Black screen when fullscreening games | NVIDIA | Page 1

wary girder Nov 22, 2023, 11:41 AM

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Whenever I 'exclusive fullscreen' a game, my screen goes black for a second or two, also doing so when tabbing in/out of that game. It's pretty annoying to deal with, I'm not sure what's causing it

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msi 4060ti, 13900kf

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examples:

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been experiencing this ever since i got this pc (a couple months back) and i keep my drivers upto date

round stirrup Nov 23, 2023, 12:32 AM

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Is this a TV or a monitor connected via HDMI?

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In NVIDIA Control Panel, there should be a section where you can specify the content type. If it's set to auto, change it to Desktop programs. This can reduce the amount of screen blackouts, but this will also cause the TV to not behave like a TV handling normal video content when you are actually playing video (which usually means any fancy post-processing done on the TV won't be available)

If it is not HDMI, or it persists:

Make sure that the desktop and game's display resolution and refresh rate are identical. If they are not, the game will need to change the display mode when it is active.

Also, for some games, fullscreen exclusive mode will cause a display mode change even if the set mode is identical to desktop. This isn't really fixable.

By the way, is there a reason why you are not using borderless? If you are on Windows 11, for the most part, they've made it to be pretty similar performance wise.

meager snow Nov 23, 2023, 10:24 AM

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If you have checked "Disable Full Screen Optimization" on your apps maybe try uncheck

autumn sequoia Nov 24, 2023, 11:57 AM

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wary girder Whenever I 'exclusive fullscreen' a game, my screen goes black for a second or t...

I had this issue a while ago, and managed to fix it by just doing fullscreen windowed

wary girder Nov 24, 2023, 5:03 PM

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round stirrup Is this a TV or a monitor connected via HDMI?

not a tv, a monitor connected via displayport

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Make sure that the desktop and game's display resolution and refresh rate are identical
yeah they are

Also, for some games, fullscreen exclusive mode will cause a display mode change even if the set mode is identical to desktop
yeah im sure there are, but im seeing this on games that handled exclusive fullscreen perfectly fine on my previous machine(s)

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By the way, is there a reason why you are not using borderless? If you are on Windows 11, for the most part, they've made it to be pretty similar performance wise.
honestly not really? i actually prefer windowed with a taskbar for a lot of games. it's moreso just that some games might launch in exclusive fullscreen, turning my entire screen black for a moment, then doing so again if i alt tab and again if i alt tab back in and again if i change display mode and- its just little things like that? its starting to get pretty tiring

wary girder Nov 24, 2023, 5:08 PM

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autumn sequoia I had this issue a while ago, and managed to fix it by just doing fullscreen win...

well thats not a fix

wary girder Nov 24, 2023, 5:09 PM

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meager snow If you have checked "Disable Full Screen Optimization" on your apps maybe try un...

imm not sure what option you're referring to

round stirrup Nov 24, 2023, 11:31 PM

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Well, setting borderless in affected games should mostly give it

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 12:43 AM

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i use borderless windowed wherever possible and whilst it has more or less the same outcome without this issue, that's besides the point here

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like

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 12:44 AM

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wary girder > By the way, is there a reason why you are not using borderless? If you are on ...

my issue isnt that i have to use exclusive fullscreen, but rather the short bursts of exclusive fullscreen that you just inevitably get without giving a second thought, and the frustrates that come with it ^

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i end up experiencing this with regular use like every 2 days or so, usually with multiple encounters in a row, and its just so annoying each time, its not something i should have to be dealing with

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 12:57 AM

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You did mention that this did not happen with your previous machine. Do you still have it's monitor, or the machine itself?

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 12:57 AM

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round stirrup You did mention that this did not happen with your previous machine. Do you stil...

my previous machine being a laptop*

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i mean i have it? but i dont think its really gonna be useful

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 12:58 AM

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wary girder my previous machine being a laptop*

I think you just found your answer

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 12:58 AM

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oh?

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 12:59 AM

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Blacking out when changing display modes due to fullscreen mode? Get used to it on a desktop

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But to confirm, check if connecting your laptop to your current monitor exhibits the same behaviour

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:01 AM

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honestly i dont really wanna get out my laptop right now

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but interesting

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but how come so many other people don't experience this? like anyone with a pc i've asked doesn't have this issue

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like

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what could i be doing differently

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is it a monitor thing potentially?

