Hello.
I have a question, like in topic - can a cheap, low quality PSU cause graphical problems in video games? Like drastically low draw distance or broken LOD (level of detail)?
My PSU:
SilentiumPC Vero L1 500W (VL1-500)
Full PSU specs: https://www.silentiumpc.com/en/vero-l1-500w-80plus-standard/
Can't find it on ebay or amazon. Made in china, can be bought in Poland easily.
Price - 44 euro if we convert Polish money to euro.
It's not present on Tom'sHardware reccomended PSU list.
Mixed reviews for that PSU - and the 99% of negative reviews are about "unstable PSU voltage" where it leads to hardware stopping responding from time to time, PC turns off, disks go sleep etc. Few negatives about short lifetime too. But many positive reviews there too and cheap price so I've bought it.
I've built my PC not long time ago - I'm using it something about 1 month, so it's new. On Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 there were no problems, but then I wanted to try Windows 10 x64 Pro - about 1 week ago. I've installed Win10 so (not upgraded Win7, fresh install), installed all required drivers and started playing some games. Then I encountered distant objects problems first time. I'm back on Windows 7 now, but same problems there too.
How the problems looks like?
Example problem videos (watch in best quality possible):
(my video, example problems)
https://youtu.be/gUcprmsIopU
1st clip : near bow dot,
2nd clip : rocks
3rd clip : rocks after gate
4th clip : roof out of nowhere
5th clip : shadow on wall
6th clip : shadows, objects, textures on house wall
7th clip : random stuff around
(other guy, I have same issues in same game spots)
https://youtu.be/lgopVwuf_jM
(other guy here, encountering identical problems in games too)
https://youtu.be/zjgoCGRmi98
The objects pops in out of nowhere. No smooth fading. They just triggers near instantly. LOD issues - same, textures quality changes instantly. Same for shadows. When moving around in games, too many instant changes in einvorement. When playing You can't miss it. Graphics looks tragic when everything around pop in, changes, show up/dissapear. I can't play any game with that visual issues. Stopped playing games normally since problems started.
It happens in every game - Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 1, Witcher 3, Lords of the Fallen, even in CEMU Zelda Breath of the Wild emulated...
Searched internet - found some forum threads with same problems, hundreds of threads sites, no clear answers.
Found just three single guys who succeed - one guy changed PSU, one guy switched CPU from Intel to Ryzen, one guy plugged his PC into different house far away from his house.
Many guys tried replace hardware one-by-one, moving parts to different mobo, etc, problem still appears.
Even Nvidia stays quiet - not responding or just says "it's normal in games".
Games graphical options maxed (except Witcher 3 hairworks, just enabled + low quality of it), 1920x1080. Even at low-res, low quality settings distance problem appears,
Bios was updated to latest non-beta build before problem appears, games were working normally.
All Windows 7 Updates downloaded (can't gt any more updates because I5-7500 "theoretically" not supported by Win7 - everyone knows that it's just cash-grab),
All Windows 10 Updates downloaded too.
GPU - latest drivers 385.41, mobo - latest intel chipset, intel VGA, LAN, Realtek sound drivers, everything updated,
Switching to GPU drivers version that I've installed at first Win7 boot don't help too.
Spent a lot of time in Nvidia Control Panel - no success too.
DDU cleaning (driver uninstaller) - nothing changed.
Messing with BIOS settings (Storage, GPU, Chipset, Memory), reseting CMOS - nothing helps.
HPET both in BIOS and windows disabled/enabled - nothing changes, except fps gain in crowded place in Witcher 3 when HPET disabled,
My full PC specs:
PSU: SilentiumPC Vero L1 500W (VL1-500)
GPU: MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X Plus 6GB
CPU: I5-7500 3,4 Ghz with stock cooler
Mobo: AsRock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming K4
RAM: 2x8GB Patriot Viper 4 DDR4 2400 Mhz Dual Channel Kit
SSD: ADATA SU800 256GB
HDD: Toshiba P300 (HDWD110UZSVA) 1TB
DVD: LG SuperMulti GH24NSD1 RBBB
Display: AOC G2260VWQ6 GAMING!
So, can the cheap, budget PSU causing that rendering problems? Maybe I should order some high-quality PSU and check if it solve problems - if not, just RMA it (sadly I don't have access to friend with any good PSU, so impossible to check it). Or maybe it's some sort of software issues because problems started after installing Windows 10? Or maybe try to update my mobo bios to beta version? (in changelog just "Hyper-threading support fix" change and my i5-7500 doesn't even support it).
Thank You for any suggestions.
And please, if You want to tell me something like that:
"it's normal"
"it's game engine limitation"
"it's how the LOD works"
Better don't even write answer. It's not normal. One week ago I had normal graphics on my PC, now it's totally messed up.
