Do I have a driver issue?

[Phokkit]

Ok so I did a build recently. But having some issues with games
When playing games my screen goes blank for a second. Sometimes it's regular and sometimes just once in a while. I've deleted Nvidia drivers and reinstalled them but still the same. It doesn't matter in what resolution I play (1080p and 1440p) it does it randomly
And it only happens during gaming.
Temps is normal on the whole build
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated

 

[Areola Grande]

Silly thing, but check the cables are all snugly plugged in. I had an issue where the cable wasn't 100% in and I got display but occasionally there'd be the same screen blanking out issues.

Could also potentially be a cable fault.

 

[Phokkit]

Silly thing, but check the cables are all snugly plugged in. I had an issue where the cable wasn't 100% in and I got display but occasionally there'd be the same screen blanking out issues.

Could also potentially be a cable fault.

I forgot to mention it does it on hdmi and DP cables

 

[WurminatorZA]

Also disable MPO and see if that helps, After updating to NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 461.09 or newer, some desktop apps may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations | NVIDIA

Also use DDU in safe mode to remove drivers then reinstall

 

[zefguy]

Is your psu spec correct? Is your psu working 100%?

 

[Phokkit]

Is your psu spec correct? Is your psu working 100%?

Yea I think my PSU is decent enough to pull my system
i9 10900f
Z490p
32GB Ram
RTX 3060ti
Dual CPU cooler
Corsair CX650 psu

 

[AresFaithfull]

Did you do your chipset installations for your motherboard and all the driver downloads?

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[disipher]

Yea I think my PSU is decent enough to pull my system
i9 10900f
Z490p
32GB Ram
RTX 3060ti
Dual CPU cooler
Corsair CX650 psu

i personally do not think your psu is strong enough, you are on the lower limit, so probably what is happening, is as soon as you work the i9 and 3060ti, you dipping. recommended is 550W, however, you have 650W - 100W is easy to use up.... assuming it heats up etc, the fans from the cooler, and everything trying to keep it cool is why you get it to dip,

also do what everyone else said, cable checks, different cables, DDU uninstallation, remove components 1 by 1, so play a game on the i9 onboard GPU. see if it crashes, monitor?

 

[Phokkit]

i personally do not think your psu is strong enough, you are on the lower limit, so probably what is happening, is as soon as you work the i9 and 3060ti, you dipping. recommended is 550W, however, you have 650W - 100W is easy to use up.... assuming it heats up etc, the fans from the cooler, and everything trying to keep it cool is why you get it to dip,

also do what everyone else said, cable checks, different cables, DDU uninstallation, remove components 1 by 1, so play a game on the i9 onboard GPU. see if it crashes, monitor?

My CPU idles on +-31°C and under load it's goes to +- 47°C
GPU idles at +- 38°C and under load (like gaming) it's at +- 55°C.
The pc doesn't get hot as it's placed in a very cool (border line cold) room

 

[DoubleYouVeeVee]

Check your reliability monitor as well to see if anything pops up in the list. Will give you a time stamp if anything happened with in that time

 

[Ner0]

i personally do not think your psu is strong enough, you are on the lower limit, so probably what is happening, is as soon as you work the i9 and 3060ti, you dipping. recommended is 550W, however, you have 650W - 100W is easy to use up.... assuming it heats up etc, the fans from the cooler, and everything trying to keep it cool is why you get it to dip,

also do what everyone else said, cable checks, different cables, DDU uninstallation, remove components 1 by 1, so play a game on the i9 onboard GPU. see if it crashes, monitor?

install hwinfo run a game and check power draw?

or use msi afterburner and enable osd on all power draw to check, but i think psu is fine ish

i run a 650watt psu with rx6800xt and 5900x and it does the job

 

[disipher]

My CPU idles on +-31°C and under load it's goes to +- 47°C
GPU idles at +- 38°C and under load (like gaming) it's at +- 55°C.
The pc doesn't get hot as it's placed in a very cool (border line cold) room

but that is the point i am making, your cooling system is working well, so its drawing power to cool, probably that 100W, very unlikely but a possibility, even though @Ner0 is running high spec like that on 650W, the 6800xt recommendation is 750W, it is not recommended, lower limits and upper limits are never a good thing.

is it a liquid cooler? than there is a pump,

 

[Areola Grande]

i personally do not think your psu is strong enough, you are on the lower limit, so probably what is happening, is as soon as you work the i9 and 3060ti, you dipping. recommended is 550W, however, 650W - 100, assuming it heats up etc, the fans from the cooler, and everything trying to keep it cool is why you get it to dip,

My 650W powers my 3700X, 3070, AIO and 8 fans, 2 SSDs and 3 HDDs just fine.

Could be a power issue but I'm not convinced.

 

[disipher]

My 650W powers my 3700X, 3070, AIO and 8 fans, 2 SSDs and 3 HDDs just fine.

