Low draw distance in all games

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I recently purchased a new computer and I have low draw distance in all games, when I get too far from some textures they begin to dematerialize and when I get close they materlize out of nowhere.
This happens in almost all of the games I play, in some games it's more noticeable like:
The Witcher 2
Farcry 3/Blood dragon
Splinter Cell Blacklist
And it was the most annoying in Call of Juarez Gunslinger, when I had to shoot at someone far away, but when I shot at him he didn't get hurt at all, only when I got closer I realized there were barrels in front of him, that weren't there before.
In other games, textures just pop in front of me instead of materializing
My specs are:
Intel core i7 4790
Gigabyte R9 290 4GB
2X4GB Corsair 1600 MHZ
1TB seagate HD
Samsung 840 Evo 256 GB SSD
 
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Increase your draw distance. Low draw distance is meant for older systems that can't handle large amounts of textures, objects, etc..
This means that outside a certain radius (draw distance) textures will either go to a lower resolution or go off completely. The R9 290 is perfectly capable of handling high-draw distances, especially with the 4GB of VRAM. So crank it up and you'll be able to see the barrels.
 
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Problem is, there's no option to change to draw distance.
I tried looking everywhere, even in the ini file, and didn't find an option to change it.
 
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It might be called something different, such as view distance, LOD (Level of Detail), Object load distance, etc.. Mess around with the Geometry settings.
 
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Nothing with that name mentioned, and even if it is, it's set to high
 
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Ok. Do you have the newest stable drivers? If not update then. If you upgraded from a different GPU make sure you properly uninstalled those drivers.

Here is a forum link that may help you.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/draw-distance-sucks-faulty-card.177151/
 
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Yeah I had the 14.4 AMD drivers installed, I tried installing the 14.6 beta drivers but they changed nothing.
I tried using RadeonPro, but the game is launched through uplay and not through .exe so there's no change.
 
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Can you by-pass Uplay? I don't use uplay so I can't really help you there.
 
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Well, I tried running games with RadeonPro, and I set the LOD to 3, it didn't make a change and the games even look worse.
I still have low draw distance problems.
 
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Huh. Well what are your temps? I've seen lots of weird issues with hot cards, maybe this is something like that. Clean your computer with some canned-air and make sure there is plenty of air-movement inside the case.

Seems like some of the games you listed have issues with draw distance for a lot of people, especially with foliage. Its very unlikely that your GPU is broken, as this issue suggests a software problem. Could you have background programs that may be impeding performance on your GPU or changing settings?

For Call of Juarez, try this link and poke around -> http://www.tweakguides.com/COJ_9.html
 
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My CPU & GPU temps during games are about 60 degrees Celsius.
I'll try filming the draw distance problem so you can understand it better, because I really doubt it's a problem with the game since the draw distance is really low sometimes.
 
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