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:02 AM

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As an aside, see if you can reduce the amount of time black screen lasts if you change your GPU scaling mode in NVCP to use the GPU in override mode instead of the display

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I'd think monitor, GPU scaling settings, game, and Windows version all have an influence

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:03 AM

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hm okay

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:03 AM

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round stirrup As an aside, see if you can reduce the amount of time black screen lasts if you ...

wheree is this

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:03 AM

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It's actually pretty hard for me to verify this myself as my computer does not exhibit this behaviour at all

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:04 AM

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wary girder wheree is this

Open NVIDIA Control Panel

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Look at the left side. (Screenshot for reference)

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:04 AM

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left sidee

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:06 AM

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Adjust desktop size and position

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:07 AM

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this?

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:07 AM

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Yeppers

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Change it to GPU, and set it to override. Apply. Restart.

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:08 AM

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restart as in restart my pc?

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:08 AM

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Now try starting a game that runs in fullscreen exclusive. What happens then?

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Yeah

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:08 AM

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alright hold on

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waitit

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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Also I noticed that you have a 4K display

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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should i check this

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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Um, yeah

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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round stirrup Also I noticed that you have a 4K display

yeah

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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round stirrup Um, yeah

okai

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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Otherwise the option doesn't really work

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:09 AM

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ah

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:11 AM

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BTW, pay attention to what your monitor OSD is reporting

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Check once on the desktop, then again in the game

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(You may want to temporarily turn off G-Sync)

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:12 AM

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wary girder should i check this

okay switching to gpu scaling didnt change anything

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:12 AM

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round stirrup BTW, pay attention to what your monitor OSD is reporting

my monitor what what

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oh onscreen display, it reports the same resolution in both scenarios

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 1:18 AM

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Looks like you're going to need to use your laptop to confirm

wary girder Nov 25, 2023, 1:19 AM

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😔

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i'll get back to you on that then

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could you let me know what i should be testing when i get the chance

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thanks for helping out btw <3

round stirrup Nov 25, 2023, 3:25 AM

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Simply connect your laptop to the monitor using either the same or best cable connection you can give it

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With the same or highest possible resolution and refresh rate if it is lower

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Then launch a game in fullscreen

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Compare it vs using just the laptop's own screen

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 1:49 AM

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@round stirrup sorry for the late response, completely forgot

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but

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i've just tried with my laptop, and it works fine with my laptop

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sorry about the laptop fans 😭

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the hdmi input here is the laptop, the displayport input is the pc

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i also tried using hdmi on the pc to see if it made a difference, it didnt

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laptop has an i7 10750h and a 2060
pc has an i9 13900kf and a 4060ti

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:05 AM

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wary girder left sidee

Can you also show the contents of Change resolution and Adjust desktop colour settings here?

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(Starting to think you may need to contact NVIDIA support tbh)

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:07 AM

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round stirrup Can you also show the contents of Change resolution and Adjust desktop colour se...

yeah sure

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:07 AM

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round stirrup (Starting to think you may need to contact NVIDIA support tbh)

wuh oh

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:11 AM

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wary girder yeah sure

I wonder what happens if you reset the desktop colour settings

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:11 AM

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i actually tried resetting all these settings

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:11 AM

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(Second image, top right, restore defaults)

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:11 AM

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by clicking reset defaults in the top right

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yeah

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didnt help

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:12 AM

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wary girder yeah sure

this is on default settings btw

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:12 AM

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Hmm. Let's see what happens when you use HDMI on the video card instead of DP, and set it to the same output res/hz as the laptop's

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(Don't forget about the content type reporting, so check these two pages again)

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:18 AM

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switched to hdmi

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these two look the same

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:18 AM

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round stirrup Hmm. Let's see what happens when you use HDMI on the video card instead of DP, a...

as in the laptop's built in display's res/hz?

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:19 AM

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wary girder these two look the same

Look at the bottom of the second image. Change auto to desktop

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:19 AM

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oo ur right

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:19 AM

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wary girder

The same as what you were using in this video

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:19 AM

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wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:20 AM

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round stirrup The same as what you were using in this video

ah

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that'd be 4k 120hz

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nope, that didnt fix it

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althoughh, when set to 120hz, im noticing like slight discoloration outside of fullscreen

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idk what thats about

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:24 AM

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OK. Then just plug in the DP and probably contact NVIDIA support on this since this isn't normal behavious

brazen radish Jan 13, 2024, 2:24 AM

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i thought it was normal for your screen to go black when fullscreening something

wary girder Jan 13, 2024, 2:24 AM

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round stirrup OK. Then just plug in the DP and probably contact NVIDIA support on this since t...

😔 alright

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:25 AM

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brazen radish i thought it was normal for your screen to go black when fullscreening something

It normally is tbh

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So I kind of want to see why the laptop pretty much does it instantly

brazen radish Jan 13, 2024, 2:25 AM

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In my case it goes black from HDR

round stirrup Jan 13, 2024, 2:25 AM

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Maybe the entire thing goes nowhere anyway

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