I have an Nvidia 3090 paired with an LG C2 42inch display. Whenever I play a game with VRR enabled, I get really bad flickering where it will intermittently show a black frame. For certain games it will just show a black screen. This happens at both 100Hz and 120Hz when VRR is enabled and occurs in …

Can confirm VRR is fixed with the 550 beta drivers! Out of order frame issue on Wayland also seems to be fixed (I know the full fix won’t be out until explicit sync is adopted across the display stack, but at least it seems to be smooth on my end and isn’t giving me a seizure).

It’s been root caused and fixed at least three times already. How many times are left until I can use wayland+nvidia?

@mithras.ftw This issue happens on X as well with my 4090. It’s not Wayland-specific.

Yeii. Love nvidia. Just in case I have a 4090 and it happens sometimes. Am using Xorg, not Wayland.

Is VRR working for you with multiple monitors? Even on 550 its borked for me the second i turn on a second monitor

Nope it still only kicks in if I have only 1 monitor active.

Fix will be available in upcoming driver release.

I hope the fix also address users without VRR/G-sync monitors. I have single monitor -1200p/60hz + wayland and I’m also affected by this.

545 drivers have bad flickering and black screen issues when VRR is enabled

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yurithecockroach February 10, 2024, 6:23pm 46

Could you please clarify if the fix is present in current beta? Because if so, the issue still persists

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545 drivers have bad flickering and black screen issues when VRR is enabled

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