Question Persistent Visual Glitches in Games

May 8, 2025
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Hi, I’ve been dealing with recurring visual glitches in games. You can see it here

In most games, I’m getting flickering textures, broken animations, and occasional terrain or camera bugs. The issue primarily affects character models and varies in severity, some days it’s barely noticeable, other days it makes games unplayable. This started about a year ago intermittently, every few months it appears for a few days, then goes away. But this time it’s persisted for over a week and shows no sign of improving.
I've found that changing graphical settings has no impact on the visual glitches. Whether it’s a lightweight game with simple visuals or a graphically demanding title, the same issues appear consistently. This suggests the problem isn’t tied to GPU load or settings, but something deeper.

What I’ve tried over the last few days:
  • GPU confirmed not the issue: My 4070 Ti Super works perfectly in a friend’s PC. I also tested a spare 4070 in my system - same glitches.
  • Replaced motherboard (brand new)
  • Replaced PSU and cables (brand new)
  • Clean Windows 10 install on a brand-new SSD
  • Ran MemTest86 (4 passes, 0 errors) and Windows Memory Diagnostic
  • Disabled EXPO, running RAM at default 4800MHz
  • Deleted shader cache, game configs, reinstalled games, moved them to different drives
  • Tried lower PCIe slot for GPU
  • Unplugged all drives except the new boot SSD
  • DDU clean uninstall of GPU drivers, tried multiple versions (old, latest)
  • Disabled overlays and background apps
  • Tried different settings in BIOS
But none of these have improved or changed anything

System Specs:
  • CPU: Ryzen 5 7600
  • GPU: Gigabyte RTX 4070 Ti SUPER (also tested a standard 4070)
  • RAM: 32GB DDR5 4800MHz (EXPO disabled)
  • MB: Gigabyte B850 Gaming X Wifi - Version F4a
  • PSU: Cooler Master GX3 1050W (ATX 3.0)
  • SSD: Kingston A400 1TB (fresh Windows install)
  • OS: Windows 10
Given that the GPU, PSU, RAM, and motherboard are all either new or tested, I’m at a loss. The only untouched component is the CPU, but it really doesnt look like a CPU issue, and I'd expect to have other kind of problems if it was, but no, it's only in games where this happens. I’m also wondering if the case, grounding, or power delivery could somehow be affecting system stability.

If you’ve seen something like this before or can think of a test I haven’t tried, I’d genuinely appreciate your input. I feel like I’m chasing ghosts at this point.
 
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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

Use DDU to remove all GPU drivers(intel, AMD and Nvidia) in Safe Mode, then manually reinstall driver version566.36 in an elevated command, i.e, Right click installer>Run as Administrator and see if that helps alleviates the glitches.

You forgot to mention the make and model of your motherboard and it's BIOS version at this moment of time.

OS: Windows 10
What version(not edition) of the OS are you on?
 
You forgot to mention the make and model of your motherboard and it's BIOS version at this moment of time.
is the BIOS updated as well?
any tools installed other than steam or the game itself?
Right, I added the motherboard and BIOS version.
I realized the BIOS is still on the initial version (F1), so I’m updating it now to the latest one (F4a).
As for software, when the problem first began, I had a pretty cluttered PC so I did a clean Windows 10 install. After that I only had Steam and the games installed. The issue still persisted under those conditions.
 
which graphics details did you set ingame? Compare this to your friends settings, maybe there is something different like shadows or texture/shader detail, model detail or similar
I've found that changing graphical settings has no impact on the visual glitches. Whether it’s a lightweight game with simple visuals or a graphically demanding title, the same issues appear consistently. This suggests the problem isn’t tied to GPU load or settings, but something deeper.