Hi all,

First post/just joined...I'm sorry if this is already posted or solved (please direct me to thread if it is!), but I'm working a lot and don't have time to browse or search through so many threads.

Anyway, please take a look at my screenshots attached; I'm not sure what's causing this, but if anyone could help it would be very much appreciated! I'll post settings below. FYI I've tried tweaking graphics settings, but have had no success yet.

Intel Core i7 CPU
960 @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz
RAM: 6GB
64-bit OS (Windows 7) (All updates)

GeForce GTX 580 (4GB)
Driver Version: 285.62

Graphics Card Settings:
Ambient Occlusion: Quality
Anisotropic Filtering: Application-Controlled
Antialiasing: Application-Controlled
AA Transparency: 8x (Supersample)
Texture Filtering: Clamp
Texture Filtering Quality: High Quality
Threaded Optimization: Auto
Triple Buffering: On
V-Sync: Use 3D App. Setting

SKYRIM Settings & Mods

Settings: Ultra (Highest possible, 1920x1080)

Mods:
FXAA Injector

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Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions you can give me!

Regards,
Andrew

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Nothing wrong with your system, that's all on the game's side. Shadow quality is shockingly poor.

You could try upping the iBlurDeferredShadowMask in your SkyrimPrefs.INI (default is 3), that helps. But there is really nothing you can do about those.

Ah okay, thanks Thomas! I was worried about that...If I "Up the IBlur..." as you mentioned, what is the highest (or suggested) number I should put it to?

Thanks again!!!

32 is as high as you can go, but that will make the shadows look really ugly.

Try 5 or 7 to start.

Iblur just softens the shadows more, so if you like them soft like in Oblivion then higher the better.

Awesome! Thank you two very much!

I think I'll just leave it as is if it's nothing on my end...I tried it but really hate tweaking that kind of stuff unless it really "fixes" the issue, ya know? But honestly thanks so much for taking time to help.

Hopefully the next Nvidia driver or Skyrim patch will hep this out.

Regards,
Andrew

The Line/Wavy shadows is a known issue, especially around fire. Hopefully it is fixed in the next patch.

I also have the 360 version and the shadows have the same issue, maybe it will be fixed in an upcoming patch.

i get this in radiant raiments, makes me feel like im playing a 2002 title on a toaster.