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
How often you see someone on a random forum telling you Nvidia is the only way to go and AMD is crap vs the other way around? 100 vs 1?
AMD users far more often tell you about getting what is the best at that moment and what works for you personally with your personal needs in mind....or ya know...sane consumers.
I'm running my monitor at 60Hz so no problem for me.
Once I upgrade to a 1440p monitor I will keep in mind to buy one with DP if it has a higher refresh-rate.
"Nvidia GTX 1000-gebruikers die een 1440p-monitor met een refreshrate hoger dan 90Hz hebben "
Which is translated:
"Nvidia GTX 1000-users who own a 1440p-monitor with a refresh-rate higher than 90Hz"
Nvidia is correcting the problem, in secret, and will have a new version out "real soon now"
The problem is that people bought these 1440p korean monitors that only have DVI, OCed them past 60hz, and now the new pascal cards dont like that. IMO, the consumer took the risk by OCing a monitor, they have to deal with said issues. It would be nice if nvidia fixed the issue, if they can, but they have no responsibility to do so.
The problem is these monitors out of korea that only have DVI, that users clock above 60hz. DVI can only do 1440p60, anybody running higher is running out of spec.
This is just nuts.
Look here, this is not an issue, nor a design flaw. nVidia can hardly be expected to test or design a function that is outside of specification to work on their GPU.
I've tried both.. Nvidia has always won.. Performance is what I pay for..
No amount of fan boys, hoping AMD will one day be better, will change anything..
They have their niche. Beneath Nvidia..
Man everytime I invest in an Nvidia product, right after wards..something like this comes out.. wtf
I wonder what happens when you use a DVI - D to Display Port adapter.