So I've seen a few threads about black screens, crashing, etc. I think the issue I'm having is different. I have an EVGA GTX 1070 FTW (with latest November 3rd video BIOS installed). On some games, when I quit them, I get a black screen instead of my desktop. Everything seems to respond properly (via the keyboard), the monitor acts like it is getting a signal (it stays turned on and doesn't say "No Signal"), sound still works, etc.
 
The current workaround is to press Fn+Pause on my keyboard (Razer BlackWidow) to put the computer to sleep, wake it up by pressing the power button, turn the monitor off and on, and my computer is sitting at the lock screen. Log back in, and I'm good to go like nothing happened.
 
I've tried other things like hitting Alt+Tab, Alt+F4, Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc., turning the monitor off and on, and so on. I'm running the latest NVIDIA drivers. I've had the computer for a couple of months now, but this only started in the past few days. It seems to happen fairly consistently on certain games (Braid, Dark Souls III, & Star Wars: The Old Republic for example), but never on others (I have like 80 games installed).
 
Any suggestions please? Has anyone else seen this issue?

That was my original suspicion as well. However, I remembered that it did happen one time before I applied the BIOS update. It was during that first time that I established the workaround described above.
 
Card is working great otherwise (before and after new BIOS). No CTDs, TDRs, artifacts, etc. using factory overclock.
 
Thanks for checking!

Thanks! Will test and see how it goes...

Okay, turning off G-SYNC fixes the issue for now, which is a bummer. I've actually managed to forget how nasty screen tearing can be in some games. Here's hoping this is a temporary hiccup in the NVIDIA driver and that they get it squared away ASAP. I'm going to try and chime in on the GeForce forums as well to try and add me to the list of those affected. Hopefully, NVIDIA is taking note...

Don't know what to tell you. I've got a couple of games on here that cause the problem consistently. Other (most) games never do it at all. For the games that do it consistently, they stopped doing it when I disabled G-SYNC. As this was done at the suggestion of someone else with the same issue over in the GeForce Forums (https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/968520/pc-games/gsync-feature-causes-black-screen-amp-pc-freeze-when-exit-some-games-/), I'm now pretty sure this isn't an isolated case (bad monitor, cable, etc.) The only thing I've noticed for the games that repeatedly cause it is that they don't have a setting in-game that allows for setting the refresh rate. Most games allow me to crank it up to 165 Hz.
 
Do you have the game Braid on Steam? If so, try it out and see if it works fine for you. It is an older indie game, so I figure it might fly under the radar for some/most these days. On the other hand, Dark Souls III is a more popular and recent title, and it does it as well.

Interesting! Maybe we're dealing with two distinct but similar issues? Does my putting the computer to sleep trick work for you? Also, you say the issue is random for you. For me, it can happen every single time with a couple of games.

Sajin
 
Tried the braid demo. No problems here.

No idea. Maybe something different in demo version? Something else different between our systems that we're not accounting for? Doesn't change the fact that, in my situation, disabling G-SYNC for the affected games stops the issue for me.
 
BTW, can add Final Fantasy XIII-2 to the list of games that do this. Yet another game where I can't specify the refresh rate in the game, so that theory still holds.

i just go for aplication that gives issue and set preference by aplication instead for the game that gives issues btw.

Can a DisplayPort cable just "go bad" though? I'm using the one that came with the monitor. Has worked fine for about four months with two computers (and the games that are causing problems now). That's why I've been leaning towards this being more of a software/drivers/OS issue of some sort.

twalls

Sajin
 
Tried the braid demo. No problems here.

No idea. Maybe something different in demo version? Something else different between our systems that we're not accounting for? Doesn't change the fact that, in my situation, disabling G-SYNC for the affected games stops the issue for me.
 
BTW, can add Final Fantasy XIII-2 to the list of games that do this. Yet another game where I can't specify the refresh rate in the game, so that theory still holds.

Do you experience the problem using the demo version?

I have this issue too, Maxwell GPU here. Fix ---> Go right into your GSYNC options and turn GSYNC to use during windows and full screen. This worked for me. I have found the issue to be strictly Windows 10 related. Typical issues coming from Windows 10.
 
The problem is windows 10 keeps assuming that you have multiple monitors. It's a flaw with Windows. It constantly tries to override Nvidia's drivers and settings.
 
Others have reported that pulling your cable out and plugging it back in has worked too.
 
Some have also reported that running DDU, wiping your current drivers, and reinstalling the latest drivers have also fixed the problem. However, I have done this in the past, but the issue eventually comes back. So far setting GSYNC to run in windows and during full screen has suppressed the issue.
 
The black screen only occurs on the exit of a specific game, and doesn't always happen on certain titles, right?
 
.................... Until now, EVGA forums is the only site that suggested to have the refresh rate set to application controlled, rather than forcing max refresh rate. I'll try this as well.

arokhantos
Btw i have dualscreen 1 of my screen does't have gsync attached on hdmi it also go's black when i mess with dark souls 3 settings, untill i allow refresh rate by aplication instead.

good to know. I'm definitely going to try this when I get home. Thanks.
Didn't mean to take over the thread, it just so happens I have been having this same issue and you're the only person on the entire net that has suggested to try setting the NVidia settings to run the refresh rate at the application's refresh rate.