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  • New Graphics Card Eye Strain Issue - Could Motherboard Impact It?

As the title says - I as many people here have an issue with new graphics cards. I bought several laptops and complete PCs and had to return them all except one, which I returned too, but due to the reason of the GC having terrible cooling solution - but interestingly this one was perfectly fine for my eyes (1660 ASUS TUF). The other cards included 2060, 1650 Ti, 1650 (I was intentionally choosing lower end cards as per what I read here 30xx is a no go for me)…

I am now considering building my own PC and keep buying new cards until I find the right one. The only thing I fear - could the output be impacted by something else than the graphics card itself - like the motherboard? Could even the motherboard be the main cause? I don't see how, but I saw some people reporting that "good" cards became suddenly "bad" when inserted into a different motherboard…

    I'm not sure how a different motherboard could affect things, why would my 1660s be ok to use but my 3060ti not ok on the same motherboard for example? Would the chipset affect this?

    I did think about buying an cpu+board from ebay thats different to my current setup but the cost is a lot, I could buy another GPU instead perhaps.

    The only thing that may be similar is I own two laptops, each has a skylake intel CPU with a HD530 (but one also has a nvidia 1060) but only the nvidia laptop is ok to use, even with graphics switching enabled. The other with just the 530 is not ok on multiple internal and external screens. One is a clevo, the other is a dell machine so different internals / boards.

    The motherboard will not cause an issue because it just house the components, nothing more, use a 1650 super or 1660 super gpu, I know those two are good because I have 1650 super for years now which I game with no issue, but some games like Ubisoft games affect me tho.

      No, I don't see a way how could motherboard be impacting this either… it was actually a question as I saw some remarks here in the forum that changing motherboard actually made things worse even with exactly the same graphics card. If the answer is it should not, it's great and I'm happy…

      If motherboard could be impacting it then my attempt to build a PC without the graphics card and then start the "quest for an eye strain free card" may be in vain…

      This has got me thinking though what if the motherboard chipset could affect things as well.

      In the example for my laptops, what are the chances the intel CPUs / HD530 are completely different? Why would intel not 'cut and paste' the same HD530 each time etc. The laptop boards though are likely different, I'm not sure how I can check the chipset though.

      the cost of testing all this soon mounts up though, new motherbaord, new cpu, graphics, power supplies, case etc…

        HAL9000 Wait a second… the two laptops you spoke of. You are comparing them (one usable, one not) while using the built-in laptop screen or when they output to the same monitor using HDMI/DP?

          A different motherboard could mean a different OS build / updates / drivers if you are reinstalling the OS which definitely could cause problems. Otherwise I am as skeptical as everyone else.

          Maybe different Intel GOP firmware or microcode can affect the Intel integrated graphics? Not sure. For that reason I am suspicious of BIOS updates. Maybe different motherboards come stock with different versions of this firmware and microcode. I don’t really don’t know and am just speculating.

          • JTL replied to this.

            degen Don't have any references handy, but I do believe the system BIOS can configure integrated graphics to use dithering by default in certain circumstances.

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              Yes, your proposal it is true. I bought two different laptops with the same intel hd 620 videochip. But they have different generation of processor (8 vs 11) and of course different motherboard. And laptop with intel 8 i can use with external display successfully, but i have trouble with other laptop with 11 intel. This shit make me really angry, i have seen that reason could be EVERYTHERE - display, gpu, processor, motherboard - everething else. It makes my tries to figure out with my problem senceless (

              I doubt it. I suppose the problem is (OS and/or videodriver+health)-related. For example I can use GTX 970 in win 7 without eyestrain but I can't do it in Win 10/Linux. In win 10 I can use only intel graphics 630 (without any nvidia driver and GPU installed simultaneously). I don't know for sure, but probably even modern video cards can be used in win 7 except for gaming. Essentially it is a health issue. So now I can't stand pc/ps/xbox gaming no matter the videocard and OS. But I could play mobile games before android 12…. And now I have to reset to factory settings my firmware) I wonder what I will do when there is no more device my eyes can stand)

              i try my vga in another motherboard and procesor. My previous mb is gigabyte a320m and procesor is ryzen 5 3500x. Then i try in msi mag b660m mortar wifi and intel i5 12400. With same gpu. And not change, still have eye problem exactly same. So the problem is gpu i think

                ludwig And did you have a chance to try with a good graphics card? The one that is OK in the old motherboard and is OK in the new one as well? Thanks!

                    is there anyone here who cant tolerate 1660 Tuf?

                    machala my very best graphic card is gtx 1660 super inno3d vram samsung. Zero eye strain. Now i use rtx 3070 zotac vram samsung, still cause a bit dry eyes but no headache at all so i can tolerate it

                        ludwig Hi, thanks for the info, but my question was different… the card that is "good" (e.g. inno3d 1660 super), is it good the very same way in both motherboards? The one with the old chipset as well as the B660?

                            machala i haven't try my gtx 1660 super to my 660m motherboard cause i have sell it. j just try my rtx 3070 in old and new motherboard and no diferent at all

                                machala It should be fine. I have kept a "good for me" video card through 4 motherboards and it has stayed good all the time.

                                All of the display functionality is on the card itself. All the PCI bus is doing is sending instructions (and some power) to the card.

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