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shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 09:27

SADS said:
not 100%
I play on a 1080ti which can only do 120hz and still get the same problem, on "gsync compatible". Which makes me think that this issue is something to do with the Gsync/freesync feature.
I reckon that its whilst you are outside of the g/freesync range when the issue happens... EG, if you're within the G/freesync refresh rate range, it'll happen. if you're under 30 fps or over 160hz or whatever the range is... it'll happen.

exceptions being if vsync is on, IE on desktop... it wont happen.
as i play a lot of older games, so i run 4k120hz, but run over the 120hz range with gsync comptible on... i get the issue. I reckon if the games were under 120hz, i think i wouldn't get the issue.

thoughts?

Not the case for me the two games I play one is league of legends locked at 120fps at 144hz & 160hz
The other is dark souls remastered 60fps locked.

Both them games I have had the black screen happen and another game I have seen it happen on is sea of thieves.

But so far it's another night for me without the black screen since moving the power adapter from being Velcro strapped underneath my desk.

SADS · 24 Jul 2021 at 11:10

The location of the power brick just sounds mad to me. Whats the logic/idea behind that thinking?
That depending on where it is, it gets more/less interference from other devices?

Lux. · 24 Jul 2021 at 12:34

MrRhyno said:
Had a search on Twitter and LG UK have told a customer expected dates early August, posted 22/07 see link below:

https://twitter.com/LGUK/status/1418225122624872448?s=20

So probably won't be next week, more likely the following week or week after if I can get my hands on one at least.

Yoooo that’s my fake account what are the chances

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 13:59

SADS said:
The location of the power brick just sounds mad to me. Whats the logic/idea behind that thinking?
That depending on where it is, it gets more/less interference from other devices?

Interference might be an issue but for me it seems to be heat related.

When I removed the adapter from the Velcro it was super hot to the touch.

Just maybe my issue was the adapter was getting to hot and the monitor was loose power for a few moments at a time.

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 17:51

God dam, I just black screen again playing league of legends.

This is bloody annoying.

They is nothing else left for me to try now.

For anyone that doesn't know this is what the issue looks like

@SADS @Sh4rkie

GFarzy · 24 Jul 2021 at 20:47

shankly1985 said:
God dam, I just black screen again playing league of legends.

This is bloody annoying.

They is nothing else left for me to try now.

For anyone that doesn't know this is what the issue looks like

@SADS @Sh4rkie

Is this a common thing with this monitor? Should I be worried?

Oversemper · 24 Jul 2021 at 21:36

All should (I have already done it) write to LG support to get their attention. Their response is not too much useful, basically they offer to send monitor to them for checking it themself. I'm certainly not gonna do this, coz at 144Hz I don't have issues.

GFarzy · 24 Jul 2021 at 21:37

Oversemper said:
All should (I have already done it) write to LG support to get their attention. Their response is not too much useful, basically they offer to send monitor to them for checking it themself. I'm certainly not gonna do this, coz at 144Hz I don't have issues.

what even is the point of OCing to 160hz? No GPU can even reach 144fps at 4K so what’s the point of 160hz 4k?

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:03

GFarzy said:
what even is the point of OCing to 160hz? No GPU can even reach 144fps at 4K so what’s the point of 160hz 4k?

This is abit wrong tbh it depends on the game. older titles or CSGO, League of legends etc all run at over 160fps

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:04

GFarzy said:
Is this a common thing with this monitor? Should I be worried?

Based on the little sales it would seem so yes, reddit, OCUK all have users reporting the issue.

GFarzy · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:05

shankly1985 said:
This is abit wrong tbh it depends on the game. older titles or CSGO, League of legends etc all run at over 160fps

very true, but, do you really need 160fps for league of legends? lol. I can understand competitive gaming like CSGO but is there even a lot of difference between 144 and 160?

