Question I launched Starfield for the first time in ages and now I have artifacts when I pause ?

[StutterB0B]

I recently decided to give Starfield another go and noticed when I pause I now get artifacts on the screen sometimes. It is not always in the same spot or of the same severity. Drivers are up to date and the GPU is brand new. I've run other games and they don't have this issue. Should I be worried or is this just a Starfield thing?

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[LordVile]

 

[boju]

%LOCALAPPDATA%

Copy that into search bar. Navigate to Starfield and delete pipeline.cache. It's a cache file and it'll rebuild quickly, hopefully does the job if you're still having problems.

 

[StutterB0B]

%LOCALAPPDATA%

Copy that into search bar. Navigate to Starfield and delete pipeline.cache. It's a cache file and it'll rebuild quickly, hopefully does the job if you're still having problems.

Tried this to no change. Unfortunately I'm having this same issue with Age of Wonders 4 now. So it looks like I may have to go through the RMA process with ASUS.

 

[boju]

What graphics is it? Edit, 5080, just seen your other thread, i would try a previous driver, second or so from the latest. Do manual search at geforce.com/drivers to get the list of different driver versions.

Amd should have similar approach to clean install but with Nvidia when you do the clean install option it removes shader cache files, that might help as games will rebuild them. There are other ways to clear shader cache if you lookup it up.

 

[StutterB0B]

What graphics is it? Edit, 5080, just seen your other thread, i would try a previous driver, second or so from the latest. Do manual search at geforce.com/drivers to get the list of different driver versions.

Amd should have similar approach to clean install but with Nvidia when you do the clean install option it removes shader cache files, that might help as games will rebuild them. There are other ways to clear shader cache if you lookup it up.

I rolled back the drivers to multiple older versions and nothing was resolved. I uninstalled Starfield then reinstalled to rebuild shaders and fix any corrupted textures just incase. Looks like I am going to have to RMA this unit.

 

[boju]

Yeah probably. Reconnect the 12vhpwr plug to the card just incase there's something up with that.

And update motherboard bios. Not just for the card but other issues surrounding 13/14th gen, should be on the latest bios anyhow.

 

[StutterB0B]

Yeah probably. Reconnect the 12vhpwr plug to the card just incase there's something up with that.

And update motherboard bios. Not just for the card but other issues surrounding 13/14th gen, should be on the latest bios anyhow.

Oh don't worry the second they had new BIOS for the 13th/14th gen I made sure to get it. I'd of hated to have my CPU off itself lol.

After a lot more searching I came across someone else with the exact same issue as me here and looking at the comments it's a common 5080 issue with starfield and is more than likely just a driver issue so an RMA may not be needed. Maybe a Age of Wonders 4 issue as well since I saw it there as well. Though only the one time during a long session and a game restart seemed to fix it.