Mesh devisions visible in cycles rendering

Hello fellow Blender humans,

I’ve got a strange issue regarding my surfaces in cycles - this problem is new, I never noticed it before. Do you know why these lines are appearing?


The model has proper topology, only quads, no doubles, consistent normals. How is this possible?
Thanks for suggestions.
Jan

ps: I have the same issue with a normal uv-sphere, shaded smooth, without any modifiers

If you are in orthographic view, try changing to perspective view (numpad 5)

Thanks a bunch!