System specs at bottom of post.
The PROBLEM- when the cursor hovers over certain things on screen like icons, buttons in creator applications, brighter or darker areas of the screen(can be just about anything), the screen will slightly, but noticeably brighten or darken, and sometimes flicker back and forth(like its confused about whether to dim or brighten) not a "glitch" like flicker that you might see with a failing GPU or faulty cable. Then, when you move the cursor just off of said thing, the screen darkens, move it back, the screen brightens again, or flickers. This most notably happens when there is large area of white on screen, like when working in Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Gimp, Excell, etc...
Others have complained of the same issue, with no real consensus on what is causing the behavior.
I'm looking for the definitive answer for why this happens. But, before you answer or input, please note, that this IS NOT:
system:
i9-10900k
Z490 vision Mobo
RTX 3090 Vision
32 gb vengeance RAM
PG43UQ monitor
2 other Samsung monitors
Activated Windows 11 Pro
The PROBLEM- when the cursor hovers over certain things on screen like icons, buttons in creator applications, brighter or darker areas of the screen(can be just about anything), the screen will slightly, but noticeably brighten or darken, and sometimes flicker back and forth(like its confused about whether to dim or brighten) not a "glitch" like flicker that you might see with a failing GPU or faulty cable. Then, when you move the cursor just off of said thing, the screen darkens, move it back, the screen brightens again, or flickers. This most notably happens when there is large area of white on screen, like when working in Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Gimp, Excell, etc...
Others have complained of the same issue, with no real consensus on what is causing the behavior.
I'm looking for the definitive answer for why this happens. But, before you answer or input, please note, that this IS NOT:
- A driver issue (have installed fresh 472.xx Nvidia drivers... more than once)
- A bug or glitch from hardware/software failure(this is an apparent, intentional design feature)
- The Windows battery saver feature that is designed for laptops and tablets (I am using an HPDT, with win11, was happening in win10 as well)
- Environmentally influenced by ambient light sensors(my monitor has this turned off)
- Performance option related (all desktop performance options throughout windows are maxed globally and some per-application specific, like AI, Inkscape, and Gimp)
- A monitor "issue" (using a PG43UQ($1,500 model, and have multiple monitors hooked up, and all exhibit same behavior)
- A cable "issue" (using DP 1.4 and have used HDMI 2.0, and have changed many cables, and all inputs and outputs my hardware has to offer)
- A graphics card "issue" (I have a flawlessly running RTX 3090 I've had for just over a year now, I have swapped in a 2070, does the same thing)
- A monitor option (I've been through all the options my monitor offers, including ASUS' "ASCR", but that does not change the behavior either.)
system:
i9-10900k
Z490 vision Mobo
RTX 3090 Vision
32 gb vengeance RAM
PG43UQ monitor
2 other Samsung monitors
Activated Windows 11 Pro
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