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Elgsdyr™ Mar 8, 2019 @ 8:45am
Red artifacts in Steam client images
I have a weird problem with the Steam client which has been there for probably a couple of years now:

https://elgsdyr.dk/mess/ShadowOTTR.png

As seen in the image the pure black parts are pure red instead. This problem is only visible in the Steam client and not in any other program at all. If I open the Steam website in a browser, there are none of the artifacts. Also, it's only visible in images/thumbnails in the store pages and in the Friends window. It's not currently visible in the Library section, although I seem to remember that it was some time ago.

Interestingly the problem is gone if I run Steam in Windows Safe Mode, so obviously something is running in the normal mode that seem to conflict with Steam. Note that I run all the latest versions of system software and drivers.

Has anyone experienced this and possibly come across a solution or even an explanation?
Last edited by Elgsdyr™; Mar 8, 2019 @ 8:47am
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Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:
Check Steam settings, enable GPU hardware acceleration.

Or that this is a GPU video driver issue.
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Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Mar 8, 2019 @ 9:29am 
Check Steam settings, enable GPU hardware acceleration.

Or that this is a GPU video driver issue.
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Elgsdyr™ Mar 8, 2019 @ 9:41am 
Thank you so much! GPU Acceleration (for web views) was already enabled so I disabled it and after a Steam restart the issue promptly vanished. To think I've had to live with this for so long...
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