Nvidia Surround Display Error

[faheemrazzaq]

I have a 4K monitor running on 2x GTX980 SLI setup. I have a spare 1080p monitor sitting around that I do not use so today I thought about trying the Nvidia Surround. I understand that it means dropping down the 4K monitor resolution to 1080p as well.

4K monitor connected over DP.
1080p monitor connected over HDMI.

I select the 'Span Displays with Surround' but when I click on 'Configure', it simply throws an error at me. I have used DDU to completely uninstall drivers and reinstall but no luck. I am using the latest Nvidia drivers. Any idea that what might have been causing this?

 

[faheemrazzaq]

Rolled backed the Nvidia drivers to one version back and got it working, though, very clunky. A hit and a miss.

 

[yashiro]

Use an older driver version to set it up then upgrade over the top. Using DDU is what caused it. Broken surround setup on new drivers is a known issue that may or may not be fixed in the next driver version (post Tomb Raider driver).

 

[faheemrazzaq]

Can anyone recommend a working version of the Nvidia driver for the Surround. As of now I am having nightmares with it. Takes ages to disable/enable and sometimes doesn't do what is expected.