QNIX QX2710LED Help! Changed Video Cards and now can't OC

[slipstream1982]

I went from a GeForce 760, which was giving me a consistent 110hz on my monitor, to a Radeon R9 390 as an upgrade. Now my monitor, with the patched pixel clock and CRU, won't let my monitor go above 60hz. Any time I try to do so, it just outputs some crazy colored vertical lines and I have to reset my machine.

Can anyone help me here? Is it normal that I can't overclock my monitor anymore on this graphics card? It should still be able to handle it, no?

[ToastyX]

Usually vertical lines with the QNIX means it's set to the wrong resolution, but I don't see how that could happen simply from adding a custom resolution.

Are you using the latest version of CRU? 1.1 and older will not work properly with the QNIX and newer AMD drivers.

Make sure the vertical total is at least 1445. AMD cards can't handle lower vertical totals.

Could it be related to this problem?

(09-07-2012 09:07 PM)ToastyX Wrote:  

• AMD/ATI cards have a design limitation unrelated to the patch that causes video acceleration to scramble the screen if the vertical blanking/total is below standard with the video card's memory overclocked or with multiple monitors connected. Skype is known to trigger this problem. Either don't overclock the video card's memory, or use the "LCD standard" vertical blanking/total in CRU.
  

[slipstream1982]

(11-19-2015 04:27 AM)ToastyX Wrote:  Usually vertical lines with the QNIX means it's set to the wrong resolution, but I don't see how that could happen simply from adding a custom resolution.

Are you using the latest version of CRU? 1.1 and older will not work properly with the QNIX and newer AMD drivers.

Make sure the vertical total is at least 1445. AMD cards can't handle lower vertical totals.

Could it be related to this problem?

(09-07-2012 09:07 PM)ToastyX Wrote:  

• AMD/ATI cards have a design limitation unrelated to the patch that causes video acceleration to scramble the screen if the vertical blanking/total is below standard with the video card's memory overclocked or with multiple monitors connected. Skype is known to trigger this problem. Either don't overclock the video card's memory, or use the "LCD standard" vertical blanking/total in CRU.
  

Yeah I used the latest version of CRU and I was trying to set it to 1920/1080, which is what it's at normally right now, just at 60hz. So when I try and change it to even 65 hz, the vertical lines appear. This despite the fact that my GeForce 760 could put it at 110 at 1920/1080. Should I try and do a higher resolution or something? Everything I have to do this it seems I have to do a system restore, as well, because the computer doesn't register how much vertical lines suck, and then I can't reset the resolution because I can't see or do anything. It's pretty rough! I regret getting an AMD

[falkentyne]

(11-19-2015 12:37 PM)slipstream1982 Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 04:27 AM)ToastyX Wrote:  Usually vertical lines with the QNIX means it's set to the wrong resolution, but I don't see how that could happen simply from adding a custom resolution.

Are you using the latest version of CRU? 1.1 and older will not work properly with the QNIX and newer AMD drivers.

Make sure the vertical total is at least 1445. AMD cards can't handle lower vertical totals.

Could it be related to this problem?

(09-07-2012 09:07 PM)ToastyX Wrote:  

• AMD/ATI cards have a design limitation unrelated to the patch that causes video acceleration to scramble the screen if the vertical blanking/total is below standard with the video card's memory overclocked or with multiple monitors connected. Skype is known to trigger this problem. Either don't overclock the video card's memory, or use the "LCD standard" vertical blanking/total in CRU.
  

Yeah I used the latest version of CRU and I was trying to set it to 1920/1080, which is what it's at normally right now, just at 60hz. So when I try and change it to even 65 hz, the vertical lines appear. This despite the fact that my GeForce 760 could put it at 110 at 1920/1080. Should I try and do a higher resolution or something? Everything I have to do this it seems I have to do a system restore, as well, because the computer doesn't register how much vertical lines suck, and then I can't reset the resolution because I can't see or do anything. It's pretty rough! I regret getting an AMD

Not to be a bother or anything, but PLEASE put the 760 back in and tell me if you can reach 110 hz again. You can use wagnard's display driver uninstaller to wipe AMD drivers quickly and then reinstall the NV drivers.

Need to make sure that some random thing didn't happen that stopped it from working no matter what.

