Nvidia GTX 760 Distortion While Scrolling

[duragezic]

I recently got a SSD so I reinstalled Windows 7 to it. Since then, there are weird display issues in Windows. It is mostly noticeable whenever I scroll in Firefox. I'm not sure if that is "tearing" but it is basically an intermittent line of distortion and blurriness whenever I scroll. This distorted line is maybe 0.5" high and goes away once the scrolling (3 lines) has completed. There also seems to be other weird refresh/display issues in other 2D programs. I haven't tried any games yet.

After installing Windows, I installed the latest Nvidia driver (355.82). Thinking that was the issue, I tried 3 recent versions as well as the furthest back (340.52).

I was convinced it was a driver issue but I'm not sure now. Everything else is basically the same. I downloaded the Dell U2412 driver but it seems the one installed by Windows is the newest anyway. I don't think it's a hardware issue because the monitor and GTX 760 worked fine for years on the old install. I did not save the Nvidia driver I used on the previous install but it was from mid 2014.

It's also annoying that when I uninstall the graphics driver to try a new one, it often causes the display to turn off. At that point I have to reboot and it doesn't seem to fully uninstall (the entry remains), although after installing the different version, it seems to clean it out. The recommended instructions don't mention Safe Mode. Should I be using it to uninstall Nvidia graphics drivers?

Does anyone have any ideas? I'm about out! Thanks.

edit: Perhaps it is a Firefox issue? It doesn't seem to happen in Chrome, which doesn't seem to have smooth scrolling unless I install the Logitech extension. It seems to be okay if I disable smooth scrolling in Firefox. There is a Smooth Scrolling option in Setpoint, but it doesn't seem to affect browsers. Also I had the issue before installing crappy Setpoint.

Something is still jacked with the display though. If I have a web video playing, simply loading another page in a tab causes it play choppy. I'm pretty sure that is not normal for a modern system.

 

[xorbe]

I have had a number of Firefox render issues with my Titan X. Right now I have hardware acceleration on, so seems like they must have fixed things. Sometimes using the 3D rotated Google satellite maps makes Firefox generate black box pages a bit later, happens on my Radeon machine too.

You might try a fresh cable. I have been surprised about threads that were solved with a new video cable.

Firefox + flash videos + others pages = sometimes glitchy on Firefox. I feel that my old 2500k + Titan played videos more smoothly than my 4790k + Titan X, but I changed OS, Firefox, drivers, flash versions, motherboard, etc ... so much change.

 

[Deders]

Check your refresh rate, My monitor has a higher resolution than HDMI can transfer so even though I use DVI dual link to the monitor, because I have an HDMI connection going to my receiver on the same graphics card, sometimes if I set it to Duplicate displays it sets both of them to 30Hz which gives the same issues you see to experiencing.

 

[tweakboy]

Could be monitor. Also install latest nvidia drivers ........ and well see, gl

 

[duragezic]

I formatted even though I just installed a couple days ago. Same issue. Awesome. Used the latest Nvidia drivers (355.82) since as mentioned the 5-6 I tried all were the same.

If it was just the Firefox scrolling (with smooth scrolling enabled) I could deal with it, but as mentioned there seems to be other 2D display issues. But everything is fresh, drivers all new, BIOS new. No idea what's up.

Refresh rate is set to 59 Hz. I even have the HDMI (for TV) unplugged the entire time.

I believe I do have another DVI cable to try.

Thanks for the suggestions.