Discord screen sharing issues | NVIDIA | Page 1

wild birch Oct 16, 2025, 3:19 PM

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For example. This is how my stream looks on my friends end watching my stream while I screen share.

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This seems to be happening with games that came out a few months ago to a few years ago. Games like Elden ring night reign, party animals, star citizen, hell let loose, halo infinite, destiny 2, black ops 6.

Games that has been fine are the newer ones that Nvidia drivers were made for like bf6, borderlands 4, and I am hoping arc raiders will be fine tomorrow.

fallow estuaryBOT Oct 17, 2025, 12:53 AM

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wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 3:28 AM

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9800 x3d with a 5080

i came from a 3080 and used DDU and tried the newest driver and the last 3 drivers. all uninstalled with DDU to install each one. seems to work with a few games but there are a good amount of games when i screen share on discord it flickers and also flickers my task bar on windows

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For example.

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Same thing happens on star citizen, bo6, Helldivers 2, civilization 6, party animals

Games it’s fine on and doesn’t flicker is battlefield 6, borderlands 4, destiny 2, halo infinite, hunt showdown.

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These all worked with the 3080 with 0 issues

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:36 AM

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wild birch 9800 x3d with a 5080 i came from a 3080 and used DDU and tried the newest driv...

What Windows version are you using?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:37 AM

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windows 11 25h2 now

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:37 AM

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wild birch Same thing happens on star citizen, bo6, Helldivers 2, civilization 6, party ani...

And does it affect those that are watching the stream?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:37 AM

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i was using 23h2 then upgraded to 24h2 yesterday. then today 25h2. all doing the same thing

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:37 AM

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Are they seeing any flicker?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:37 AM

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and yes during the stream they all see that flicker.

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so far 50% of my games do this and the other half don't do this. the ones it tends to not do it are the more recent "game ready" driver updates for new games

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:39 AM

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"Use our latest technology to capture your screen" - Turn this off

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:39 AM

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did that

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:39 AM

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on and off?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:39 AM

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did all the hardare acceleration on and VRR game mode stuff on the windows settings too

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yes on and off

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i went through literally every single trouble shooting from youtube to the reddits threads. nothing worked.

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:40 AM

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Also, make sure what you are streaming from are from the PRIMARY monitor set on Windows

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Nvidia is just terrible at multi-monitor especially if DSC is engaged

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:40 AM

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yeah that is also set

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:41 AM

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Does it also happen with a single monitor?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:41 AM

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yes. on both monitors. tried different cables tooo

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:41 AM

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Also please specify your monitor specs to check if DSC is engaged or not

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:41 AM

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wild birch yes. on both monitors. tried different cables tooo

Even with a single monitor (the other monitor is not connected or on)?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:41 AM

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correct

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:42 AM

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Any overlays running?

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Any wallpaper engine?

fallow estuaryBOT Oct 17, 2025, 4:42 AM

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Please note that other programs have their own overlays and may interfere with the NVIDIA overlays and game filters. These programs include but not limited to:

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Go to Steam > Settings > In game > Disable “Enable The Steam Overlay While In-Game”. You can also do this on an per-app basis by right clicking your game > select Properties > Disable “Enable The Steam Overlay While In-Game”

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Go to Settings > App Preferences > Window Mode is set to “Disable Overlays”

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Uninstall Razer Cortex. This app is redundant with other apps that perform the same functionality.

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:42 AM

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all of them off. and uninstalled

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nvidia turned off

fallow estuaryBOT Oct 17, 2025, 4:42 AM

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Live wallpapers (e.g. Wallpaper Engine) use system resources and can be considered like running a full-screen game at all times, with the performance drop accompanying it. For best performance while gaming, exit them fully. Do not pause them.

The same also applies to automated wallpaper changing, which will cause a momentary load spike every time the wallpaper changes. This applies even to Windows' own wallpaper changer! Pause the wallpaper changes, or disable it, before playing games, to prevent unexpected periodic stutters.

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:42 AM

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don't have wallpaper engine

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:43 AM

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Have you downgraded driver version?

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any drivers from 580.xx

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and also DDU?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:44 AM

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i have tried the last 3 new drivers that have came out for borderlands 4 bf6 and now arc raiders.

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also, i tried an old one that was 566.xx

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also i used DDU for each one before installing

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also even tried studio drivers at one point

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gsync on and off as well

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:46 AM

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Looks like a fault with the NVENC chip

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:46 AM

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this also happens on my 3080

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:46 AM

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wild birch this also happens on my 3080

Right. Tell me your monitor specs

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Hz and resolution

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:46 AM

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165hz 1440p

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:46 AM

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DSC shouldn't be engaged

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:46 AM

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i tried lowering the refresh rate of the monitor

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:47 AM

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Probably discord or driver issues at this point

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Also try this: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1kgxdno/psa_windows_11_24h2_microsoft_issue_causing/

From the nvidia community on Reddit: PSA: Windows 11 24H2 - Microso...

Explore this post and more from the nvidia community

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Does it also affect OBS and Shadowplay?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:48 AM

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yeah not sure whats going on. like i said new games work good and very few old ones but then there are some like star citizen or party animals that flicker

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OH

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also a weird one. when using dx11 on star citizen, it flickers, when using vulkan mode, it doesn't

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no not at all. those when recording videos or streaming works flawlesly

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:50 AM

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Might want to RMA the card

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Does it also happen on the 3080?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:50 AM

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yes

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:51 AM

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Windows reinstall?

wild birch Oct 17, 2025, 4:51 AM

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i have not done that yet

pulsar gorge Oct 17, 2025, 4:51 AM

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disable discord overlay too

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make sure all overlays are off

fallow estuaryBOT Oct 17, 2025, 4:51 AM

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Please note that other programs have their own overlays and may interfere with the NVIDIA overlays and game filters. These programs include but not limited to:

"Activate Windows" watermark
Xbox Game Bar
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition
Intel Arc Graphics
MSI Afterburner/Rivatuner Statistics Server
Razer Cortex
OMEN Command Center
Steam
EA App
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft
Discord
Any app that draws itself on top of the desktop/game window