I've been fighting to get a decent resolution from my 3080Ti for a week or so now. Gone through a bunch of "certified" cables with the same horrible behavior. Most any high resolution will cause the screen to black out a few times (blinking) and shoot straight to 1024x768. The behavior seems to hinge on the color settings for the most part.
If I set Output Color Format to 4:2:2 and Output Color Depth to 10-bit, I can get as high as 2560x1440 @120Hz. But the moment I try to switch to RGB (full or limited), the resolution will not go above 1360x768, most likely because all other resolutions above that (under the PC category) are 100Hz/120Hz only. What's even weirder is sometimes the NVCP will ignore a color setting I set, or switch to 12-bit Output Color Depth when I didn't touch the color and try to switch resolutions. If I switch
out of 2560x1440 @120Hz by trying a higher color setting or resolution, I won't be able to get back to 2560x1440 until I restart the PC.
Cables I've gone through:
Phoossno Certified 8K Fiber Optical HDMI 2.1 Cable Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable 48Gbps 33ft 10m
Monoprice 8K SlimRun AV Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable 30ft - AOC 48Gbps Black
8K HDMI Cable 10FT, Maxonar (Certified) 48Gbps Ultra High Speed HDMI 2.1 Cord 8K60 4K120 eARC
RUIPRO 8K Certified HDMI 2.1 Cable 10ft Ultra HD High Speed 48Gbps 8K@60Hz 4K@120Hz Dynamic HDR eARC HDCP 2.2/2.3
Zeskit Maya 8K 48Gbps Certified Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable 16ft CL3 In Wall Rated, 4K120 8K60 eARC HDR HDCP 2.2 2.3 <---currently running 2560x1440 @ 120Hz (4:2:2, 10-bit) on this cable
The Ruipro will sometimes allow me to get 4K 60Hz from the TV category, but it's inconsistent. I can also get the 1080p under that category at 120Hz, but any resolution with RGB, full or limited, even at 8-bit Output Color Depth, will result in a blinking screen as if it's trying to change to the higher resolution, then a completely bottom out to 1024x768.
I've marched through the last three driver packages from nVidia (466.77, 471.41, 471.96) with DDU in Win10 safe mode like an ant on crack with no change observed.
I've reset the LG CX tv four or five times to initial settings, ticked all the right boxes (PC mode, Instant Gaming Response, Deep Color). Latest firmware (3.23.25). Tried different HDMI ports.
I've run Precision X1 and updated the firmware on the card, even ran a curve overclock (card switch set to OC and is in a WC loop on an EKWB block that never let's it get above 52C on the OC curve test).
As near as I can tell, either all these cables are absolute trash, the card HDMI port is faulty, the drivers are crap, or the CX just won't run 4k 120Hz.
I've got the RUIPRO 8K HDMI Fiber Optic Cable 15ft HDMI 2.1 48Gbps 8K@60Hz 4K@120Hz Dynamic HDR/eARC/HDCP 2.2 on the way, but not much hope for it.
System Specs:
Gigabyte Z370 Gaming 7
8700K
32GB GSkill 3200MHz RAM
Samsung 970 Pro 1TB NVMe boot drive / 970 Evo 2TB game drive
Win10 Pro 21H1
edit: tried to link the cables, forum ain't havin it.
Edit #2: Since the last nVidia driver installation (471.68), I've found that certain resolutions can be switched to from the Windows Display Properties. 2560x1600, 3840x2160, and 4096x2160 are all accessible through this route and reflected in NVCP as TV resolutions. All resolutions hit a limit of 60Hz; higher refresh rates are ignored and return to the original resolution.
Any attempt to improve Color format or range through NVCP result in a prompt switch right back down to 1024x768. However, I can increase color depth to 12-bit.
Also interesting to note, once the resolution is changed in Windows Display Properties, it can be changed in NVCP. If going from a resolution in the PC category and changing resolutions in NVCP, it will drop to 1024x768. PC resolutions in NVCP above 2560x1440 are still inaccessible, presumably for the refresh rate increase to 100/120Hz.
This points to a driver interaction on some level, but I can't entirely rule out the cable (as much as I want to). The overall behavior implies a bandwidth issue, and I can't A/B test the cables to prove they have the bandwidth available.