Second screen flickering while in games

[samyb1066]

Hi there,

 

I recently got a second screen which I use for Skype, chrome and steam while I'm in games, when in a game the second screen flickers(don't think this is the best term to describe what's happening but can't think of a better one). It seems like it's refreshing a line at a time?

 

Any ideas what could be causing this?

 

I have a gtx 780 3gb, i5 4670k, 8gb ram, 760w psu, 240gb ssd, 1tb hdd x2, windows 10 64bit

 

primary screen is 1920x1080 hdmi

second screen is 1920x1080 through the vga port using a dvi to vga adapter

 

It is shown in the video I've attached, it's not just in GTA that it does it, but it only does it when the game is what is focused (shown in video) and doesn't do it outside of games.

 

thanks in advance for your help!

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Edited December 20, 2016 by samyb1066

[Stevers108]

3 minutes ago, samyb1066 said:

Hi there,

 

I recently got a second screen which I use for Skype, chrome and steam while I'm in games, when in a game the second screen flickers(don't think this is the best term to describe what's happening but can't think of a better one). It seems like it's refreshing a line at a time?

 

Any ideas what could be causing this?

 

I have a gtx 780 3gb, i5 4670k, 8gb ram

primary screen is 1920x1080 hdmi

second screen is 1920x1080 through the vga port using a dvi to vga adapter

 

It is shown in the video I've attached, it's not just in GTA that it does it, but it only does it when the game is what is focused (shown in video) and doesn't do it outside of games.

 

thanks in advance for your help!

50394216502__6CDC9239-E523-4A17-A60A-B38CD6D7697E.MOV

Same thing happens to me. I have a GTX 970 and I think its just the strain of running 2 monitors and then a game too. I never get that when I am NOT playing a game (and I do a lot of heavy design work). I personally don't worry about it too much.

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Stevers108 said:

Same thing happens to me. I have a GTX 970 and I think its just the strain of running 2 monitors and then a game too. I never get that when I am NOT playing a game (and I do a lot of heavy design work). I personally don't worry about it too much.

i've had 3 screens (of which one of those "two panels stitched together 4K" panels) hooked up to my 970 with zero issues, it's not a "strain" issue.

[Stevers108]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

i've had 3 screens (of which one of those "two panels stitched together 4K" panels) hooked up to my 970 with zero issues, it's not a "strain" issue.

Do you have any idea what it is?

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Stevers108 said:

Do you have any idea what it is?

my first guess would be DDU and reinstall drivers to make sure it's not something i screwed up with settings.

 

beyond that, i'd figure out a way to not hook up the display trough VGA

[Stevers108]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

my first guess would be DDU and reinstall drivers to make sure it's not something i screwed up with settings.

 

beyond that, i'd figure out a way to not hook up the display trough VGA

Does VGA put more of a strain on a PC vs HDMI?

[manikyath]

2 minutes ago, Stevers108 said:

Does VGA put more of a strain on a PC vs HDMI?

no, but VGA is just more problematic in terms of interference.

[samyb1066]

15 minutes ago, manikyath said:

my first guess would be DDU and reinstall drivers to make sure it's not something i screwed up with settings.

 

beyond that, i'd figure out a way to not hook up the display trough VGA

Thanks, gonna have to see if I have a dvi cable lying around somewhere, if not I'll have to buy one