Getting Black Flicker When Gaming

PickleWickle · July 25, 2019

Just recently my Acer XF250Q started to give me a 2-3 second black screen when gaming. It happens randomly and quite often. I can be playing CS:GO and in one round it could happen 1-3 times. At first I was thinking it was my Display port so I ordered a new one, that didn't fix it. Then I realized it could be the Pcie extension for my gpu is not working properly. I removed it and put my 1070ti back on to the normal motherboard slot. Then I upgraded my GPU to a rx5700xt and surprisingly that didint fix it. So before I buy a new Monitor is there anyway it can be my mobo, ram, or powersupply? Maybe I need to change something in my settings. And does this sound like a monitor is dying? Please let me know if you guys know the solution to this problem.

SchnoppDog · July 30, 2019

Hi there,

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it was my Display port

you mean your DisplayPort cable? If yes then how about trying another port like HDMI? Maybe your DisplayPort on your monitor is some kinda broken.

Fr4nt1s3k · July 30, 2019

Disable Freesync / G-sync in global settings, application settings and monitor itself.
It will fix your problem and you probably won't notice a few torn pictures at those refresh rates.

If this helps, you can try playing with those Freesync settings a bit (enable globally, enable in application etc....). Black screen for a few seconds hapens when you switch from disabled/enabled "sync" environment (desktop with Freesync, game without Freesync enabled).

PickleWickle · August 2, 2019

On 7/30/2019 at 4:41 AM, Fr4nt1s3k said:

Disable Freesync / G-sync in global settings, application settings and monitor itself.
It will fix your problem and you probably won't notice a few torn pictures at those refresh rates.

If this helps, you can try playing with those Freesync settings a bit (enable globally, enable in application etc....). Black screen for a few seconds hapens when you switch from disabled/enabled "sync" environment (desktop with Freesync, game without Freesync enabled).

I think this worked, Ive been playing for some time and I havent had a problem. Thanks so much