Crashing GPU

[vyrelis]

Still got a GPU crash on the new PDN beta 5.101.9098.33495 and with studio driver 566.14. Gonna go back to including /defaultSwapChainType=LegacyBlt until that crashes, if it will.

[Rick Brewster]

1 hour ago, vyrelis said:

Still got a GPU crash on the new PDN beta 5.101.9098.33495 and with studio driver 566.14

Yeah I thought the studio driver thing was a red herring. I wonder why that did help that other person who reported it ...

 

It might be worth reinstalling your GPU driver with the "clean installation" option checked. 

 

[vyrelis]

I was able to work for a REALLY long time last night, probably 5 hours (game open, OBS actively recording, Discord open, 4k images with multiple layers, whole shebang) with no crash using LegacyBlt

[Rick Brewster]

I did find some more information yesterday while debugging into the graphics issues that've been reported with 5.1. See my comment here: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/132703-paintnet-keeps-crashing-my-laptop/#findComment-641968

 

 

Do you have GSYNC enabled? Try disabling it, and then do not specify the LegacyBlt option, and see how things go.

 

I have had code in PDN for a long time that sets up an NVIDIA application profile to disable GSYNC (for just the app, that is). This code was not working, but it's fixed for the next 5.1.1 update. At that point you won't need to disable GSYNC to use PDN.

[vyrelis]

My monitor does not support GSYNC

[Rick Brewster]

You can still enable GSYNC on monitors that support FreeSync. Your display is 144Hz, and I'm pretty sure all 144Hz displays support some form of VRR* (whether FreeSync or GSYNC). What I mean is, I didn't mean specifically GSYNC, that's just what you enable in the NVIDIA control panel whether your monitor supports GSYNC or FreeSync (or etc.).

 

* VRR stands for Variable Refresh Rate

 

In any case, can you try this build?

• Installer: https://www.getpaint.net/files/zip/test/Paint.NET.5.101.9101.40006.install.x64.zip
• Portable: https://www.getpaint.net/files/zip/test/Paint.NET.5.101.9101.40006.portable.x64.zip

[vyrelis]

"The BenQ Zowie XL2411P lacks FreeSync or G-Sync but delivers solid performance with blur reduction up to its 144Hz refresh rate."   Tom's Hardware review says I have a piece of garbage

 

 

Edited Sunday at 10:39 PM by Tactilis
Fix link

[Rick Brewster]

Okay try the new 5.1.1 beta and let me know if anything is improved: 

 

[vyrelis]

Still crashed

[Rick Brewster]

What if you double-click the mpo_disable.reg file from NVIDIA here? (you can use mpo_enable.reg to undo it) https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5157/~/after-updating-to-nvidia-game-ready-driver-461.09-or-newer%2C-some-desktop-apps

 

Oh and you need to reboot after double-clicking the .reg file

[Rick Brewster]

Another thing you can try, before the mpo_disable.reg, is this command-line parameter I added for the new 5.1.1 beta (9102): /enableSwapChainAllowFlipModeTearing