I have a question, like in topic - can a cheap, low quality PSU cause graphical problems in video games? Like drastically low draw distance or broken LOD (level of detail)?
My PSU:
SilentiumPC Vero L1 500W (VL1-500)
Full PSU specs: https://www.silentiumpc.com/en/vero-l1-500w-80plus-standard/
Can't find it on ebay or amazon. Made in china, can be bought in Poland easily.
Price - 44 euro if we convert Polish money to euro.
It's not present on Tom'sHardware reccomended PSU list.
Mixed reviews for that PSU - and the 99% of negative reviews are about "unstable PSU voltage" where it leads to hardware stopping responding from time to time, PC turns off, disks go sleep etc. Few negatives about short lifetime too. But many positive reviews there too and cheap price so I've bought it.
I've built my PC not long time ago - I'm using it something about 1 month, so it's new. On Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 there were no problems, but then I wanted to try Windows 10 x64 Pro - about 1 week ago. I've installed Win10 so (not upgraded Win7, fresh install), installed all required drivers and started playing some games. Then I encountered distant objects problems first time. I'm back on Windows 7 now, but same problems there too.
How the problems looks like?
Example problem videos (watch in best quality possible):
(my video, example problems)
https://youtu.be/gUcprmsIopU
1st clip : near bow dot,
2nd clip : rocks
3rd clip : rocks after gate
4th clip : roof out of nowhere
5th clip : shadow on wall
6th clip : shadows, objects, textures on house wall
7th clip : random stuff around
(other guy, I have same issues in same game spots)
https://youtu.be/lgopVwuf_jM
(other guy here, encountering identical problems in games too)
https://youtu.be/zjgoCGRmi98
The objects pops in out of nowhere. No smooth fading. They just triggers near instantly. LOD issues - same, textures quality changes instantly. Same for shadows. When moving around in games, too many instant changes in einvorement. When playing You can't miss it. Graphics looks tragic when everything around pop in, changes, show up/dissapear. I can't play any game with that visual issues. Stopped playing games normally since problems started.
It happens in every game - Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls 1, Witcher 3, Lords of the Fallen, even in CEMU Zelda Breath of the Wild emulated...
Searched internet - found some forum threads with same problems, hundreds of threads sites, no clear answers.
Found just three single guys who succeed - one guy changed PSU, one guy switched CPU from Intel to Ryzen, one guy plugged his PC into different house far away from his house.
Many guys tried replace hardware one-by-one, moving parts to different mobo, etc, problem still appears.
Even Nvidia stays quiet - not responding or just says "it's normal in games".
Games graphical options maxed (except Witcher 3 hairworks, just enabled + low quality of it), 1920x1080. Even at low-res, low quality settings distance problem appears,
Bios was updated to latest non-beta build before problem appears, games were working normally.
All Windows 7 Updates downloaded (can't gt any more updates because I5-7500 "theoretically" not supported by Win7 - everyone knows that it's just cash-grab),
All Windows 10 Updates downloaded too.
GPU - latest drivers 385.41, mobo - latest intel chipset, intel VGA, LAN, Realtek sound drivers, everything updated,
Switching to GPU drivers version that I've installed at first Win7 boot don't help too.
Spent a lot of time in Nvidia Control Panel - no success too.
DDU cleaning (driver uninstaller) - nothing changed.
Messing with BIOS settings (Storage, GPU, Chipset, Memory), reseting CMOS - nothing helps.
HPET both in BIOS and windows disabled/enabled - nothing changes, except fps gain in crowded place in Witcher 3 when HPET disabled,
My full PC specs:
PSU: SilentiumPC Vero L1 500W (VL1-500)
GPU: MSI GTX 1060 Gaming X Plus 6GB
CPU: I5-7500 3,4 Ghz with stock cooler
Mobo: AsRock Fatal1ty B250 Gaming K4
RAM: 2x8GB Patriot Viper 4 DDR4 2400 Mhz Dual Channel Kit
SSD: ADATA SU800 256GB
HDD: Toshiba P300 (HDWD110UZSVA) 1TB
DVD: LG SuperMulti GH24NSD1 RBBB
Display: AOC G2260VWQ6 GAMING!
So, can the cheap, budget PSU causing that rendering problems? Maybe I should order some high-quality PSU and check if it solve problems - if not, just RMA it (sadly I don't have access to friend with any good PSU, so impossible to check it). Or maybe it's some sort of software issues because problems started after installing Windows 10? Or maybe try to update my mobo bios to beta version? (in changelog just "Hyper-threading support fix" change and my i5-7500 doesn't even support it).
Thank You for any suggestions.
And please, if You want to tell me something like that:
"it's normal"
"it's game engine limitation"
"it's how the LOD works"
Better don't even write answer. It's not normal. One week ago I had normal graphics on my PC, now it's totally messed up.