Could be a power issue but I'm not convinced.

all you peeps are so dangerous xD its like let me power my car on minimum petrol all the time,
especially such high spec components also xD

but i agree, it probably isnt a power issue,

 

[Areola Grande]

all you peeps are so dangerous xD its like let me power my car on minimum petrol all the time,

but i agree, it probably isnt a power issue,

Thins is, peak load and actual sustained load are very different.

 

[disipher]

Thins is, peak load and actual sustained load are very different.

but peak load is where he is getting his dip, well higher than average operating, his computer works fine, unless gaming,

so three possibilitys

1. driver issues- software
2. faulty hardware - gpu crash - isnt this artifacting?
3. not enough power - gpu crash

 

[Areola Grande]

but peak load is where he is getting his dip, well higher than average operating, his computer works fine, unless gaming,

so three possibilitys

1. driver issues- software
2. faulty hardware - gpu crash - isnt this artifacting?
3. not enough power - gpu crash

Happens at both 1080p and 1440p.

1080p is more CPU intensive, less work for the GPU. 1440p is more GPU intensive - higher power draw.

My money is on software.

@Phokkit try running a benchmark and see what happens?

 

[Phokkit]

Ok so I've slotted in a 850w PSU from a friend. Same story.
When doing benchmarks it doesn't go blank but get a lot of screen tearing in certain scenes (which never happened on other systems)
When gaming the screen just goes black for a second and then it's back.
Nothing shows up in reliability monitor

 

[Nyt Ryda]

I thought you might have enabled GSync Compatible and your monitor wasn't compatible, but since it's on DP and HDMI it's probably not that.

Make sure you have all the chipset drivers for your motherboard.

Did you have any AMD cards installed before this one ? Getting rid of the old drivers can be such nuisance that it ends up better to reformat.

Does your GPU have 2x 8 pins and are you running a single PCIE cable from the power supply that splits into 2x8pins at the GPU side ? Some report issues with that, and that it's better to have two cables for stability.

 

[Areola Grande]

BIOS updates, latest chipset drivers, XMP enabled?

 

[Nyt Ryda]

Also, try setting a -25Mhz offset in MSI Afterburner on the GPU, and -100MHz on the CPU and -200MHz on the RAM speed. Just to rule out any weirdness with degradation over time causing stock speeds to be unstable at the same voltage.

 

[Phokkit]

XMP enabled. Latest chipset, bios and GPU drivers installed. My 3060ti has only 1x 8pin. I tried a different pcie cable too. A fresh format was done not long ago and had no AMD GPU in the pc.
It's my first go at win11 so not sure if it's the endless problems of win11 or just not doing something right

 

[Areola Grande]

XMP enabled. Latest chipset, bios and GPU drivers installed. My 3060ti has only 1x 8pin. I tried a different pcie cable too. A fresh format was done not long ago and had no AMD GPU in the pc.
It's my first go at win11 so not sure if it's the endless problems of win11 or just not doing something right

I have no problems on Win 11, though it isn't impossible.

 

[Nyt Ryda]

XMP enabled. Latest chipset, bios and GPU drivers installed. My 3060ti has only 1x 8pin. I tried a different pcie cable too. A fresh format was done not long ago and had no AMD GPU in the pc.
It's my first go at win11 so not sure if it's the endless problems of win11 or just not doing something right

Try disabling Hardware Assisted GPU Scheduling, google to find where it's hidden in W11. It's been known to be funny sometimes.

 

[Phokkit]

Ok it's the Xbox app and games that was the issue. Tried a different GPU and did the same. Games on steam doesn't go blank at all. Deleted all Xbox things and reinstalled and viola🤬
Thanks for all the suggestions

 

[dk27]

Ok it's the Xbox app and games that was the issue. Tried a different GPU and did the same. Games on steam doesn't go blank at all. Deleted all Xbox things and reinstalled and viola🤬
Thanks for all the suggestions

Maybe the Xbox app or something else have some kind of overlays when in full screen..

If you try window-borderless or full screen do you also get the blackout?

 

[Areola Grande]

Ok it's the Xbox app and games that was the issue. Tried a different GPU and did the same. Games on steam doesn't go blank at all. Deleted all Xbox things and reinstalled and viola🤬
Thanks for all the suggestions

I am glad you got it sorted bru.

One thing though. Who is Viola, where are her pics and does your wife know about her?

 

[Phokkit]

Maybe the Xbox app or something else have some kind of overlays when in full screen..

If you try window-borderless or full screen do you also get the blackout?

I think it had to with the installation files. We had a power outage when I downloaded the Xbox app. So think it might have been something to with it.
After installing it and games again there was no issue.

 

[Phokkit]

I am glad you got it sorted bru.

One thing though. Who is Viola, where are her pics and does your wife know about her?

Jirre you want me to be blixemed neh🤣

 

[disipher]

Jirre you want me to be blixemed neh🤣

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