Weird bug / artifacts

Hi Bartosz，

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I'm Hahn and I'm here to help you with your concern.

Based on the information you provided, this problem is most likely related to your graphics card driver.

First of all, I suggest you can go to the official website of the graphics card brand to reinstall and update the graphics card driver. Try to see how it works.

You mentioned that you can turn off GPU acceleration in the browser settings and everything shows up fine, you can press "Alt + Shift + I" in Edge to open "Send Feedback" and send this issue to Microsoft Edge team.

It is recommended that you temporarily turn off GPU acceleration and wait for the Microsoft Edge team to fix this problem in the subsequent version update.

In addition you can also try the following methods:

1. Repair Microsoft Edge

Go to Start > Settings > Apps > Apps & features.

In the apps list, select Microsoft Edge and then select Modify. 

When prompted Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?, select Yes.

Make sure you're connected to internet and select Repair. Your browser data and settings shouldn't be affected by repair.

2. Clean boot

"Clean Boot" starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and boot programs so you can determine if a background program is interfering with you.

Please refer to the following links for how to do this:

How to perform a clean boot in Windows - Microsoft Support

Disclaimer: A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. It helps to determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program and to isolate the cause of a problem.

These steps of "clean boot" might look complicated at first glance. However, to avoid any trouble for you, please follow them in order and step-by step so that it will help you get you back on track.

3. Perform DISM and SFC scans

Search for “cmd” inside Windows search bar. Right click on command prompt and click on Run as administrator.

Type the following command and press Enter to run a full system scan to check the integrity of system components:

sfc /scannow

DISM is used when a sfc/scannow command is unable to repair corrupted or modified system files.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

This command will scan all system files and compare them with the official system files, scanning the computer for inconsistencies.

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

This command must be used after the previous command has been executed and the system file is found to be corrupted.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

This command is to restore those different system files to the official system source files.

Reboot after completion and type the following command angin:

sfc /scannow

Check if the system files are repaired.

If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Your Sincerely

Hahn - MSFT | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Okay, this is really really annoying! Everything was fine after some update - two months.

But problem returned after recent updates.

Now I'm 100% sure it's not my computer's fault - I didn't change anything, didn't download anything (drivers etc.). No problem with games, other apps.

Problem exists only with chromium engine based browsers.

It doesn't look as bad as it used to, but still!

Will someone finally look at it?

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Edit: I've made a topic on chromium issues 1430086 - Weird glitch with opened tabs with video (YouTube, Twitch etc.) - chromium

I have this same issue going on right now. Only happens in Edge, maybe for the past few weeks.

yep, same here when hovering the cursor over links for the first time I see artifacts new system Ryzen 5 5600X3D new board and ram GPU is used I thought it was my GPU but sounds like a Microsoft problem.

well i also have the same laptop lenevo legion 5 17ACH6 ,and experiencing the same issued you describerd. did you find solution to this problem?

Unfortunately not. But a lot of people finally see this bug. I think I was the first one to start writing about it. Maybe someone will finally take care of it. Before, I was unimportant because it was just a meaningless statistic, but now... A lot of people talk about it. Look at this -> Artifacts/Flickering on Chrome (W10) : r/chrome (reddit.com)

So don't worry - it is not your machine fault. The error is increasing and no one is doing anything about it

same thing happening me. intel i5 10600K rtx 3070

most noticeable when watching youtube videos. defs a bug with edge/chromium