I also have a similar issue with scale set to 200%. The screen does not go blank after applying the 200% scaling and things seem to work as expected, but when logging in after a reboot the monitor goes into power-save state. So it doesn't appear to be specific to fractional scaling, since 2x scaling has issues for me.
I'm on a fully-updated 20.04 beta with nvidia-440 (440.64) drivers as well. Changing "<scale>" from 2 to 1 in ~/.config/monitors.xml and rebooting is how I managed to reset scaling to 100% and re-access my desktop.
I also have a similar issue with scale set to 200%. The screen does not go blank after applying the 200% scaling and things seem to work as expected, but when logging in after a reboot the monitor goes into power-save state. So it doesn't appear to be specific to fractional scaling, since 2x scaling has issues for me.
I'm on a fully-updated 20.04 beta with nvidia-440 (440.64) drivers as well. Changing "<scale>" from 2 to 1 in ~/.config/ monitors. xml and rebooting is how I managed to reset scaling to 100% and re-access my desktop.