Graphics Flicker / Artifacts after patch 2.3

Since updating to patch 2.3 today, I have been having graphical issues such as flickering textures and general graphic corruption. This is very prevalent in Mor Dhona and areas with lots of water. Prior to the patch I have had no issues with the game. I have re-installed the video driver, updated to a beta release, and even copied over the game files from my wife's computer who is having no issues.

My video card is an Nvidia GTX 750ti (issues) and hers is an Nvidia GTX 660ti (no issues)

Like I said, we were having no issues before the patch and we were even on last night before maintenance with no issues.

Anyone have any ideas or similar experiences?

Having same problem, running GTX770

Having similar issues over in this thread http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...pulation-Zones

Haven't noticed the UI itself flickering, but moving my camera to certain locations will show squares constantly flickering and the textures looking all distorted. I know my card isn't defective since it was working fine prior to the patch :( hope it gets resolved, hate not being able to enjoy the new content to its fullest.

Took a picture of the flickers and graphic artifacts (looks like random chunks of textures that flash in and out) since the patch. It does not show up in screenshots, so sorry for the bad phone quality..... hope this gets resolved.

http://i.imgur.com/s3squZs.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ZkmW6EJ.jpg

Same problem here :(

I had the same issue yesterday after the patch, most noticeably just outside the entrance to The Rising Stones @ Revenant's Toll in Mor Dhona. The entire UI would flicker - chat boxes and log text would blink erratically, while the icon bars & map and other graphical elements would get distorted. This happened when I changed the camera position/angle or moved my character - it didn't occur when I was still.

My GPU is a NVidia GTX 460, OS is Windows 7 Ultimate.

My UI has been flickering a lot since patch as well - mostly noticeable in busy areas.

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Originally Posted by Kanookie

Haven't noticed the UI itself flickering, but moving my camera to certain locations will show squares constantly flickering and the textures looking all distorted. I know my card isn't defective since it was working fine prior to the patch :( hope it gets resolved, hate not being able to enjoy the new content to its fullest.

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Your card is defective, the faulting component is VRAM., the issue was not prevalent before because memory usage has changed slighty with the addition of new content and engine features.

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Originally Posted by Squa11_Leonhart

Your card is defective, the faulting component is VRAM., the issue was not prevalent before because memory usage has changed slighty with the addition of new content and engine features.

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So you're saying that all of our video cards suddenly & simultaneously went defective at the moment the new update was done. Yeah....

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Originally Posted by Squa11_Leonhart

Your card is defective, the faulting component is VRAM., the issue was not prevalent before because memory usage has changed slighty with the addition of new content and engine features.

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I stress tested the card after the issue popped up with Furmark with no artifacting, and temps were fine (and all other games show no problems). Most that seem to have issues have a gtx 700 series card, so I doubt that they all suddenly went defective.

I also had the game "not loading a piece of the level in time" but I thought it was normal or related to the "Streaming LOD" setting.
It might be a bug after the patch since before this it never happened.
Maybe it's supposed to make the game run faster
(btw I have a GeForce9800GT)

I noticed the UI atleast flickering but I am on ps4 how odd looks like it could be either A: That they made a big oops in the code "It happens" or B: It could be something that was supposed to improve performance but wasnt thought all the way through.

Currently using a brand new GTX750ti which replaced my old ATI 6870

Current issues:
Object flicker - seems to occur on objects that are rendered in unreachable locations. The trees surrounding The Goblet are one that stand out. This happens all the time.
Full screen flicker - this is almost a strobe effect. All menus lose their backgrounds and get replaced with an alpha chequered mesh. Japanese writing appears randomly, overlaid on the English UI components (mostly in the chat boxes). This happens occasionally, I fix it by alt-tabbing out of the game and then back in.

I run the game at max graphics with everything turned on at the highest setting in full screen mode.

I have the same HUD Flickering problem as well, but it isn't just limited to that: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...bient-Audio-PC

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Originally Posted by Kanookie

I stress tested the card after the issue popped up with Furmark with no artifacting, and temps were fine (and all other games show no problems). Most that seem to have issues have a gtx 700 series card, so I doubt that they all suddenly went defective.

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Furmark is a shader tester, it will often not identify faulty VRAM unless the memory controller itself is faulty.

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Originally Posted by Baneus

Object flicker - seems to occur on objects that are rendered in unreachable locations. The trees surrounding The Goblet are one that stand out. This happens all the time.
Full screen flicker - this is almost a strobe effect. All menus lose their backgrounds and get replaced with an alpha chequered mesh. Japanese writing appears randomly, overlaid on the English UI components (mostly in the chat boxes). This happens occasionally, I fix it by alt-tabbing out of the game and then back in.

I run the game at max graphics with everything turned on at the highest setting in full screen mode.

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Also a sign of faulty video memory.

At the very least, try a driver update.

I have the UI flickering issue at PS4 as well - just standing next to FC chest at Old Gridania with minion out and slowly turning camera around will make the UI flicker annoyingly. This is definitelly NOT "faulty" card or drivers. Once the mainenace is over I can upload the video of the issue as well. It seems to be less progressive without minion out (at least for me) but could be just coincidence ... Haven't noticed any artifacts yet nut those might be there as well.

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Originally Posted by HEC

I have the UI flickering issue at PS4 as well - just standing next to FC chest at Old Gridania with minion out and slowly turning camera around will make the UI flicker annoyingly. This is definitelly NOT "faulty" card or drivers. Once the mainenace is over I can upload the video of the issue as well. It seems to be less progressive without minion out (at least for me) but could be just coincidence ... Haven't noticed any artifacts yet nut those might be there as well.

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The flickering UI has been mixed in with this issue but it is not the same as the ops.

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Originally Posted by Squa11_Leonhart

The flickering UI has been mixed in with this issue but it is not the same as the ops.

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Having the same issues as the OP, with the odd artifact here and there with the arrival in 2.3.

Both PC's I've been using have been having similar issues (one was built in the last four days), as have a slew of FC members with graphics cards ranging from low to high end and quite a few others here on the message boards. This is not a 'faulty VRAM' issue. This is a bug in code and should be rectified ASAP.

No, new drivers don't help. Updated to latest. It's very highly unlikely that as soon as 2.3 drops a whole bunch of people's cards are suddenly defective when literally a day before there was -zero- issue.

See thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2259431

Same problem for me as well and it seems to be related to the amount of people on-screen. My chat box and other UI elements will randomly flicker making them impossible to read/use.

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Originally Posted by Olorin

I had the same issue yesterday after the patch, most noticeably just outside the entrance to The Rising Stones @ Revenant's Toll in Mor Dhona. The entire UI would flicker - chat boxes and log text would blink erratically, while the icon bars & map and other graphical elements would get distorted. This happened when I changed the camera position/angle or moved my character - it didn't occur when I was still.

My GPU is a NVidia GTX 460, OS is Windows 7 Ultimate.

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Update: I had the same kind of graphical interlacing that Kanookie mentioned here. Happened in a pretty low traffic area - The Goblet. Was looking down at the bottom of the waterfall and the pool was all patchwork.

Gonna do a driver update when I get home tonight & see if that changes anything.