Archicad blurry (fuzzy/pixelated) lines and text

[mmbrajohan]

Hi guys.

I built a new PC, and I encountered a fuzzy line issue with my archicad display.

First I used a GTX1050 but I switched to a RTX 2070. The 1050 was definitely worse than the 2070, but the issue is still there.

I also have a 32" 1920x1080 screen. I though it might have been the screen's pixel density that caused the problem, but when I zoomed in and out, the fuzziness (pixilation) would remain the same size. When opening an exported PDF of the layout, everything seems crisp.

There is also some ghosting around the text.

I have tried setting custom settings in geforce control panel, but it doesn't work...

I almost feels as if archicad is running at lower resolution?

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Podolsky]

Maybe wrong driver? Did you read in GS help center recommendations about GPU?
Very often update to correct driver solves such problems.

[Karl Ottenstein]

mmbrajohan,

What version of ARCHICAD are you running?

In the geforce control panel is Vertical Sync turned off?

Do you have some antialiasing settings enabled either in the graphics card settings or in ARCHICAD 2D (Work Environment > User Pref Schemes > Advanced Redraw Options ?

Do you have Windows set to zoom or shrink content ... or is it set to display at 100% of actual display resolution?

[mmbrajohan]

Podolsky wrote:
Maybe wrong driver? Did you read in GS help center recommendations about GPU?
Very often update to correct driver solves such problems.

I installed the latest Geforce Drivers... Should I look at other ones?

[mmbrajohan]

Karl wrote:
mmbrajohan,

What version of ARCHICAD are you running?

In the geforce control panel is Vertical Sync turned off?

Do you have some antialiasing settings enabled either in the graphics card settings or in ARCHICAD 2D (Work Environment > User Pref Schemes > Advanced Redraw Options ?

Do you have Windows set to zoom or shrink content ... or is it set to display at 100% of actual display resolution?

Hi Karl.

I am on AC23.

I have tried Vertical Sync On & Off. Same thing.

I have tried various AA settings in Control Panel and Archicad as well...

The zoom level is also set to 100%.

Archicad also makes a wierd blur thing when I let my mouse hover over elements.

[Podolsky]

I proposed to look into driver, because sometimes wrong driver can cause serios troubles with screen and performance. I had experience seeing one guy, who was working for several months (!!!) on wrong driver. It was bloody slow and annoying. I actually needed to yell on him a little bit, that he would open his eyes and read an article about drivers on Graphisoft web-site - and problem after been solved in 5 minutes.
So, my advice - first search information about video cards tested and recommended by Graphisoft.
Second - check is your video card in the list. Third try to figure out, is your driver is the same driver recommended by Graphisoft. Ley say maybe Graphisoft do not recommend to use latest but you need to install previous or something like that.
If all that research will not help you - then you need to put pressure to local technical support. Or. You can put pressure on local technical support (from where you bought ArchiCAD, if you actually do bought it) - and then they can do all article searches for you and all this numbers from one to three and you take day or two off to enjoy beautiful summer.

[runxel]

Looks like you have disabled anti-aliasing.

[mmbrajohan]

Podolsky wrote:
I proposed to look into driver, because sometimes wrong driver can cause serios troubles with screen and performance. I had experience seeing one guy, who was working for several months (!!!) on wrong driver. It was bloody slow and annoying. I actually needed to yell on him a little bit, that he would open his eyes and read an article about drivers on Graphisoft web-site - and problem after been solved in 5 minutes.
So, my advice - first search information about video cards tested and recommended by Graphisoft.
Second - check is your video card in the list. Third try to figure out, is your driver is the same driver recommended by Graphisoft. Ley say maybe Graphisoft do not recommend to use latest but you need to install previous or something like that.
If all that research will not help you - then you need to put pressure to local technical support. Or. You can put pressure on local technical support (from where you bought ArchiCAD, if you actually do bought it) - and then they can do all article searches for you and all this numbers from one to three and you take day or two off to enjoy beautiful summer.

I couldn't find any articles relating to the drivers needed for the card in relation archicad...

I will try an older version and see if it works and maybe contact support if need be.

Please don't yell at your employees... Poor guys are just there working all day for you.

[mmbrajohan]

runxel wrote:
Looks like you have disabled anti-aliasing.

It is not disabled. I have various settings from on to 8x etc...

[runxel]

mmbrajohan wrote:

runxel wrote:
Looks like you have disabled anti-aliasing.

It is not disabled. I have various settings from on to 8x etc...

I mean in Archicad, not in the driver.