I tried a Vega 64 and had low level eye-strain with it. I've not tried any of the 5xx series, nor the new 57xx cards.
AMD GPU's
Has anyone gotten any time/experience with AMD's 5700 cards?
(Yes, I still live in hope the next release/architecture will be better...)
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I have tried the new Radeon 5700XT on my Samsung c34f791 monitor and it was worse than all Nvidia cards i have tried over the years. I got a burning feeling in my eyes after a few minutes and when i switched to the integrated graphicscard on my motherboard (Intel UHD 630) the pain disappeared.
Now i´m using a MSI RTX 2070 Super Ventus and it´s much better when it comes to eye strain, best since the MSI GTX 970.
That's a shame re the 5700.
Still, I'm not sure I want to hear that you're having success with the 2070S?!? That'll mean another expensive experiment/trial.
Does anyone else have any experience of either the new AMD GPUs or as mentioned above the Nvidia 2xxx series?
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just trying my first radeon(580) today with win10 and benq ew27.. & it's not good.. but dang there are so many new options once you switch to displayport on a freesync screen though.
things i havent heard anyone talk about: 4:2:2 chroma - this is feeling pretty good;
6 bit(visible dithering off!) option;
virtual super resolution..
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Jimbo66 Is the 2070 Super still treating you well? I see you had trouble with the 980 Ti. Is this on par with your 970, or worse? I wonder if Nvidia made a change in the refreshed Turing cards. You are the first person to report a positive result with a modern Nvidia card I believe.
Though it's hard to see them making a change for the better in regards to dithering with everyone yelling at them about colour banding.
Jimbo66 Now i´m using a MSI RTX 2070 Super Ventus and it´s much better when it comes to eye strain, best since the MSI GTX 970.
Hi, could you please describe your configuration in more detail: motherboard/ OS(version_build)/ possibly registry tweaks?/ GPU driver version/ interface(DP_DVI_HDMI)/ monitor ?
Accidentally install AMD Adrenalin Pro for my rx560 on win11 and i feel like fonts are so sharp and look like that enterprise driver fit's for me, instead of amd adrenalin software.
i think AMD is the way to go - NVIDIA's business model is to disable settings in their radeon line so people with advanced visual requirements will buy quadro
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reaganry My findings are inconclusive but some AMD cards seem to have dithering on by default and others do not, so its kind of similar to the situation with recent Nvidia cards. So I think purely recommending "anything by AMD" is a mistake.
Fortunately my work computer has one of the "good" cards.
At least the siler lining is faster cards than the "trusted" older Nvidia GPUs do exist.
Accidentally install AMD Adrenalin Pro for my rx560 on win11 and i feel like fonts are so sharp
Do I need extra steps to use Adrenalin Pro on my regular desktop graphics card? which PCI\VEN&DEV your rx560?
Is there an GUI option in the pro version of the driver(similar to the NV quadro) to explicitly control dithering?
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PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_67FF asus
I didn't perform any other steps. For me it looks the same as common version and i didn't find anything related to dithering.
Driver Version 22.10.20-220524a-380149C-AMD-Software-PRO-Edition
AMD Windows Driver Version 30.0.21020.2
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it does feel like the adrenalin pro is a little different. there's no 'dithering' option, but there is generally an option to choose 6 vs 8 bit, which you're not going to get with nvidia.
Anyone using Virtual Super Resolution? it's a completely different look. basically a different take on anti-aliasing/dithering? makes my screen usable without headaches, though probably not perfect.
Quick question: How do you disable dithering on a AMD integrated card? I have a laptop with one of those and Linux.
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I first started having these eye strain issues about 9 years ago when I got a new nvidia 750ti gpu. Had never experienced anything like it before. I was used to being able to stare at my computer screen for hours a day without problems on my previous geforce 8800GT. Suddenly I could hardly stand it for 15 minutes. And the worst part of it, the eyestrain would make my eyes sensitive to everything else. After using my computer, I could barely look at my tv my eyes were so fatigued. Just going shopping would give me headaches from all the visual scanning required. I tried various brightness settings, etc. I tried different monitors new and old (relative to 2014), but the eye problems persisted. Went to eye doctor, nothing wrong with my eyes.
I ended up getting a used pc with an amd a8 apu. No eyestrain, things were back to normal for that time. 3 years later, I get a new pc with an i7 and gtx 1060. Eye problems returned. Got some expensive gaming glasses to reduce headache and eyestrain, and those helped somewhat. My next machine was a ryzen3 laptop w/ vega 3 mobile graphics. Whenever I used the laptop, I experienced no eyestrain. Whenever I used my desktop pc (gtx1060), I experienced eyestrain. Fast forward to the present, I recently picked up a new desktop pc with a ryzen 5 and nvidia 3060ti. Eyestrain!
Can't really draw any conclusion yet since my nvidia cards that caused issues were comparatively much more powerful than the amd graphics which didn't. I guess my next step will be to switch my gpu for an rx 6000 series one and see.
In 2014 i had an HP monitor with PWM and became sensitive to any digital screen for a 1 year or something. Then i bought an ACER NP515 nitro Touch notebook with Nvidia 1050 dedicated card ( around 2018). No eye strain/pain at all with that laptop ( running win 10 all updates and latest Nvidia drivers). Could use it for hours gaming/movies all was fine. Then i decided to upgrade to my current setup and the pain in my eyes is back ( also headaches, neck pain, etc ).
My current setup :
- i5 12400F paired withAMD GPU Mesh 6500XT 4GB connected via HDMI.The monitor itself is an 6 bit ( don't know if is FRC or not). This setup causes eyestrain to me. Maybe i should take a look to change color depth or some options in AMD software to test it again
Allekss I am using nearly the same setup, same processor and a 6600xt. I am using it on 6bit colors, but i can do this only with an DP cable(driver otherwise doesnt let me change it). I had an ATI card before, i didnt get the eye pain, perhaps something changed with this generation of graphic cards. Tell us when you find sth that helps.