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    Getting blurry text when not using DX11

    I tried to search around for a solution to this, but had no real luck.

    I put a new computer together with the goal to be able to play WoW on Ultra and Fraps & stream raids and pvp. Everything works fine, except for one thing. As many of you probably already know, you cannot use many of the popular streaming services with DX11 enabled. I am fond of Xfire because I have lots of friends on there from previous use and am fairly familiar with it. When not streaming, I always play the game with DX11 enabled, but when I want to stream I have to disable it. Here is the problem...evident at the log-in screen, without DX11 enabled, ALL text is so blurry and skewed it makes me feel like I need glasses to read it. This is never a problem with DX11 on, only with it disabled. I NEVER had this problem with my previous computer setup, which had the same video card, which is a HD 5750 1GB.

    I'm really not a computer tech or anything, but I can usually manage to fix many of my own problems. This one though, I haven't the slightest clue. Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks!

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    Sounds weird. If you have custom fonts try disabling them?

    You can also try deleting your config.wtf file and re enabling dx11 after that (resets your video settings)

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    No custom fonts or anything like that. This problem occurs with and without add-on's enabled. It's evident at the log-in screen and makes playing the game very hard if you need to read anything.

    I'll try deleting the config file and see what I come up with. Thanks.

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    I had this issue, I highly doubt the problem lies within the game - I believe forcing any kind of AA through the latest 11.2 drivers causes the problem, especially since they added MFAA for 5xxx series cards.

    Go into Catalyst control center > 3D > All Settings
    SmoothVision Anti-Aliasing: tick Application Controlled. Make sure Morphological Filtering is ticked OFF.
    Scroll down a bit...
    Anti-Aliasing Mode: set to Multi-sample AA

    Other settings are irrelevant. Honestly I think it's just Morpho-AA causing the problem with since it applies "smoothing" effects to EVERYTHING, including text, which needs to stay sharp to be readable :P
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    The suggestion Xuvial posted actually worked. Thanks for the tip!

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