The cursor appears distorted or missing on landscape-oriented displays, including portrait setups.
The cursor appears distorted or missing on landscape-oriented displays, including portrait setups.
Recently I changed from NVIDIA to AMD 9070XT, used DDU to uninstall old NVIDIA drivers, swapped the GPU and reinstalled the AMD driver without resetting all software. I’m encountering a few odd problems with the AMD setup. Most issues disappear after a restart, but one remains: the mouse cursor doesn’t display correctly. When using a monitor in portrait mode, the cursor appears normal, yet when switching to landscape or other orientations, it looks distorted—sometimes upside down or misplaced. This also happens with any display port or HDMI when changing modes; the cursor stays in the wrong spot. I’ve tried disabling hidden monitors in Device Manager, unplugging and replugging the display, using the AMD shortcut to rotate, and even checking registry settings or using tools like Mouse Trail. However, these fixes often cause stuttering or a low-frame feel. For NVIDIA, some suggest adjusting display settings via the control panel, but AMD doesn’t offer similar options—only basic Windows controls. I’m wondering if there’s a more lasting fix on AMD to ensure the cursor renders properly in non-landscape orientations.
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I believe this could be linked to problems from using Windows scaling. I experienced similar issues when connecting a TV via HDMI as display 2 and a monitor through DP as display 1. Both screens were 3840x2160, but the TV was set to 200% scaling while the monitor was at 125%. Adjusting both to 150% resolved the problem in most cases. I didn’t dig deeper beyond that, but it might be a good starting point.
It isn't a perfect fix, but it addresses several problems. It's hard to tell which setting was changed during the NVIDIA drivers and didn't get restored once AMD joined the system. Hope it helps!
This occurs when screens 3 and 1 are using normal landscape mode, while 1 and 2 remain in standard portrait. The cursor appears correctly on screen 3, but without SoftCursor or mouse trail it moves as if in landscape. Using tools like Greenshot shows the crosshair aligns properly, whereas the cursor doesn't. The issue arises because the display driver doesn't detect orientation changes, rendering the mouse in landscape while Windows software functions normally. From online reports, the hardware display driver fails to recognize orientation shifts and displays the mouse in landscape mode. It seems NVIDIA's control panel works around this, but AMD lacks a similar solution. Creating a custom resolution from AMD software might be necessary.