia settings all set to “let app decide” and then just change the settings inside MSFS.

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