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Do you have any black screen issues?

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So i'm convinced more than ever the black screen issue is related to Freesync / Gsync. Had 8hrs yesterday on CSGO, no issues whatsoever, playing Night of the Dead today and i've had two black screens inside of 1hr.

Anyone up for compiling a list of problematic games and maybe we can find titles no one has issues in? This would at least help rule out a PSU or similar hardware issue.

Black screen games
  • Night of the Dead
No issue games (decent amount of playtime required - 4+ hours)
  • CSGO
  • Cooking Simulator
  • Toki Tori
  • The Wild Eight
 
Sh4rkie said:
So i'm convinced more than ever the black screen issue is related to Freesync / Gsync. Had 8hrs yesterday on CSGO, no issues whatsoever, playing Night of the Dead today and i've had two black screens inside of 1hr.
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By default, CS GO either have v-sync turned on or console command fps_max is 0 (meaning uncapped) or fps_max 400 (up to 400 fps). This means that freesync/gsync is not active since fps is out of range. Enable console via settings menu in the game and then type in the console fps_max 140 (for 144hz mode) or 155 (for 160hz mode). That will put fps into the freesync/gsync range and you will see your blackscreens if they exist for your setup.

I did not update on the black screen for my setup. But, I'm pretty sure, like for 99% sure, that it is due to electrical interference from other equipment. I plugged monitor into a different remote wall socket via an APC filter, but into this APC filter plugged in also a tv and a yamaha 7.1 receiver. If they are on, then monitor may still blink with a black screen, and if I turn them off via the button on the apc filter which disable electricity for one row of sockets (the monitor is plugged to another row which is "always on") then there will be not black screens. I gamed like this about 6 hours and had no black screens (160hz, freesync ON, fps capped below 160), while when the monitor is powered through the same wall socket along other equipment then it will blink a black screen like every 20-30 minutes. I'm going to test it more and may be even record it to a gopro to send it to LG.
 
Oversemper said:
By default, CS GO either have v-sync turned on or console command fps_max is 0 (meaning uncapped) or fps_max 400 (up to 400 fps). This means that freesync/gsync is not active since fps is out of range. Enable console via settings menu in the game and then type in the console fps_max 140 (for 144hz mode) or 155 (for 160hz mode). That will put fps into the freesync/gsync range and you will see your blackscreens if they exist for your setup.

I did not update on the black screen for my setup. But, I'm pretty sure, like for 99% sure, that it is due to electrical interference from other equipment. I plugged monitor into a different remote wall socket via an APC filter, but into this APC filter plugged in also a tv and a yamaha 7.1 receiver. If they are on, then monitor may still blink with a black screen, and if I turn them off via the button on the apc filter which disable electricity for one row of sockets (the monitor is plugged to another row which is "always on") then there will be not black screens. I gamed like this about 6 hours and had no black screens (160hz, freesync ON, fps capped below 160), while when the monitor is powered through the same wall socket along other equipment then it will blink a black screen like every 20-30 minutes. I'm going to test it more and may be even record it to a gopro to send it to LG.
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My CSGO is uncapped, vsync disabled, monitor @ 160hz but max fps is fixed at 144fps (confirmed via monitors fps overlay), MSI AB set to 160fps max. A Google suggests it is a common issue being @ @144 and full screened window mode might fix but not bothered so far.

My experience suggests it isn't elecritical interference in my case. 200hrs+ usage now across a number of games and only had an issue in one game in that time. The other games i've also far more playtime in but i know Night of the Dead will give me the issue within an hour of launching it consistently.
 
Sh4rkie said:
My CSGO is uncapped, vsync disabled, monitor @ 160hz but max fps is fixed at 144fps (confirmed via monitors fps overlay), MSI AB set to 160fps max.
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There are three incompatible conditions mentioned in the above sentence:
"My CSGO is uncapped" - that means that CSGO is allowed to render as much frames as GPU and CPU are able to provide, meaning that actual fps will be always above the freesync/gsync range unless you game on a calculator,
"max fps is fixed at 144fps" - this is the opposite of being uncapped;
"MSI AB set to 160fps max" - this is also the opposite of being uncapped, but please take into account that fps must be capped quite a few frames below the monitor max refresh rate in order to get actual frames into the freesync/gsync interval so that freesync/gsync may kick in. For example, at 60 Hz I had to cap fps at 57 or 58 otherwise there will be tearing (in-game fps spikes are over 60 frames and freesync does not work), for 144 Hz it's 140 fps and for 160 Hz it's 155 fps.

