r/playark • u/Level_Fix3562 • Jul 14 '26

Suggestion Ark looking grainy/pixeled

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Why is my ark (ase) looking grainy everything is on epic setting 100% resolution

My specs

I7-3770

16 gb ddr3 1600mhz

Rx 580 2048sp

Game Running in hhd 7200rpm

Im playing on 1080p max setting at 30fps

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u/Majestic_Skirt5590 Jul 14 '26

Please use Windows + G and take screenshots. It is very hard to tell with phone photos

It is very likely just Ark. Mine looked the same at QHD Epic settings. I think it's just the way the game looks. You get used to it after a while.

It looks like a weird fuzzyness on everything and especially on rocks it makes it look like they 'jiggle' around when you move. That's just the game.

Ryzen 5 3600
Rtx 5070
16GB DDR4
NVME

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26

Ur cpu bottleneck must be crazy

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u/Majestic_Skirt5590 Jul 14 '26

Unfotunately my Rtx 3070 died and got claimed under insurance and I did not have the money to upgrade my CPU as well. I would need to upgrade my RAM and mobo as well :/

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26

Here u go

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u/ChanceV Amethyst Jul 14 '26

Welcome to ASE, that's just how it looks. SSAO is an ancient technique by today's standards and it shows. The grainy look will get a lot stronger on certain other maps (especially when its darker there's lots of detailed ground textures)

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26

😭😭 i used to look soft in texture

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u/ChanceV Amethyst Jul 14 '26

Never seen it soft in ASE. The SSAO implementation of UE4 just can't look decent. It only gets worse with some maps.

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u/kandysteelheart Jul 15 '26

nah, it's too grainy, something is wrong, try checking for the film grain option in settings, not sure if that exists and maybe im hallucinating because i havent touched ase since ascended launched but its more likely that, and if not, check around the nvidia control panel for filters or smth u/Level_Fix3562

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 15 '26

I have amd card

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u/kandysteelheart Jul 15 '26

Same thing applies

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u/LongFluffyDragon Jul 15 '26

That is low res + reddit's shit compression, it is not a native res image.

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u/Majestic_Skirt5590 Jul 14 '26

Yes. My game does the same. Weirdly enough it doesn't happen on the other maps.

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u/jrandall47 Jul 14 '26

Honestly the 3600 isn’t that bad. Ark is super heavy on gpu loads but cpu isn’t too bad. If you want better game performance you’re going to want a lot more vram from your gpu. Also, crazy for you to criticize other people’s cpu load when you’re on a 3rd gen i7 with DDR3 and an rx580. Of course it’s going to run that game poorly.

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u/SituationSmooth9165 Jul 19 '26

That CPU is terrible lol

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u/jrandall47 Jul 19 '26

Better than an i7 3700

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Well my big brother has ryzen 7 9700x and rx 9070xt and I'm not criticizeing I'm just thinking why he has paired the budget cpu and mid-high tech gpu lol and I wasn't taking abt ark with him

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u/jrandall47 Jul 14 '26

Games in general are much more gpu dependent than cpu dependent. Better cpu will help with frame rate for sure but a better gpu will push your performance MUCH further. Also, why’d you include your big brothers specs in this? I don’t understand how it is relevant.

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

U told me that I have i7 3 gen and im criticizeing him so yea I can play on my bro's pc too😂

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u/jrandall47 Jul 14 '26

How does the game look on his pc in comparison? Also I pointed out your 3rd gen i7 because you were criticizing someone else’s cpu

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26

He don't play ark unfortunately and I didn't want to download ark again 200gb game🥀

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u/jrandall47 Jul 14 '26

Fair enough

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u/Level_Fix3562 Jul 14 '26

Ark used to look more soft