LG OLED65B9PUA blanking/HDR notifications/Instant Game Response randomly with 7900 XTX

[oxrufiioxo]

The only thing I'd consider for a replacement is a 4090 - the 4080 wouldn't be a significant step up outside of Cyberpunk, and even in that it wouldn't be able to do what I want. No point spending more money to be differently disappointed. Plus we're not talking about a small amount of money for the upgrade, still $400+. That's too much for what I'd be getting.

I should have known better from the start - there's just too big a gap between the 4090 and everything else right now.

I agree, although had you went with the 4080 from the start you might have been less disappointed than you are now but as it stands it is a 400+ side grade that is better in RT and has DLSS probably not enough to tip the scale and feel good about the upgrade/sidegrade.

I almost went 4080 as well due to the 4090 constantly being out of stock at the time after using it at 4k I am glad I didn't although different circumstance the 4080 would have cost me 0 out of pocket the 4090 only costed 300 usd for reasons...

 

[Dr. Dro]

I'm very happy with my 4080 - but it's one hell of a 4080... my tune might just change now that it'll be dealing with 120Hz 4K, but I still feel optimistic about it. But in general, I agree, 7900 XTX to 4080 is just a sidestep at best, and a tradeoff at worst, drivers notwithstanding...

 

[faye]

I agree, although had you went with the 4080 from the start you might have been less disappointed than you are now but as it stands it is a 400+ side grade that is better in RT and has DLSS probably not enough to tip the scale and feel good about the upgrade/sidegrade.

I almost went 4080 as well due to the 4090 constantly being out of stock at the time after using it at 4k I am glad I didn't although different circumstance the 4080 would have cost me 0 out of pocket the 4090 only costed 300 usd for reasons...

If I could get a 4090 for $300 right now I'd already have it. Sadly I don't think anyone is stupid enough to make that trade.

 

[wNotyarD]

The only thing I'd consider for a replacement is a 4090 - the 4080 wouldn't be a significant step up outside of Cyberpunk, and even in that it wouldn't be able to do what I want. No point spending more money to be differently disappointed. Plus we're not talking about a small amount of money for the upgrade, still $400+. That's too much for what I'd be getting.

I should have known better from the start - there's just too big a gap between the 4090 and everything else right now.

Despite being a sidegrade at large and a lesser upgrade on occasion, peace of mind can be very valuable.
That's why I did mention the 4080 again if you could return your 7900XTX and get one of those at little to no cost over. And yes, the only REAL upgrade would be a 4090, there's no escape from that.

 

[faye]

Despite being a sidegrade at large and a lesser upgrade on occasion, peace of mind can be very valuable.
That's why I did mention the 4080 again if you could return your 7900XTX and get one of those at little to no cost over. And yes, the only REAL upgrade would be a 4090, there's no escape from that.

Cheapest 4080 on Amazon right now is $1200, so that's $300 out of pocket... To trade raster performance for raytracing. Not worth it when my target is 60+ FPS (ideally 90) at 4K or 144+ FPS at 1440p, everything maxed.

 

[Space Lynx]

@faye Just curious, but did you buy shipped and sold from Amazon or.... sold by "insert company here" shipped by Amazon?

If the latter, I'd refund cause you might have a returned/re-boxed card. I only trust items that are shipped and sold by Amazon, Best Buy, and Costco.

I still say refund it either way, cause you are clearly unhappy. Try the XFX 7900 XTX, its currently on sale for 899 shipped and sold by amazon. I love my XFX, very well built. (plus you'd get starfield on top of that i assume, or maybe that promo is done now I dunno)

 

[faye]

@faye Just curious, but did you buy shipped and sold from Amazon or.... sold by "insert company here" shipped by Amazon?

If the latter, I'd refund cause you might have a returned/re-boxed card. I only trust items that are shipped and sold by Amazon, Best Buy, and Costco.

I still say refund it either way, cause you are clearly unhappy. Try the XFX 7900 XTX, its currently on sale for 899 shipped and sold by amazon. I love my XFX, very well built.

It was sold and shipped by Amazon, arrived with the anti-tamper seals in place. I'd love to be able to blame all of this on someone returning a broken card secretly, but no, it's just junk.

 

[Space Lynx]

i like my 7900 xt and plan to keep it, but I had a chance to buy a gigabyte 4090 from a buddy of mine for 1150, irl buddy. I regret not doing it in retrospect. especially since I am going 4k 32" OLED. if I sell 7900 xt, i prob will only get 550 for it. they often go on sale now for 699 and have 100 dollar free game, even before starfield there was something else. so like 160 loss if i sell, xtx prob will take around same hit.

as long as you are ok with that i guess keep it and hope for the best in future drivers. otherwise i say refund it now cause it clearly upsets you, and just yolo a 4080 and use dlss 3.5 frame gen in stuff that supports it to make most of the 4k.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BKGWJRFF/

have to change seller, but its selling for $1102 shipped and sold by amazon. honestly might be worth the extra 280 bucks in your case.

 

[R-T-B]

I think the thing that makes it difficult is there are others who own a ton of AMD hardware and legit have no issues.

That's probably true if all you do is play mainstream games in default modes and standard framebuffers, but this isn't something that can be relied on anymore, and you get beat up very quickly taking the mainline/binary windows drivers down an even moderately "unusual" use case.

HDR falls in this bucket, honestly. And its usecase is only going to grow, so it is an issue.

If I could get a 4090 for $300 right now I'd already have it. Sadly I don't think anyone is stupid enough to make that trade.

I traded my 3090 ti with fan issues for a 6900 XT. Well, some cash too, but just saying deals can and do occasionally happen. You probably need to find a linux guy who really wants to migrate to linux, like I was.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

That's probably true if all you do is play mainstream games in default modes and standard framebuffers, but this isn't something that can be relied on anymore, and you get beat up very quickly taking the mainline/binary windows drivers down an even moderately "unusual" use case.

HDR falls in this bucket, honestly. And its usecase is only going to grow, so it is an issue.

To be fair like I mentioned I am not a big fan with how windows/Nvidia handles HDR either and even how it is implemented into PC games. To be honest how Nvidia handles Dolby Atmos also leaves a lot to be desired but both on the PC side are pretty niche still really only oled and mini led offer decent hdr and most pc gamers cheap out on their monitor as it is.

Although even with my G2 I prefer to leave it off in most cases on PC.

God of war is a good example on PS5 the HDR is super impressive on PC it is meh AF.

 

[R-T-B]

To be honest how Nvidia handles Dolby Atmos also leaves a lot to be desired

Yeah that is pretty buggy, forgot about that one.

Fortunately atmos is kind of an "icing on the cake" thing. HDR in native games can be pretty impressive, but you do need to get like, all your ducks in a row, or do what a lot of users do and use uplift mods like SpecialK.

Although even with my G2 I prefer to leave it off in most cases on PC.

I couldn't go back personally but there isn't a single game I don't have a specialK profile tuned for.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Yeah that is pretty buggy, forgot about that one.

Fortunately atmos is kind of an "icing on the cake" thing. HDR in native games can be pretty impressive, but you do need to get like, all your ducks in a row, or do what a lot of users do and use uplift mods like SpecialK.


I couldn't go back personally but there isn't a single game I don't have a specialK profile tuned for.

That is a good way to put it way more hoops to jump through to get it satisfactory vs console which doesn't make a lot of sense to me but it is what it is.