Random blackouts in games

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vorob
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Random blackouts in games

Post by vorob » 05 Feb 2017, 18:09

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Acer Predator G9-593
Intel Core i7-6700HQ (2.6Ghz/3.5Ghz) (https://goo.gl/dehk14)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8Gb GDDR5) (https://goo.gl/z2aEFL)
15.6inch 1920x1080 (G-Sync) (IPS)
16Gb DDR4-2400 / PC4-19200 (2x ACR24D4S7S8MB-8)
Windows 10 x64
Nvidia driver - 378.49
So, sometimes, extremely rare, while i'm playing i'm getting these blackouts. Screen will just go black and then will turn on again. Happens faster then a second. I was playing Resident Evil 7 today and it happened once. Earlyer i was playing Ghost Recon Closed Beta and and happened when i was using my drone.

So its totally random and rare, but still i worry.

And additional issue, dunno if it somehow connected:

I’m using msi afterburner to overclock my gpu and assigned 2 keys for switching overlock profiles, default and overclocked.

And when g-sync is enabled I’m getting quick blackout when I switch profile. Nothing like this when g-sync if off. Take a look: https://youtu.be/kg_0kXi4U88

Made some further testing. Launched quake II and tried same thing with g-sync ON, nothing happened. Then i've lowered fps to 5 and switched OC profile once again, and this time i got same blackout thing.

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Re: Random blackouts im games

Post by lexlazootin » 05 Feb 2017, 18:53

I also have a 1080p G-Sync and I get that once or twice a day ingame or out, i'm pretty sure it's only recent but it doesn't really bother me.

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Re: Random blackouts im games

Post by vorob » 06 Feb 2017, 03:18

lexlazootin wrote:I also have a 1080p G-Sync and I get that once or twice a day ingame or out, i'm pretty sure it's only recent but it doesn't really bother me.
Even in Windows? Hmm.

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Re: Random blackouts in games

Post by vorob » 07 Feb 2017, 17:15

i've got better example of my bug, FurMark will always show these blinks:

G-Sync is ON – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmhxbsBjIOc
G-Sync is OFF – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh1zPYBuT_0

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Re: Random blackouts in games

Post by vorob » 19 Feb 2017, 17:40

Finally captured some real gameplay. Happens from time to time in Dishonored 2 while game is around 30 FPS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51vBAL2eJEc

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Re: Random blackouts in games

Post by vorob » 10 Apr 2017, 04:47

Okay, finally, after 4 month with this laptop i solved this issue.

Cleaned everything via DDU and installed latest 381.65. No more blinks, even on clock switch.

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