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Nvidia DisplayPort Problem

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I bought a GTX 670 from the MM here just for something to use until the 390x is released, and I have the exact same problem that I had when I tried a 970 several months ago.

For the life of me I can't get a display up when using DisplayPort when Nvidia drivers are installed, it's just always a black screen.

I ended up getting rid of the 970's because of this problem, and I didn't think the 670 would suffer the same issues :(

I've tried two different cables and neither work. Both work on my AMD cards.

Do Nvidia drivers just not play well with DP?
 
They play, but for some unknown reason nVidia drivers cause to enumerate your primary monitor as secondary (#2) once other than DVI socket is used (like HDMI or DP). Just connect second monitor/TV via plain DVI cable and see - they'd probably work both fine together, but configuring system to boot Windows properly with DP only as primary is a while as it requires disabling one display from Windows control panel->personalize->display->resolution, and not nVidia control panel only :)
I was arguing with nVidia it's their drivers' issue, but they blamed Microsoft and enumerating devices mechanism... Ridiculous. Stupid people, really (sorry), if they can't see even proofs that I've attached (olders drivers revisions was this issue free). Issue remains unsolved, of course... Generally - multimonitor support in nVidia drivers is a mess - as users even don't know what to expect, having connected TV as second display occassionally, with no further reconfigurations, so they don't generate clear demand.
 
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biuro74 said:
They play, but for some unknown reason nVidia drivers cause to enumerate your primary monitor as secondary (#2) once other than DVI socket is used (like HDMI or DP). Just connect second monitor/TV via plain DVI cable and see - they'd probably work both fine together, but configuring system to boot Windows properly with DP only as primary is a while as it requires disabling one display from Windows control panel->personalize->display->resolution, and not nVidia control panel only :)
I was arguing with nVidia it's their drivers' issue, but they blamed Microsoft and enumerating devices mechanism... Ridiculous. Stupid people, really (sorry), if they can't see even proofs that I've attached (olders drivers revisions was this issue free). Issue remains unsolved, of course... Generally - multimonitor support in nVidia drivers is a mess - as users even don't know what to expect, having connected TV as second display occassionally, with no further reconfigurations, so they don't generate clear demand.
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I only have one monitor - are you saying it might work if I connect another?
Though unfortunately I don't have another one to try anyway.
 
I have this issue occasionally and it is a complete pain in the .......

I had to disconnect the dp cable, then connect by dvi for the display to work. then rebooted and switched back to dp and all was well.
 
Bazzards said:
I have this issue occasionally and it is a complete pain in the .......

I had to disconnect the dp cable, then connect by dvi for the display to work. then rebooted and switched back to dp and all was well.
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Unfortunately my monitor doesn't have DVI :(
 
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