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When I enter rendered preview with cycles, the UI keeps turning black. GIF showing the problem.

I noticed that the problem isn't occurring when I change the "Window Draw Method" from "Automatic" to "Full" in System settings. However, when it is set to "Full", Blender keeps crashing when I try to enter rendered preview.

I'm using GPU rendering with a GTX 1060 6GB with the latest drivers.

I have tried rolling back the GPU drivers, but didn't help. I have also tried older versions of Blender, which didn't help either.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

Edit: I just found this thread on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/blenderhelp/comments/6h7aoh/blender_constantly_crashing_and_freezing_on/), where somebody asked a similar question. And the answer was to turn off nvidia shadowplay, or instant replay or whatever it's called. And it worked!

Case closed!

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    $\begingroup$ Most likely a graphics driver issue or a some sort of GPU problem. Either the scene is too heavy for your VRAM, or your card is being stressed too close to limits, or there is some hardware corruption or defect, like bad memory sectors. Have you tried updating your drivers to the latest version? $\endgroup$
    – Duarte Farrajota Ramos ♦
    Commented Jun 13, 2017 at 17:24
  • $\begingroup$ I am running the latest driver, so I don't think that's it unfortunately. The thing you said about the VRAM got me thinking, if it has to do with my GPU being overclocked. So I just tried removing the overclock, but sadly it didn't solve the issue. Maybe it's a hardware thing then. It's just weird, because it works fine in games and stress tests. $\endgroup$
    – J. Larsen
    Commented Jun 13, 2017 at 18:31
  • $\begingroup$ Which version of Blender? Have you tried a daily build from builder.blender.org? $\endgroup$
    – dr. Sybren
    Commented Jun 13, 2017 at 21:13
  • $\begingroup$ Currently running the latest version. But I have both tried previous versions and daily builds. No change unfortunately. $\endgroup$
    – J. Larsen
    Commented Jun 14, 2017 at 13:27
  • $\begingroup$ Hi @J.Larsen - please add your solution as an answer and accept it. This will remove the question from the 'unanswered' list and also help other people find your solution. $\endgroup$
    – Rich Sedman
    Commented Jun 16, 2017 at 9:10

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I just found this thread on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/blenderhelp/comments/6h7aoh/blender_constantly_crashing_and_freezing_on/), where somebody asked a similar question. And the answer was to turn off nvidia shadowplay, or instant replay or whatever it's called. And it worked!

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