P: Photoshop v27.10 UI, Canvas and screen Flickering

I get that as well, but not just with Photoshop.  Just a brief black screen that quickly goes away.  I am using an RTX4080 with 591.86  I have just checked and it turns out that is a Game Ready driver and I must advise people at least once a week or so that the Studio driver works best with Photoshop. 

I am not sure that I get any other issues, and don’t know if the driver is the cause of my blackouts, but I am going to change my driver right after I post this.(to 597.06)

Something similar is happening to me on Windows 11, Ryzen 9 9950X3D and RTX 5090.

What worked in my case, as quick workarounds:

- Disabling "Use Graphics Processor" entirely, or
- Enabling "Older GPU Mode (pre-2016)" with GPU acceleration on

Performance drops slightly, which is annoying. Hoping they fix this soon!

Title: Screen blanks for ~0.5s repeatedly with GPU acceleration on (RTX 5090 + Alienware AW3225QF) — fixed only by "Older GPU Mode"

Summary:
With "Use Graphics Processor" enabled, the whole display goes black for about half a second and comes back, repeatedly, while using Photoshop. It only happens while Photoshop is running with GPU acceleration on. Enabling "Older GPU Mode (pre-2016)" in Technology Previews fixes it completely.

System:
- Photoshop: 27.10.0 (20260824.r.26 9d9635d) x64
- OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, build 10.0.26200.9457
- CPU: AMD, 16 cores / 32 threads (integrated AMD Radeon Graphics also present, no display attached to it)
- RAM: 64 GB
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (32 GB)
- NVIDIA driver: 616.92 Game Ready (32.0.16.1692). Also reproduced on the NVIDIA Studio driver.
- Main monitor: Alienware AW3225QF (32" 4K QD-OLED, 240Hz), firmware M2B110 (latest), 150% scaling
- Other displays: XPPen 27" pen display. Issue also reproduces with it turned off/disconnected.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor (default advanced settings).
2. Leave Technology Previews > Older GPU Mode unchecked (default).
3. Open a document and work normally.
Result: the display blanks for ~0.5s and recovers, repeatedly.

Expected: no display blanking.

What I ruled out (issue persisted in every case):
- HDMI 2.1 FRL cable and DisplayPort 1.4 cable (both original)
- Refresh rate lowered to 60Hz
- Windows HDR turned off
- 30-bit Display on and off
- OpenCL off, GPU Compositing off
- NVIDIA per-app profile set to Fixed Refresh (G-Sync off for Photoshop)
- Game Ready and Studio drivers
- Secondary pen display disconnected

Workarounds that fix it:
- Disabling "Use Graphics Processor" entirely, or
- Enabling "Older GPU Mode (pre-2016)" with GPU acceleration on.

Additional info:
- No nvlddmkm TDR events (ID 153/4101) are logged in Windows Event Viewer at the time of the blanks, so it does not appear to be a driver crash/reset.

Hi ​@The Big Dog Skiier, Welcome to the Photoshop Community Forum! Is the screen to black disrupting the workflow? Or is it able to complete the task? In the meantime, can you try these steps and confirm what you see?

1. Disable GPU Acceleration:

   • Navigate to Edit > Preferences > Performance (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Performance (macOS).

   • Uncheck the option Use Graphics Processor.

   • Restart the software and check if the issue persists.

2. Update Graphics Drivers: Even if you believe your drivers are up to date, it may help to check for updates manually.

3. Resetting Photoshop Preferences: Meanwhile, you can try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps mentioned here:  https://adobe.ly/4jmvs7u. Please back up your settings before resetting the preferences. You can check:  https://adobe.ly/3YW1WOu.

If none of these steps work for you, please send us your full System Info. You can find your system info by going to Help > System Info, copying and pasting it into a text file, and attaching it here. I hope this helps! ^CH

V27.10 shows my GPU meets requirements under “Help”. However when I preform some PS function that requires the GPU the screen goes black for a second or two. Such as resizing an image or cropping and image. I have dropped back to V27.9.1 which works ok.

Windows 11 current. Graphics driver current

Processor - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor (4.20 GHz)

Graphics - AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24 GB), AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics (486 MB)

Storage - 10.40 TB of 21.83 TB used

This is happening to me especially when i am using the clone tool. Every image on open, or duplicating images as layers shows underexposed for a second or two. It is not hardware or PC related as it is not happening on Photoshp Elements or any other programme and has only started since the last update.

Photoshop V27.10 has a bug that has forced me to downgrade to V27.9.1.  When I use an external monitor, the rendered image bounces between a correct exposure and one that is 4-5 stops darker.  

This seems to happen on a 30-60 second cycle.  For example, I can be in the middle of dodging an area when it will go dark.  If I stop and wait, it will go back to the correct exposure.  This doesn’t happen if I don’t use my external monitor.  When I use the external monitor the laptop is in the closed position.  So, I only see the external monitor.

My monitor is a NEC MultiSync PA271W and my laptop is a DELL XPS 15 (9500) running the latest window 11 version.  The monitor is connected to the laptop using a USB cable.

Dennis

Random flickering since latest version update.

Having exactly same issue. I have similar setup with the person who started the discussion.

It’s changing and darkening the colors of the workspace so for the moment Photoshop is not usable.

I'm having exactly the same problem. My colors aren't right either. Disabling the GPU prevents me from using my plugins like Nik collection or Luminar.

My system :

Windows 11 up-to-date

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (up-to-date drivers)

Monitor: Eizo ColorEdge CG2700X (4K UHD, connected via an original DisplayPort cable)

Can you tell us when we'll get a fix?