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Gray bar flickering on PG279Q in games with G-Sync on

akb8812
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I have been using the PG279Q for well over 2 years and recently I noticed there is a dark (gray or black) bar at the top of the screen that I only really see when I'm gaming with G-Sync on in some games. It flickers when I move the mouse or move in the game. I've not managed to see this happen during other regular Windows use. I think I can still see the black bar in game when I disable G sync but that might be my eyes tricking me lol.

Has anyone ever seen this before and has any solutions?  I'm attaching a video of the issue from in game.

 

My specs:
R9 3900x

x370 C6H (x570 upgrade pending)

Asus Strix GTX 1080Ti

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I should add that I was playing Stick of Truth (lots of colours making the bar easier to see) but it's capped at 30fps. Could that be causing this? Cause the games I mostly see this is before playing this has been the older Assassins Creed games which are often capped at around 60

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This is disappointing to see. I changed my background to default Windows 10 and I can see the black bar....I hope my screen didn't get faulty the moment it fell out of warranty :(

 

 

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Any ideas?

 

I might message Asus support soon about this and see what what they have to say.

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Did you ever manage to find out the issue? I have it, too

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On 1/27/2022 at 8:46 PM, Previll said:

Did you ever manage to find out the issue? I have it, too

Nope, I just put it down to burn in. Replaced the monitor eventually on a black friday deal.

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I have the same monitor but i never use g sync ,dont use g sync its better

Set image OD on normal

And dont overclock it to 165hz keep it a 144

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On 2/4/2022 at 8:03 PM, rotexen said:

I have the same monitor but i never use g sync ,dont use g sync its better

Set image OD on normal

And dont overclock it to 165hz keep it a 144

Any reason why to keep it at 144?

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1 hour ago, akb8812 said:

Any reason why to keep it at 144?

More stable at 144

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