snackynak Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 So I just got a new computer a couple of months ago and one thing that I've noticed is that when I get to a dark area(like a cave tunnel section with no lights, or a dark corner of a room) of all the games that I've played on it so far, the screen completely blacks out until I point the camera to a bright-enough light source. I did a little google search to see what it was, and the closest one I could find involved the screen staying black when entering certain interiors(but did not mention lighting), even when re-loading the game. The solution was to disable HDR rendering, which is something I don't really want to do if my problem is not related. Here's some of my specs: GeForce GTX 560 (285.62), win7 64bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycloney911 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I too have GTX 560m but i never encountered any black screen problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maboru Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Try doing a clean sweep of your video driver and reinstalling it. http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1174372 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackynak Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Try doing a clean sweep of your video driver and reinstalling it. http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1174372Just tried it, uninstalled all nvidia drivers, cleared out the folders, then re-installed using the "clean install" option, but no effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilthos Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 (edited) Radeon HD3870 x2 here.Seems the lighing does not work well. No spider webs, cannot see fireballs, nor campfire (sometimes), nor light beams (breaks a quest in dwarven ruins)I'm a destructive mage who cannot see fireballs, nor ice storms. I can see electricity though. Oh in addtiotin to this, after playing for 1/2 hour my card freezes for 30 seconds and then the screen comes back. Edited December 19, 2011 by Vilthos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielcook Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 May sound derp but have you checked your monitor settings (brightness/contrast)? Ingame brightness/contrast levels combined with OS brightness/contrast then onto the monitor itself, with it's own brightness/contrast settings..like wearing sunglasses over sunglasses..while wearing a blindfold :hurr: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackynak Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 May sound derp but have you checked your monitor settings (brightness/contrast)? Ingame brightness/contrast levels combined with OS brightness/contrast then onto the monitor itself, with it's own brightness/contrast settings..like wearing sunglasses over sunglasses..while wearing a blindfoldNah, I don't think it's that because the hud vanishes with the crosshairs. What I mean by screen goes black, is totally black, like the monitor is turned off. No light gradients or color gradients, nothing. It's like once the illumination on screen goes below a certain point, the monitor turns off. Only, the monitor is still on. Its kinda weird, and it also happens in Mass Effect 1-2 and Battlefield 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maboru Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Given a clean driver reinstall and the problem persisting in all games I'd have to think you're either overheating, you got a faulty card or your PSU is on its way out. Try opening your case and re-seating your 580 (and checking the power connections) then leave it open and turn a table fan on it while trying to play again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luxwing0go Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Sometimes problems like this are associated with using settings from your GPU override those in game. If you are forcing settings in your GPU to override those in your game (the ones you pick from the game menu), turn it off and see if that fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackynak Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Given a clean driver reinstall and the problem persisting in all games I'd have to think you're either overheating, you got a faulty card or your PSU is on its way out. Try opening your case and re-seating your 580 (and checking the power connections) then leave it open and turn a table fan on it while trying to play again. Ah, I'll have to check that, I hope it's not a faulty card, the computer is brand new(from digital storm). But I'm thinking it's is more of a software problem, not hardware, because it doesn't really happen randomly or after a certain amount of game play time, but only in areas of the game that have little in-game lighting. I know this because if I equip my character with a torch, then the screen dimming doesn't happen. So far, torches have been my main work-around for this problem :thumbsup: Sometimes problems like this are associated with using settings from your GPU override those in game. If you are forcing settings in your GPU to override those in your game (the ones you pick from the game menu), turn it off and see if that fixes it.I'm not sure, I haven't touched the nvidia control panel since I got the computer, and not after a did a clean install of the drivers(including the control panel) yesterday either, but that sounds possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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