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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:02:55 PM EDT
I searched, nothing matches my symptoms.
Randomly my display will go black, that goes away after a second or two. Play Left for Dead 2, the game is very dark. I turned brightness to max, still dark as heck. I am using an old RX 580. My PC is 5 years old. I am already planning a new PC, is this the right time for one? |
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:06:23 PM EDT
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Do you have another monitor you could try? I would rule that out before I spent any money.
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:15:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ske714: Do you have another monitor you could try? I would rule that out before I spent any money. No, my monitor less than a year old. |
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:28:11 PM EDT
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Sounds like a monitor issue, not a video card issue.
Monitors less than a year old can and do fail. |
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:47:08 PM EDT
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I'm going monitor too.
Sounds like a backlight issue. Check your HDMI or DP cable too. Could be a bad cable, mayyybe. If your card was failing, you'd see hardware issues like bad rendering or red dots all over everything. |
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Posted: 3/2/2024 9:51:54 PM EDT
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I tested my GPU with GLmark2.
OpenGL Information GL_VENDOR: AMD GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (polaris10, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.54, 6.5.0-21-generic) GL_VERSION: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 ======================================================= [build] use-vbo=false: FPS: 8859 FrameTime: 0.113 ms [build] use-vbo=true: FPS: 11458 FrameTime: 0.087 ms [texture] texture-filter=nearest: FPS: 10642 FrameTime: 0.094 ms [texture] texture-filter=linear: FPS: 11078 FrameTime: 0.090 ms [texture] texture-filter=mipmap: FPS: 12004 FrameTime: 0.083 ms [shading] shading=gouraud: FPS: 12236 FrameTime: 0.082 ms [shading] shading=blinn-phong-inf: FPS: 10869 FrameTime: 0.092 ms [shading] shading=phong: FPS: 11371 FrameTime: 0.088 ms [shading] shading=cel: FPS: 10976 FrameTime: 0.091 ms [bump] bump-render=high-poly: FPS: 10053 FrameTime: 0.099 ms [bump] bump-render=normals: FPS: 11503 FrameTime: 0.087 ms [bump] bump-render=height: FPS: 11421 FrameTime: 0.088 ms [effect2d] kernel=0,1,0;1,-4,1;0,1,0;: FPS: 9143 FrameTime: 0.109 ms [effect2d] kernel=1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;1,1,1,1,1;: FPS: 8659 FrameTime: 0.115 ms [pulsar] light=false:quads=5:texture=false: FPS: 8718 FrameTime: 0.115 ms [desktop] blur-radius=5:effect=blur:passes=1:separable=true:windows=4: FPS: 6175 FrameTime: 0.162 ms [desktop] effect=shadow:windows=4: FPS: 6738 FrameTime: 0.148 ms [buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 1373 FrameTime: 0.728 ms [buffer] columns=200:interleave=false:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=subdata: FPS: 1802 FrameTime: 0.555 ms [buffer] columns=200:interleave=true:update-dispersion=0.9:update-fraction=0.5:update-method=map: FPS: 1711 FrameTime: 0.584 ms [ideas] speed=duration: FPS: 4977 FrameTime: 0.201 ms [jellyfish] : FPS: 7884 FrameTime: 0.127 ms [terrain] : FPS: 1963 FrameTime: 0.509 ms [shadow] : FPS: 7779 FrameTime: 0.129 ms [refract] : FPS: 3906 FrameTime: 0.256 ms [conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 8236 FrameTime: 0.121 ms [conditionals] fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=0: FPS: 8108 FrameTime: 0.123 ms [conditionals] fragment-steps=0:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 8431 FrameTime: 0.119 ms [function] fragment-complexity=low:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 8978 FrameTime: 0.111 ms [function] fragment-complexity=medium:fragment-steps=5: FPS: 8871 FrameTime: 0.113 ms [loop] fragment-loop=false:fragment-steps=5:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 9250 FrameTime: 0.108 ms [loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=false:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 9293 FrameTime: 0.108 ms [loop] fragment-steps=5:fragment-uniform=true:vertex-steps=5: FPS: 8178 FrameTime: 0.122 ms ======================================================= glmark2 Score: 8261 So... |
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:33:40 AM EDT
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I'm not sure any of that diag information would expose failing VRAM, if it was in a good state at the time of the test.
The fact that your symptoms include brightness issues and blanking, I'd suspect a failing backlight as well, but it can't hurt to try a new cable first or a different port on the monitor and GPU (DP vs. HDMI, etc.). |
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Posted: 3/3/2024 12:42:59 AM EDT
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I've had some games be drastically different brightness and gamma if they were full screen vs windowed, does yours have those options?
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Posted: 3/4/2024 10:52:57 AM EDT
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Easier troubleshooting (where you see change, the step before is the break-point)
Test new cable between video card and monitor, try HDMI if using DisplayPort or DisplayPort if trying HDMI. Try different monitor with same cable, with different cables. In relation to this, what version of Linux are you running? Some distros don't support 3dfx/OpenGL as well as others? |
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