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:07

GFarzy said:
very true, but, do you really need 160fps for league of legends? lol. I can understand competitive gaming like CSGO but is there even a lot of difference between 144 and 160?

between 144 and 160 no I do not see a difference I actually lock to 120fps

But well if you can why not

Oversemper · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:08

GFarzy said:
what even is the point of OCing to 160hz? No GPU can even reach 144fps at 4K so what’s the point of 160hz 4k?

I've got radeon 6900xt. CS GO, DOTA, PUBG - all stable 155fps (capped at exactly this level). In PUBG settings for lighting and shadows are at low. All games are at native 4k. In single player games wide frequency range allows to exclude tearing at the "easy for GPU" moments when fps might spike above the freesync range. Another question is that there is no perceivable difference between 144 and 160Hz from the point of view of input lag, if there were, I would have already sent monitor to LG to investigate the black screens.

GFarzy · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:11

shankly1985 said:
between 144 and 160 no I do not see a difference I actually lock to 120fps

But well if you can why not

Oversemper said:
I've got radeon 6900xt. CS GO, DOTA, PUBG - all stable 155fps (capped at exactly this level). In PUBG settings for lighting and shadows are at low. All games are at native 4k. In single player games wide frequency range allows to exclude tearing at the "easy for GPU" moments when fps might spike above the freesync range. Another question is that there is no perceivable difference between 144 and 160Hz from the point of view of input lag, if there were, I would have already sent monitor to LG to investigate the black screens.

@shankly1985 this is what I mean though... if you don't see the difference, why frustrate yourself with the black screens? no point. don't get me wrong I can understand why people are getting upset, they're not getting the advertised frequency but honestly I don't even think it would bother me, I was happy with 120hz, and ill be more than happy with 144.

@Oversemper I agree with you. there is no difference so people shouldn't be frustrated just be happy that you got 1 whilst so many other people are still waiting, including myself lol.

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:36

GFarzy said:
@shankly1985 this is what I mean though... if you don't see the difference, why frustrate yourself with the black screens? no point. don't get me wrong I can understand why people are getting upset, they're not getting the advertised frequency but honestly I don't even think it would bother me, I was happy with 120hz, and ill be more than happy with 144.

@Oversemper I agree with you. there is no difference so people shouldn't be frustrated just be happy that you got 1 whilst so many other people are still waiting, including myself lol.

Black screens are happening at 144hz, 160hz it was just worst.

GFarzy · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:37

shankly1985 said:
Black screens are happening at 144hz, 160hz it was just worst.

OH. that changes everything then lol. I hope I don't get this.

peahead · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:55

shankly1985 said:
Black screens are happening at 144hz, 160hz it was just worst.

I guess you have tried a monitor reset or tried disabling automatic standby ?

GhostDog1981 · 24 Jul 2021 at 22:59

shankly1985 said:
This is abit wrong tbh it depends on the game. older titles or CSGO, League of legends etc all run at over 160fps

Sorry for your issue, this is one of the reasons (also couldn't really see the improvement in fidelity at 4k vs 1440p in games I play- COD, HZ Dawn, Forza etc) I returned the 2X GP950s I had, and settled for the 1440p GP850-b (at £399- so just over half price) instead which is fine and no black screens.

It might be a firmware update is all that's needed to sort- Hopefully the manufacturer will release one soon.

shankly1985 · 24 Jul 2021 at 23:17

peahead said:
I guess you have tried a monitor reset or tried disabling automatic standby ?

Reset no automatic standby yes.

Oversemper · 24 Jul 2021 at 23:24

shankly1985 said:
Black screens are happening at 144hz, 160hz it was just worst.

I presume that I just wasn't lucky enough to get a black screen at 144hz@140fps_cap mode. At 160hz@155fps_cap mode I cannot play a single complete PUBG round (~30 minutes) without getting at least one black flick. So, it is not the OCing, it is some internal freesync/gsync bug, hopefully fixable via a firmware update.

And an important notice, neither windows 10 event viewer nor radeon drivers records or detects that something is wrong. All happens inside the 27GP950 body.

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