So, in order to test CS GO for black screens you have to enable console, disable MSI after burner at all, in the console set fps_max 140 for 144 hz mode or 155 for 160 hz mode. Make sure vsync and all other sync, like enhanced sync, is turned off both in the game settings and in the GPU drivers.
 
Oversemper said:
There are three incompatible conditions mentioned in the above sentence:
"My CSGO is uncapped" - that means that CSGO is allowed to render as much frames as GPU and CPU are able to provide, meaning that actual fps will be always above the freesync/gsync range unless you game on a calculator,
"max fps is fixed at 144fps" - this is the opposite of being uncapped;
"MSI AB set to 160fps max" - this is also the opposite of being uncapped, but please take into account that fps must be capped quite a few frames below the monitor max refresh rate in order to get actual frames into the freesync/gsync interval so that freesync/gsync may kick in. For example, at 60 Hz I had to cap fps at 57 or 58 otherwise there will be tearing (in-game fps spikes are over 60 frames and freesync does not work), for 144 Hz it's 140 fps and for 160 Hz it's 155 fps.

So, in order to test CS GO for black screens you have to enable console, disable MSI after burner at all, in the console set fps_max 140 for 144 hz mode or 155 for 160 hz mode. Make sure vsync and all other sync, like enhanced sync, is turned off both in the game settings and in the GPU drivers.
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Those three statements are correct and for clarity
  1. CSGO launch options includes +fps_max 0 so uncapped (well 400fps i think), in game consoles confirms this to be the case
  2. CSGO regardless of the above limit runs @144 fps max, i can't get it to run higher and i'm not alone https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=csgo+limited+to+144+fps
  3. MSI AB is set to 160*158fps limit to keep me inside of the Gsync / Freesync range of 48-160hz
*checked and i'd set it to 158, similar to when i had a 4k60hz panel i set it to a 58 cap

Vsync disabled in game and also forced off in my CSGO game profile in the Nvidia control panel
 
@Sh4rkie Ok, I understand, still, just to be 100% sure, if you are gaming at 160 Hz mode, just type in in the console fps_max 155 which will pretty much 100% guarantee that CS GO engine will not render more than 160 fps so you will be constantly inside the gsync range. For me, even 156 fps cap is not enough, there will be tearing* from time to time, whereas black screens seem to occur only when constantly being within the freesync/gsync range. Also, I've read like hundred times that MSI afterburner may totally mess up everything like rendering/latency/timing/input lag... I would stick to the nvidia/radeon settings without 3rd-party apps which interfere with rendering pipeline of the game engine.

*P.S. such tearing is barely noticeable, you need to look for it, like strafe along contrast vertical textures to see a micro tearing at the bottom of the frame; when playing normally you won't notice it thinking that frames are constantly withing the freesync/gsync range.
 
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Oversemper said:
@Sh4rkie Also, I've read like hundred times that MSI afterburner may totally mess up everything like rendering/latency/timing/input lag... I would stick to the nvidia/radeon settings without 3rd-party apps which interfere with rendering pipeline of the game engine.
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Is there a better way to undervolt? My 3080 is ridiculous without the 30% undervolt.
 
Getting "Please connect supported monitor" when trying to access the LG Ultragear control center.

USB is connected and working as my Keyboard is being passed through the monitor as a hub - anyone seen this before?

Reinstalling drivers, USB drivers, disabling other monitors don't seem to work :(
 
The Jambo said:
Getting "Please connect supported monitor" when trying to access the LG Ultragear control center.

USB is connected and working as my Keyboard is being passed through the monitor as a hub - anyone seen this before?

Reinstalling drivers, USB drivers, disabling other monitors don't seem to work :(
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Just had this myself.

Make sure the LG is set as primary monitor. ('Make this my main display'). Wouldn't work until I did this, even with disabling other monitors.
 
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sagan1 said:
Just had this myself.

Make sure the LG is set as primary monitor. ('Make this my main display'). Wouldn't work until I did this, even with disabling other monitors.
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Got it working, also must be plugged in via HDMI (having both plugged in but using DP it doesn't work, switching to HDMI works.)
 
Well, I am having serious non-stop problems with mine - constantly losing signal and going black, either recovering or going to standby even when on the desktop. PC is peridiocally unresponsive while this monitor is connected and the 3rd monitor won't even detect.
I'm just in the process of installing and updating everything I can think that I might need, graphics drivers, display drivers, etc.


Update: Something to do with HDR, turning it off entirely resolves, including allowing the 3rd monitor to connect again.
 
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neverminder said:
Were you able to see that with naked eye? I ran the standard dead pixel test Youtube video and didn't see anything wrong on either of my monitors.
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I have been playing with settings for a couple days, for gaming I didn’t notice it, but when I started reading I could see it, then you can’t not see it
 
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