[ToastyX]

What QNIX are you talking about? The QX2710 is 2560x1440, not 1920x1080. It should show 2560x1440 in CRU by default. It can't display 1920x1080 unless you have the multi-input version, which isn't overclockable.

You don't have to do a system restore. If you can't see anything after running restart.exe, you should be able to press F8 to temporarily reset everything. Even if that didn't work, you can boot into safe mode and fix it from there. Blame Microsoft for making it hard to get into safe mode since Windows 8.

[slipstream1982]

@ToastyX: It's a QX2710LED, it's currently in 1920x1080 @ 60hz..? I used to use 1920x1080 @ 110hz but now it won't output that. Should I take a screencap to show that it's working it at 1920x1080? Not sure why its working if it shouldn't be, maybe they sent me the wrong monitor?

@Falkentyne: This was easy to do because the old card is in a new computer now, and the monitor still works at 110hz if I plug it into the old computer that has my old card in it. Maybe it's a GeForce vs AMD thing? My dota 2 has also been dropping FPS for no reason, which I'm inclined to believe is also AMD drivers

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PS ToastyX Thanks for the F8 tip! I reinstalled windows afew times not knowing about that lol

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(11-19-2015 02:33 PM)ToastyX Wrote:  What QNIX are you talking about? The QX2710 is 2560x1440, not 1920x1080. It should show 2560x1440 in CRU by default. It can't display 1920x1080 unless you have the multi-input version, which isn't overclockable.

You don't have to do a system restore. If you can't see anything after running restart.exe, you should be able to press F8 to temporarily reset everything. Even if that didn't work, you can boot into safe mode and fix it from there. Blame Microsoft for making it hard to get into safe mode since Windows 8.

Hey Toasty! I changed my resolution to 2560x1440 and its working at 110hz again! Not sure why my AMD card is more comfortable doing this mode than 1920x1080. I prefer 1920x1080 because everything is frigging tiny with this resolution, but whatever. Thanks for your help, though!

[ToastyX]

(11-19-2015 03:14 PM)slipstream1982 Wrote:  @ToastyX: It's a QX2710LED, it's currently in 1920x1080 @ 60hz..? I used to use 1920x1080 @ 110hz but now it won't output that. Should I take a screencap to show that it's working it at 1920x1080? Not sure why its working if it shouldn't be, maybe they sent me the wrong monitor?

1920x1080 @ 60 Hz is GPU scaled. The monitor only defines 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz. The driver automatically adds 1920x1080 as a scaled resolution.

CRU adds monitor resolutions, so if you add 1920x1080 @ 110 Hz, it will be sent to the monitor, but the QNIX can't handle 1920x1080. You need to add 2560x1440 @ 110 Hz. The driver will automatically add 1920x1080 @ 110 Hz as a scaled resolution. Then you should be able to use 1920x1080 @ 110 Hz.

The same applies with NVIDIA. You probably created a scaled resolution using the NVIDIA control panel without realizing it by only changing the resolution at the top and not the active pixels in the timing section.

[slipstream1982]

(11-20-2015 02:51 AM)ToastyX Wrote:  

(11-19-2015 03:14 PM)slipstream1982 Wrote:  @ToastyX: It's a QX2710LED, it's currently in 1920x1080 @ 60hz..? I used to use 1920x1080 @ 110hz but now it won't output that. Should I take a screencap to show that it's working it at 1920x1080? Not sure why its working if it shouldn't be, maybe they sent me the wrong monitor?

1920x1080 @ 60 Hz is GPU scaled. The monitor only defines 2560x1440 @ 60 Hz. The driver automatically adds 1920x1080 as a scaled resolution.

CRU adds monitor resolutions, so if you add 1920x1080 @ 110 Hz, it will be sent to the monitor, but the QNIX can't handle 1920x1080. You need to add 2560x1440 @ 110 Hz. The driver will automatically add 1920x1080 @ 110 Hz as a scaled resolution. Then you should be able to use 1920x1080 @ 110 Hz.

The same applies with NVIDIA. You probably created a scaled resolution using the NVIDIA control panel without realizing it by only changing the resolution at the top and not the active pixels in the timing section.

I've found that the Nvidia control panel just let me set the resolution and hz to whatever I wanted, so it wasn't as much of an issue. Thanks for your help