So yeah using my TV’s game optimizer menu, I can see that every time the screen would cut to black is when the “Low Latency” mode would kick on. On top of that It’s only reporting 60 FPS in games, despite the steam FPS counter showing a lot more than that.
I was gaming on windows earlier and it was definitely reporting the correct FPS in the TV’s menu. So there’s something weird going on here.
Edit:
I am not alone atleast https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/545-drivers-have-bad-flickering-and-black-screen-issues-when-vrr-is-enabled/269801/30
Workaround:
Disable G-Sync in Nvidia-Settings App.
X Screen 0 → OpenGL Settings → Uncheck Allow G-SYNC/G-SYNC Compatible
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/545-drivers-have-bad-flickering-and-black-screen-issues-when-vrr-is-enabled/269801/25
Wait for NVidia to release a fix.