Question EVGA GTX1080ti SC Black Screen Flickering

[BrandonR_117]

Hey everyone. So this issue has been occurring to me for more than a few months, but since last night it has gotten extremely worse.

Their is this flicker on my monitor that occurs pretty much every few seconds now. It is extremely annoying.
I've tried DDU, I've tried a new DisplayPort Cable. I recently re-seated my GPU as well.

This happens in-game as well.

My temps are all normal. I don't notice any artifact(ing).
I'm truly lost at what this could be.
I also recently upgraded monitors to a 34" 120hz IPS Ultrawide, but the flicker would still happen on my other monitor a 27" IPS 165hz 1440p.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Which Power Supply are you using ? Could be either a Hardware or a software issue, since the problem occurs with 2 different Monitors as well. How OLD is your Video card ?

 

[BrandonR_117]

A Corsair RM850X
The GPU is just over 2 years old.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Okay....That's a very good PSU. NO worries here.

I just wanted to rule out the power supply, so that's why I asked for the MODEL. How does the GPU perform in GAMES ? Does the screen still flicker ? Are you sure there are NO artifacts visible on the screen ?

 

[BrandonR_117]

No artifacts or anything, but I think I may have found a possible culprit. The monitor may be a dud.
I just plugged in a cheap monitor I had via Displayport and no flickering has happened (yet).
This is odd, because on my old Predator it would flicker, but the problem would disappear for a while and then come back.
On my Alienware Ultrawide it started last night and got way worse today, to the point it is unusable.
And in games it still flickers.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Okay. Glad you figured out the cause.

 

[BrandonR_117]

A little update.
So I did more research and found out it could be the overclock. Natively it's max 100hz, with the possibility to overclock at 120hz. I set it too 120hz and was fine for about a week or two until the flickering started happening.
I spoke to MicroCenter and was almost done boxing the monitor up when I decided to try again. And so far, no flickering.
I didn't change anything, just plugged it in again. Not sure what the issue could have been, maybe it fixed itself. I don't know. I am truly bewildered right now.