144Hz Strobing/Flickering Issue

[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. Note that the strobing is ONLY visible on the desktop background and in games, not in task manager. I have verified that there are no drivers for this display.

[Hung5yH1pp0]

I am not very experienced in this area, but as far as I am aware, the difference between 120hz and 144hz is very minimal. You might as well keep your monitor at 120hz until you find a solution. Does your monitor have a warranty? You can try contacting customer support and see if they can fix it.

[Gungpae]

What cable are you using?

[LienusLateTips]

15 minutes ago, Firecheetah13 said:

      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. Note that the strobing is ONLY visible on the desktop background and in games, not in task manager. I have verified that there are no drivers for this display.

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[Firecheetah13]

2 minutes ago, CapableDErP said:

I am not very experienced in this area, but as far as I am aware, the difference between 120hz and 144hz is very minimal. You might as well keep your monitor at 120hz until you find a solution. Does your monitor have a warranty? You can try contacting customer support and see if they can fix it.

I believe my display does have a warranty, but I feel that this may be a graphics issue because I do NOT get flickering while in web browsers or task manager at 144hz, and I think that no matter what I was in if it was a monitor issue then it would flicker. Yes, I am keeping it at 120Hz, but being a nitpicky person, I just want to run it at the full 144hz. Also I have already contacted both of Pixio's support emails this morning, so I am just waiting for a response. I am getting a GTX 1070 soon though, so I feel that it would be pointless to return it now and not have a display for 2 weeks and get my new GPU just to find that it was just a graphics issue all along.

[Firecheetah13]

5 minutes ago, Gungpae said:

What cable are you using?

DP

[Firecheetah13]

Just now, JDE said:

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-nightthemenotabot

what

[Hung5yH1pp0]

1 hour ago, Firecheetah13 said:

DP

Have you tried switching out the cord?

[Firecheetah13]

1 minute ago, CapableDErP said:

Have you tried switching out the cord?

Don't have another DP cable lying around

[Hung5yH1pp0]

Just now, Firecheetah13 said:

Don't have another DP cable lying around

If your problem persists, I would try buying a new one or maybe borrowing one from a friend.

[Firecheetah13]

1 minute ago, CapableDErP said:

If your problem persists, I would try buying a new one or maybe borrowing one from a friend.

But my question is why this works at 120Hz but not 144Hz. Could that actually be because of the cable? I don't want to just waste $10 (BC I don't know anyone else that has a DP cable).