Screen Flickering problems

[xenzo33]

Hello i have bought my new pc but i have this problem that my screen is flickering some gray lines from the top to the bottom on idle and full load!can anyone help me?and my psu is going crazy buzzing all the time and makes lots of noise! :/
Specs
Xfx r9 280x dd black edition
amd fx 8350 stock oc
gigabyte ga-970a-ds3p
aerocoll strike x xtreme
coolermaster gemini II m4
ms-tech ms-N750-val750W atx
phillips 223V5LSB2 21.5 inch

Flickering even in:
Idle load 18-25c
Watch dogs 1080p max settings
Full load 60-70c

 

[XFX_Support]

Hello Xenzo33,

Flickering like this could be caused by your PSU if you know its acting irregular. Can you try a different graphics card or PSU? perhaps even a surge protector or power cable as well? This is more of an a-typical flickering issue.

XFX Support

 

[xenzo33]

Hello XFX support i have changed my monitor cable twice and i got a smaller difference but thats not the problem the flickering line appear on idle and full load and the Psu is buzzing a bit on idle and lines appear and when its full load (watch dogs max settings) the game runs smoothly with no lag at all but the psu makes a lot of noise then idle and the lines appear even more there :/ i will RMA my psu so i can get a new one is the XFX TS SERIES 80PLUS BRONZE 650W enough for my specs?

 

[XFX_Support]

Hello XFX support i have changed my monitor cable twice and i got a smaller difference but thats not the problem the flickering line appear on idle and full load and the Psu is buzzing a bit on idle and lines appear and when its full load (watch dogs max settings) the game runs smoothly with no lag at all but the psu makes a lot of noise then idle and the lines appear even more there :/ i will RMA my psu so i can get a new one is the XFX TS SERIES 80PLUS BRONZE 650W enough for my specs?

Yes, 650W is enough power.

Is it possible to swap out any hardware to try in a different pc? once you start RMAing parts, you may find you have wasted more time than necessary. It should be 1 simple faulty unit, or a grounding issue, or something simple.

 

[xenzo33]

i can try a different monitor and see if that can help but i cant change gpu or psu for now! :/

 

[xenzo33]

i rma my motherboard due to support 95w for cpu but i needed 125w so i changed to asus m5a97 le r2.0 and i still have the same problem!

 

[Montblanchill]

Quick question - are you using a VGA connection or DVI for your monitor?

You will find that VGA often causes flickering with some monitors due to the manufacturing process and components that are used, backlight specifically. I only ask because I recently experienced the same issue when moving from a 21" to a 24" - they were the same brand however the 24" was manufactured slightly differently and as such, a VGA connection was causing flickering.

 

[xenzo33]

i use vga cable and i also changed the adaptor recently

 

[Montblanchill]

Have you tried a DVI cable? (Not an adaptor, you will still have the same problem if you use the blue VGA cable just with an adaptor)

 

[xenzo33]

my monitor only supports a vga cable

 

[xenzo33]

guys i still have white lines on my screen i will try diffrenct cable with no adapter and other monitor and i will check back!

 

[XFX_Support]

Okay, if it doesnt fix it, let us know at xfxsupport.com and we will get you an RMA. PM me the ticket # asap.

Thanks

 

[xenzo33]

so i changed my monitor from phillips 223V5LSB2 to an old dell i had and the lines are smaller then before but they do exist

 

[xenzo33]

here some photo with the problem

http://postimg.org/image/r9jrkkrbb/

 

[xenzo33]

where can i get older drivers for xfx r9 280x tdbd ?

 

[XFX_Support]

If you go to amd.com and find the appropriate driver page, there wlil be a small link on the right side for "Download previous drivers and software"

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

 

[xenzo33]

With or without drivers the problem remains the same, i tried a lot of old drivers but without results ! :/

 

[xenzo33]

i saw in a forum that lines like mine can be removed by triple buffering and vsync and also have same monitor hrtz as gpu

 

[xenzo33]

yo xfx i have good news 😀 so the problem waz that the monitor power cable waz connected to the power brick with the case so i used 1 jack for pc a another one for monitor and no lines at all 😀

 

[xenzo33]

everything is good now ty for your support also i love seeing such good support and instant response

 

[XFX_Support]

Great! Okay, if you have any more questions or concerns, please let us know. Thank you, Mark

 

[xenzo33]

youtube videos lag sometimes any fix to that ?

 

[xenzo33]

also is that psu good for me ?

 

[XFX_Support]

also is that psu good for me ?

i wouldn't recommend anything less than 650W.

Youtube lag may just be a buffering issue? it could be your ISP throttling youtube or simply a slower internet connection.

 

[xenzo33]

not a buffering issue i have 14mbps download but youtube keeps going forward and backwards and then goes good but i dont know why!