Monday, June 27th 2016
GeForce GTX "Pascal" Faces High DVI Pixel Clock Booting Problems
The second design flaw to hit the GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 after the fan revving bug, isn't confined to the reference "Founders Edition" cards, but affects all GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 cards. Users of monitors with dual-link DVI connectors are noticing problems in booting to Windows with pixel clocks set higher than 330 MHz. You can boot to windows at default pixel clocks, and when booted, set the refresh-rates (and conversely pixel clocks) higher than 330 MHz, and the display works fine, it's just that you can't boot with those settings, and will have to revert to default settings each time you shut down or restart your machine.
A user of a custom-design GTX 1070 notes that if the refresh rate of their 1440p monitor is set higher than 81 Hz (the highest refresh rate you can achieve with pixel clock staying under 330 MHz) and the resolution at 2560 x 1440, the machine doesn't correctly boot into Windows. The splash screen is replaced with flash color screens, and nothing beyond. The system BIOS screen appears correctly (because it runs at low resolutions). The problem is also said to be observed on a custom-design GTX 1080, and has been replicated by other users on the GeForce Forums.
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A user of a custom-design GTX 1070 notes that if the refresh rate of their 1440p monitor is set higher than 81 Hz (the highest refresh rate you can achieve with pixel clock staying under 330 MHz) and the resolution at 2560 x 1440, the machine doesn't correctly boot into Windows. The splash screen is replaced with flash color screens, and nothing beyond. The system BIOS screen appears correctly (because it runs at low resolutions). The problem is also said to be observed on a custom-design GTX 1080, and has been replicated by other users on the GeForce Forums.
147 Comments on GeForce GTX "Pascal" Faces High DVI Pixel Clock Booting Problems
Is Display Port or HDMI not better? And if your monitor doesn't have those, why buy an expensive gfx card. My 6 year old Dell has Display Port.
I have no monitors with DP. DP is a new addition to most monitors.
Most high-end monitor has DP/HDMI and maybe Thunder Bolt.
If I was running a higher refresh-rate monitor, I would just lower the Hz before shutting down, because I would be uncomfortable flashing my expensive brand new card if there would be a BIOS update soon.
Fuck I'm rolling back to a solid Kepler-finished driver again and see what happens. Will post back results. Anyone got a solid version they run their Kepler cards with? Considering branch 350-something.
*note: Nvidia isn't scoring points over here the past year. Fuckup after fuckup, as little as they may be, but it's becoming a real pattern now.
Its a choice in connection and HDMI is exactly the same except it carry's audio as well which nobody cares about in a monitor.
To call something low-mid end based on the connections it offers rather then the actual performance....well is just weird man.
On topic, get your shit together Nvidia!
Im sure another driver will fix it but man....
DP is not without its issues. Bit slow to connect.
Last 2 monitors i owned, didn't had DVI port. last 4 i owned didn't had VGA.
So what the fuck are you on about? 4K or 1440p says nothing at all about what 'end' you're on it just means you have a crapload of pixels to push.
So I have to go with DP if I upgrade to 1440p if it would have a higher refresh rate than 60Hz.
And for such an expensive card....I mean its your choice but I would keep the receipt.