MSI GTX 970 graphics quality drop from GTX 660

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Just replaced an EVGA GTX 660 3GB with an MSI GTX 970 4GB and I have noticed a drop in graphics quality especially on Alpha textures while playing Second Life. I'm using the same Second Life graphics settings on both cards. Surely the quality should have improved? Is there any reason this would happen? If there is a reason, is there any way I can resolve the issue? When I first log into the game using the GTX 970, the graphics are OK but as soon as I zoom in, the problem occurs and stays no matter what I do.
To explain further, imagine a feathery plant leaf. With the GTX 660 it looks fine but with the GTX 970 pixels are missing, as if some information isn't being processed. Edges are jagged with the 970 whereas they were straight using the 660.
All drivers are up to date.
 
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Well that just doesn't make any sense, there is no reason a game should look worse on any particular GPU at the same settings, the framerate would be horribly low if the gpu is too weak to run the game properly, but if you were to take a screenshot the game should look the same regardless of what gpu you have assuming the same settings are used.

So if this is not some error on your part then I have no idea what is...
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Quality should not go up or down if using the same settings, framerate will go up with the 970 but that wont improve textures or anything graphical it just makes the game feel smoother. Are you sure the settings are the same? They could change automatically after installing a new gpu. If edges are jagged it sounds like either the game is running at lower than your monitors native resolution or anti aliasing got disabled or both.

Did you do a clean reinstall of your graphics drivers when you got the 970?
 
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Hi thanks for taking the time to reply.
Yes I did a clean install of the drivers.
The game was running in the monitors native resolution.
I have turned up the in game anti-aliasing to x16 from the original 660 setting of x2. There is a very slight improvement but it's still not as good as it used to be with the 660
 
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Well that just doesn't make any sense, there is no reason a game should look worse on any particular GPU at the same settings, the framerate would be horribly low if the gpu is too weak to run the game properly, but if you were to take a screenshot the game should look the same regardless of what gpu you have assuming the same settings are used.

So if this is not some error on your part then I have no idea what is causing this. Maybe some weird display driver issue, not sure.
 
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