EVGA 1080TI FTW3 Screen Tearing & Black Screens

[Kuuwahi]

Ello,

I recently got my 1080TI and On most, if not every game I Play I am suffering from screen tearing regardless of the games frame rate.

A recent event for me is that every so often both of my monitors will go black for 2-5 seconds and then come back. I have checked the connections and everything is fine. This also happens on the desktop with nothing running.

Here's current specs / drivers

EVGA GTX 1080Ti FTW3
NVIDIA Driver - 385.28

Monitors - 2x ASUS PB278Q. 2560x1440
Montors set to 60Hz
1 Monitor is DP other is HDMI

Games have VSync Disabled and Also Disabled in NVIDIA Panel

Anybody else experiencing any issues like this?

 

[Scrumpy_Jack]

Enabling VSync in games when using a 60hz monitor will prevent/reduce tearing. I have a PB278q connected to an Aorus Extreme, when i first got it the 1st week i had them together i would occasionally get a blank screen on boot, this was fixed by powering everything of fully and disconnecting from the mains plugs for a few minutes. If that doesn't help you could try a VESA certified DP cable unfortunately OCuk don't sell them currently, i got mine from the rain forest but they are not always in stock... Accell B142C-007B DisplayPort to DP Latching Cable.

 

[Kuuwahi]

I know about VSync hence why It's disabled, as some games I run with DSR 4K which flick between 59 FPS and 60+ FPS. I don't want the FPS to be dropped to 30 at times for such little fps drops. I guess the only good solution is a GSync Monitor

The black screen isn't continuous. It seems like a random occurrence. I doubt it is cable related as there are 2 different cables to identical monitors. Along side this I never had this issue with my previous cards which was in SLI with the same cables.

 

[Minusorange]

Ello,

A recent event for me is that every so often both of my monitors will go black for 2-5 seconds and then come back. I have checked the connections and everything is fine. This also happens on the desktop with nothing running.

The PSU is old or new ? Might be an issue with power, doesn't matter if connections are fine if the PSU is faulty

 

[Kuuwahi]

The PSU is coming up to 5 years old now, so could be a possibility. Just finding it weird that its started to happen within the last 2 - 3 weeks. I will run HWInfo to see if it picks up any anomalies.

 

[Kuuwahi]

Running HWInfo shows that the GPU Suddenly shoots up in usage but there isn't any power drops.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X4bna6y9S8VwK7ZKE8zwSz4XVe6JCaQIQPBuw9ogK_c

 

[chrcoluk]

you can have 60 or 30fps in games but its not always good enough, timing issues can occur, some games have framepacing issues.

 

[Minusorange]

The PSU is coming up to 5 years old now, so could be a possibility. Just finding it weird that its started to happen within the last 2 - 3 weeks. I will run HWInfo to see if it picks up any anomalies.

It could be a rail issue, I'm not as clued up when it comes to troubleshooting PSU issues, maybe ask in the PSU section ?

Did you get a blackscreen or tear while running HWinfo ?

 

[Kuuwahi]

Tearing is in every game pretty much.

I ran HWInfo to see if I could narrow down the black screen issue. I Posted above the GPU section from HWInfo

Running HWInfo shows that the GPU Suddenly shoots up in usage but there isn't any power drops.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X4bna6y9S8VwK7ZKE8zwSz4XVe6JCaQIQPBuw9ogK_c

But below is the entire log (From That Timeframe) of it

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...iJQy7i6IsUsisd35gHbXGZo_50/edit#gid=801173020

The reason I couldn't see any differences in information except in the GPU section when it happened.

 

[Minusorange]

Have you tested with a single monitor or trying different ports ?

 

[Kuuwahi]

Have you tested with a single monitor or trying different ports ?

Well the card only has 1 HDMI Port. Tomorrow I try with a single monitor and if the problem persists then I will try another port.

Although on the net there are some people having the same issues and they are speculating driver relation.

 

[HeX]

To fix your tearing go into nVidia control panel --> Manage 3D Settings --> Vertical Sync --> change the mode to 'Fast' (this will apply it globally, or you can do it for specific games through the Program Settings tab if you prefer).

Then in whatever game you play turn off in game vsync and just limit the FPS to 120 (or some number above 60fps).

That should stop any tearing without introducing any latency.

 

[Minusorange]

Well the card only has 1 HDMI Port. Tomorrow I try with a single monitor and if the problem persists then I will try another port.

Although on the net there are some people having the same issues and they are speculating driver relation.

Could well be it, I'm having driver issues with Realbench and the Nvidia drivers, not getting issues like yourself but it's annoying for me wanting to stress my CPU OC when driver keeps crashing

 

[chrcoluk]

HeX's idea may help.

Test with different games as I really think this is a framepacing issue on the game you trying.

e.g. tales of vesteria and berseria both got shipped with buggy as hell frame pacing which caused tearing even with proper framerate, but luckily was fixed unofficially by a guy in his own free time in a mod.

 

[Kuuwahi]

HeX's idea may help.

Test with different games as I really think this is a framepacing issue on the game you trying.

e.g. tales of vesteria and berseria both got shipped with buggy as hell frame pacing which caused tearing even with proper framerate, but luckily was fixed unofficially by a guy in his own free time in a mod.

I have enabled the VSync to fast. However its not a 'game' I am trying, its Every game I play, no exceptions.

 

[chrcoluk]

Well personally I dont disable vsync, I suggest vsync to enabled or adaptive. If there is no frame pacing issues then you wont get stuttering. If on this config you get stuttering you have frame pacing issues. As to why you getting frame pacing issues on this card I wouldnt be able to say, but I dont think the PSU would be to blame.