Okay, so I saw that Linux has an option for disabling dithering. Does this option really disable Nvidia GTX/RTX dithering and get rid of the eye strain for good? Cause if that is true, I might consider switching to Linux.

The official Nvidia Linux driver has an option to set the dithering (static, dynamic, off, etc.). It seems to work, but it does not mean it will disable the eye strain. There may be something else going on (on the pixel level) that is responsible for the eye strain, instead of temporal dithering. You could install a Linux distribution to a different storage device (e.g. USB stick) and try it.

  • AGI replied to this.

    I installed ubuntu latest version on virtualbox and it was giving me crazy eye strain from VM! lol I wasn't able to find how to disable dithering 🙁

      It's very easy to try most Linux distros from a USB flash drive. It's worth trying.

      madmozg I installed ubuntu latest version on virtualbox and it was giving me crazy eye strain from VM

      Does VirtualBox use the NVIDIA graphics directly?

      • JTL replied to this.

          ryans It's very easy to try most Linux distros from a USB flash drive. It's worth trying.

          Getting NVIDIA drivers to work under a live environment is a different can of worms

          Does VirtualBox use the NVIDIA graphics directly?

          No

            I was not able to find a quick way to disable dithering in Ubuntu! So if you guys have a manual or something, please share.

            I bought an NVidia card because there is an option in the linux NVidia control panel to disable temporal dithering. The option did not work for my card. I set it and it did nothing. It was this model:

            EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA GAMING, 10G-P5-3885-KL

            I have read elsewhere that some options in the NVidia control panel only work with certain professional level cards (I forget what NVidia calls those).

            KM There may be something else going on (on the pixel level) that is responsible for the eye strain

            This is interesting. Do you have an idea what it could be?

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