{"id":1120916,"date":"2026-01-31T23:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UjW7LdvrtwEpUvFcVjwVbi"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:19:43","slug":"today-i-found-a-potential-solution-to-your-black-screening-rtx-50-series-graphics-card-problems-though-youre-not-going-to-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/today-i-found-a-potential-solution-to-your-black-screening-rtx-50-series-graphics-card-problems-though-youre-not-going-to-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Today I found a potential solution to your black screening RTX 50-series graphics card problems. Though you’re not going to like it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During all of my initial review testing and overclocking of the RTX 5090<\/a> and RTX 5080<\/a> graphics cards, I had no issues with the black screening problem that we’ve seen cropping up in various forums and Reddit threads. My Founders Edition cards have worked beautifully and not once set fire to the wooden cabin tinderbox<\/a> in which I do all my performance testing.<\/p>\n

But today I hit a wall. That is how I am going to refer to the MSI RTX 5090 Suprim<\/a>, a wall, because boy, that thing is chonk with a capital OMG.<\/p>\n

This is my first third-party RTX 50-series card, and it is towering over my test rig right now, and kinda terrorising it, if truth be told. Because now, I too, have fallen victim to the black screen effect we’ve read about. Nvidia has said it is investigating the issue<\/a> but hasn’t been able to help me through the struggles with the card.<\/p>\n

But I have found a solution\u2026 in part. But it’s not a solution I would want to live with, just something that I could put up with until Nvidia comes out with a proper fix which stops this $2,700 card from blacking out when it’s put under pressure.<\/p>\n

Basically, you have to hobble your high refresh rate monitor. Thanks Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s horrible, and I don’t want to have to do it, but this way I’m able to get Cyberpunk 2077 or DaVinci Resolve to run without crashing my entire rig, and the only way I’ve managed to get through most of our GPU benchmarking suite is by dropping my glorious 4K 240 Hz OLED monitor<\/a> down to a lowly 60 Hz refresh.<\/p>\n

It’s still not allowed me to get through a full 3DMark Time Spy run, but you can’t have everything. Even if you spend this much on a brand new graphics card, it seems.<\/p>\n

Let me count the other things I tried that have failed:<\/p>\n