Freesync 2 Causes flicker on screen

[Lundgreen]

Hey

I bought a 2560x1400 165 FPS, 31 inch HDR dell monitor. 

I'm generally super happy with the product, but when I activate Freesync 2 [one of the reasons I picked this screen] it starts flickering. Nothing huge but it's noticeable

What do i do? Is it a freesync issue? is it a settings issue? 

 

-thank you

[zeusthemoose]

What graphics card do you have?

[Lundgreen]

I'm running on a 'red build'
 
AMD Asus TUF B450M-Plus AM4 motherboard 
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 4.2GHz 6-core AM4 CPU 
 2x DDR4-3200 Corsair 8GB Vengeance RAM 
SSD Intel 660P 1TB NVMe M.2 (SSD)
AMD Radeon RX 5700XT 8GB ROG Strix 
CASE Corsair Carbide VG-275R TG Cabinet 
PSU Corsair VS550 550W 80+ 
 

[Matttaj69]

Maybe try to set your FPS limit to 160-162.

[Lundgreen]

How do I edit FPS limits correctly?

[Lundgreen]

When I google this it's sugguesting the software called GRU, is that the best way to change my fps? 
Or is there a simpler- or better way?

[zeusthemoose]

3 hours ago, Lundgreen said:

Or is there a simpler- or better way?

In the graphics setting for the game there should be an FPS setting.

[Lundgreen]

If i enable freesync it causes general flickering. 
In Windows as well as in games. It seems like the screen can't really handle Freesync at 165hz, i'm just in doubt of how to fix it.