Guild Wars 2

My screen sometimes doesn’t display the game’s graphics correctly whenever I alt-tab. This happens in most games I play and only occurs when I return to the game after alt-tabbing to my browser. It will return back to normal, stay the same, or become worse if I alt-tab several times again. Could anyone speculate what is causing this issue?

I would suggest updating your graphics card drivers. Also posting ur pc specs might help shed some light to the problem.

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I would suggest updating your graphics card drivers. Also posting ur pc specs might help shed some light to the problem.

Intel Core i3-4150
MSI R9 280x 3gb

I have only seen this happen in Source Engine games, but apparently it can happen anywhere, depending on the hardware.

If you are using a laptop (and I believe you are), it might be too weak to handle alt-tabbing out and back into demanding 3D applications, hence the display errors. Try to avoid doing that. Also, are you running the game in fullscreen mode? I recommend you do that, and make sure GW2 is using the same screen refresh rate as your general system settings. If that doesn’t work, try windowed fullscreen instead.

I’m actually using a custom built desktop. I have tried all the methods you insisted, but the problem still exist. I even switched monitors and used other video input interface and they have all failed to correct the problem.

When those artifacts appear, try setting your graphics settings to lowest, then revert back to your usual. Works for me (my artifacts appears randomly instead of after alt-tab)

This used to happen to me with an R7 260x that was factory overclocked, only alt tabbing fixed the problem, didn’t cause it. It would happen randomly in game with no browser open and alt tabbing to desktop and back would usually fix it.

I now have an R7 370 and it has never done this. So it could be the card going bad or power supply not giving enough juice.

In my case I always believed that because it temporarily fixed when I went to desktop and back that the card was overheating. When 2D items display video cards typically use a different clock speed. Next time this happens open world map and see if graphics are corrupted.

Both components might need replacing before you can really isolate which one is at fault.