u/OppositeKaleidoscope

Hi y'alls. This red haze/tint has been appearing in many games with different engines and I still can't find the culprit. It shows in a mix of light reflections and shadows and after trying solutions with forums, AI, mods... (including GPU driver update, DDU, clean reset, tweaking settings both in-game and through nVidia App, shader mods...) I just don't seem to find how to solve it or even if it has a name. If there is anyone out willing to assist or maybe affected by the same issue I would love to help. I'll list the games and behavior when it has happened and leave you my component list in case it is a hardware issue:

• Stellar Blade: It didn't show until I reached the tram section, after that it appears even if I load areas where it was not present. Weirdly enough, both start and pause screens (which are also rendered) do not show this red haze. If I use Photo Mode it will dissapear if I place the camera in very specific spots even if I lool anywhere from there, but if I move the camera it shows again.
• Silent Hill f: It appeared only in daylight environments, all night scenarios were render properly even whith intense light/fire in them.
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: It showed for a bit also in daylight but disappear after tweaking settings.
• Control: It showed for a few sessions but also disappeared with reinstall and settings tweak.
• Ace Combat 7: Disappeared when updated from nVidia driver 576.66 to 610.47 (I was playing Death Stranding 2 and 576 behaved better).

I've intensely played NMS, Warframe, Alan Wake 2, all modern Resident Evil games, Cyberpunk 2077... hours on end with maxxed settings, path tracing, DLSS, and not a single hiccup, relieving me from thinking this is a hardware issue.

My current setup is:

Asus Prime B650M-K
Ryzen 5 9600X
RTX 5060ti 16GB
32GB RAM DDR5 5600MT/s
SDR IPS monitor (I've never used HDR settings either from nVidia, Windows, or game settings)

Benchmark test results:

UserBenchmarks: Game 76%, Desk 116%, Work 76%

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - 113.2%

GPU: Nvidia RTX 5060-Ti - 61.9%

SSD: WD Green SN350 1TB 2G0C - 246.6%

RAM: Unknown 1x31GB - 96.9%

MBD: Asus PRIME B650M-K

No overclocking has been used, no temperature issues.

No other app seems to be affected, and even if a game shows it, the rest of the apps or desktop appear normal. Anyone reading up to this point, I owe you a pint.