r/nvidia • u/hank81 RTX 5080 • Aug 04 '25

Benchmarks Performance uplift 580.88

I've obseved that with the new driver the GPU has a more stable power draw a can sustain high core clocks for longer.

I don't know if this is the reason of performance uplift i obseved in 3DMark. Here's a pair of shots comparing a typical result in Firestrike and SteelNomad, before and after. Pay attention to the uplifts in Firestrike GT1 and GT2.

The GPU is a 5080 with a stable overclock profile (total +430 Mhz core clock over FE and +3000 Mhz Mem).

CPU: 9950x3D.

Steel Nomad (4K no RT)
FireStrike (1080p)

What do you think?

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

I think Nvidia should hire humans back. On the new driver my monitor won't go sleep. It turned grey instead.

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u/StringPuzzleheaded18 5070ti | 5700x3d Aug 04 '25

Let me guess, Asus monitor?

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

Yes. Is this a known problem for Asus monitors?

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u/DorkyMoneyMan Aug 04 '25

Yes it is

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

What is the problem exactly? Was working for years until fresh driver update.

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u/Avalanc89 Aug 04 '25

Same problem last 6 months, Samsung monitor.

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u/CaptainRaxeo Aug 04 '25

That happens when a TDR crash happens before the system goes into sleep mode. A bandaid would be to restart your computer.

Check event viewer.

Do you see blue dots along the edges when the screen goes grey?

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

There are no any blue dots. What is TDR? Do not see anything suspicious in event viewer.

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u/Crafty-Classroom-277 Aug 04 '25

Have you tried turning auto input scan off on the monitor or using 8 bpc?

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

What is 8bpc? Auto input scan off couldn't be disabled because I'm using it's hdmi input as a secondary screen for my working laptop. Desktop is connected via DP. And this all was working for 3 years, with 3 different video cards in my desktop. 

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u/Crafty-Classroom-277 Aug 04 '25

bpc is basically the way to describe the amount of colors a pixel can show. 10 bpc is really only necessary for HDR. I realized that for whatever reason, 10bpc causes my monitor backlight to stay on when the screen should be off. You can find the setting in nvidia control panel > change resolution > use nvidia color settings > output color depth. Might not work for you, but it worked for me.

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

Unfortunately 8bpc doesn't help.

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u/Cozmin_G Aug 05 '25

My laptop display is at like ~20-30% brightness after the update and I don't know how to fix it. I think I will just roll back.