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G8 SD80 Black Screen Flickers 2026 Edition

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cwjones
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I purchased 3 G8 OLED SD80 32" monitors last year.  I use them in a triple configuration for sim racing.  I have used them with a 4080 and now a 5090 all running DP cables.

Since day 1... these monitors exhibit a black flicker... the screen goes black for 1-3s in the middle of racing and its simply unacceptable for a high end product.

#1 I know there are other threads on the topic. They are old, outdated, and have 0 solutions.

#2 It is very clear Samsung are aware of this "defect" in the SD80 and have expedited an SD81 model with documented Gsync support. 

#3 Samsung support is a joke.  Over the last year I have contacted them multiple times asking for help with this issue.  Each time I get transferred to different people, some more helpful than others but ultimately their goal is to tire my patience so I give up and go away.

So, no... I don't care about forum rules.. I don't care about other threads, I don't care about people in the forum saying "its nvidias fault" at the end of the day Samsun rushed a product to market and didn't ensure it was compatible with even the 40x gpu series.  

I have waited patiently for a year and I am done.  Samsung make this right and recall the SD80s and replace them with SD81s  otherwise, if you have posted here let's ensure none of our friends ever buy another Samsung product.  

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Jeggu
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Yeah, dealing with this exact same issue. Well documented but no solution offered by Samsung.

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