Question Flickering issue in games ?

[Juroslavv]

Hello,

I have issue with flickering outlines, some textures and such as you can see in linked video. Currently it is mostly visible in Hunt showdown. It's not related to its new update because I had this issue in old hunt aswell before the update. In video there is clip from Sea of thieves where roof and docks are flickering but not that much as in Hunt. Also I currently own ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER O16G GAMING but this issue was present when I still had ASRock Radeon RX 6900 XT Phantom Gaming D 16G OC. I play on QHD 165Hz monitor

In video focus on building, outlines of trees, roofs.

View: https://youtu.be/_qMshisTCnY


Display: 27" AOC Q27G2S/EU Gaming
MB: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4 - Intel Z690
CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF
GPU: ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER O16G GAMING
RAM: Kingston Fury Renegade RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 36s00 CL16
PSU: Cooler Master V850 Gold-v2 - 850W
SSD1: WD SSD Blue SN570 Gen3, M.2 - 1TB
SSD2: Kingston SSD KC3000, M.2 - 1TB

Let me know if you need any other specific info so I can provide

 

[COLGeek]

Have you changed video cables during any of the mentioned changes?

 

[Juroslavv]

Have you changed video cables during any of the mentioned changes?

No, same cable since I got this monitor which is about to be 2 years soon. I use displayport cable

 

[COLGeek]

Try a different cable/port.

 

[Juroslavv]

I dont have any other DisplayPort cabel free at home so I tried HDMI, tried different ports on GPU but no difference

 

[COLGeek]

As an experiment, lower the refresh rate from 165hz to 60hz. Does the problem improve?

 

[Juroslavv]

No, lowering refresh rate to 60 HZ didnt help the situation. Just made game more laggy for me

 

[Phaaze88]

Flickering could be from voltage to the monitor drooping too low.
Is the monitor connected directly to the wall?

 

[Juroslavv]

No, I have it on the table

 

[Phaaze88]

?
Then is possible to plug the monitor directly to the wall socket and play?

 

[Juroslavv]

Im in rent house so I dont want to make adjustments like drilling in the wall which I would have to take care off when moving again. What difference it would make anyway?

 

[Phaaze88]

When you extend the original length of the cable via cable extensions and surge protectors, it increases the ohms, or electrical resistance through the circuit, causing a greater degree of voltage droop - some droop is expected though.
If it droops too much, it can cause problems, like the screen flickering, for example. That's why I asked if it was possible for you to play games while the monitor was plugged directly to the wall outlet.
If it's not possible to do that, then it is what it is, and can't rule out the possibility.