Forum Discussion
Shimmering text while scrolling: just me?
v-gapart Speak of the devil, I just got the issue again.
https://streamable.com/h86aw
1) Occurs on any website seemingly
2) Reproduced on two systems (one laptop, one desktop: both use the same Edge & Windows builds)
2) Scrolling that tab will stop the shimmering
3) Only some text is affected, perhaps only <p> paragraph? Images on the page do no shimmer nor do buttons or other text.
4) As long as the text is shimmering, Edge has high CPU & GPU usage (both pegged at 25% to 30%, even though it's just rendering two simple text-only tabs)
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro x64 1803 (Build 17134.885)
Microsoft Edge Version 77.0.223.0 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
This is the latest Windows for this branch, but not 1903 yet.
Have you considered using the Microsoft Edge Insider Build Canary Channel to test it there as well?
Microsoft Edge Insider Channels - Download
Gabriel
v-gapart I can confirm the bug has reappeared on another dev build, at the same URL.
Windows 10 Pro x64 1803 (17134.885)
Microsoft Chromium Edge Version 77.0.230.2 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
It's still not Canary, but it's definitely a newer build. This is on a Dell Inspiron 13:- 13.3" 1080p @ 125% DPI (set in Windows)
- Core i5-6200U (GPU driver 23.20.16.4973)
- 8 GB RAM
- Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB SSD
Have you tried turning off hardware acceleration? bad/outdated graphic card drivers or no graphic card drivers at all can cause that. also check edge://flags see if you accidentally enabled any flags related to the rendering.
I also suspect that 120Hrz refresh rate. can you check see if the same issue happens when you run at 60Hrz? maybe there is a conflict in V-sync and screen refresh rate. a video footage would really help.
HotCakeX Thank you for the reply. Let's clear up a few things....
- Graphic drivers are updated. I have this bug on two different systems with wildly different GPUs, with multiple graphic driver versions. To clarify, the 120 Hz system uses a NVIDIA GPU + Intel iGPU and the 60 Hz Dell system uses just the Intel iGPU. Both have been updated (the Dell has had the bug on both Dell's stock driver & Intel's more updated driver).
- This cannot be a 120 Hz issue, unfortunately: the Dell Inspiron 13 (a laptop) only has a 60 Hz screen.
- No rendering flags touched on either machine. Both have tracking prevention on. However, the first occurrence was far before the tracking prevention ever shipped, even in edge://flags.
- Actually, I did send video footage. 😉 I completely agree: it's the only way to share this kind of bug. 😞 Please see here. Wait: are you saying you saw the video and you actually could not see the shimmering? A few of my colleagues, though with a few more gray hairs, couldn't see it. But, the video footage should make it super clear.
V-Sync is not being forced by me. If anything, Edge would control V-Sync, not the user. But...this bug doesn't seem to be a V-Sync / refresh rate bug because it only affects certain text on a website. V-sync / refresh rate...would affect the entire website.
Unless you have a different hypothesis?
Please do view the video footage above, HotCakeX . I think you might be onto something, but hopefully I've cleared up any misconceptions.
I'll try turning off hardware acceleration!
Happy to help share more 🙂
