Strobing Issue at 144hz

[Firecheetah13]

     Hello, I recently got a new monitor to update an aging TV that I was using as my display. As I got to use one first person and loved the display, I got a Pixio PX245C. However, upon buying the monitor, I set it to 144hz and got a strobing issue that made it look like the screen was flashing between a normal and brighter shade of the color it was trying to display across the whole screen. Weirdly enough, if I set the monitor to 120hz, the strobing goes away, which I heard is due to the GPU downclocking, but that would be confusing why it would work at 120hz. I have seen a thread on AMD's website about a similar issue which supposedly got fixed in a driver, but was to no avail for me. I have also seen the same issue on YouTube (linked below). I basically just need to know if this is a monitor borne issue or if it is a driver issue. My GPU is an RX 470 for reference. Oh, and just to make things more confusing, I am now able to set it to 144hz upon booting with freesync OFF and it wont cause strobing. However, if I launch a game such as CSGO with 144hz and no freesync, the strobing comes back.

 

[porina]

According to the comments on that video it is a problem with that monitor, but you have a different model... just to be clear, it is a very short duration change in brightness, like momentary?

 

Not a slower change in brightness? There is an AMD feature for adaptive brightness (might be more laptop applicable) that really messes with brightness, but it only takes effect if stuff on screen changes and not if left idle. Took me a while to hunt that down. It was really annoying and looked bad so I don't know who decided it was ever a good idea.

[Firecheetah13]

4 minutes ago, porina said:

According to the comments on that video it is a problem with that monitor, but you have a different model... just to be clear, it is a very short duration change in brightness, like momentary?

 

Not a slower change in brightness? There is an AMD feature for adaptive brightness (might be more laptop applicable) that really messes with brightness, but it only takes effect if stuff on screen changes and not if left idle. Took me a while to hunt that down. It was really annoying and looked bad so I don't know who decided it was ever a good idea.

No it is like it is flickering between different brightnesses very quickly, like strobe lights.

[porina]

If you have a spare cable try a different one?

 

Are there any flicker options in the monitor menu? I doubt that is it, but some monitors use backlight strobing at high refresh to reduce motion blur, and I'm guessing if changing that setting might have any influence at all.

[Firecheetah13]

Just now, porina said:

If you have a spare cable try a different one?

 

Are there any flicker options in the monitor menu? I doubt that is it, but some monitors use backlight strobing at high refresh to reduce motion blur, and I'm guessing if changing that setting might have any influence at all.

Sadly I do not have another DP cable or a Dual Link DVI cable, and there are no backlight strobing settings that I can see.