Display Flicker/Corruption on W10 1709

[CyberneticTitan]

GPU: MSI GTX 770 Lightning in LN2 BIOS

Monitor: XR341CK

OS: Windows 10 Home 1709 64-Bit

 

So for most of the past year I've been running Windows 10 1703 (Redstone I) with my ultrawide monitor @ 3440x1440 75Hz. Everything is fine. Perfect in-fact.

 

I recently upgraded the OS to the Fall Creator's Update, since MS has been nagging me so much so might as well. I couldn't disable it, since I don't have Pro.

 

The Problem:

 

After upgrading the OS, the monitor will now "flicker" or display a corrupted frame. See a video demo below:

 

https://streamable.com/9yy17

 

Frame cap:

 

 

What I've tried:

• Device manager uninstallation
• DDU uninstallation
• Getting latest drivers from Nvidia
• Installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 1709

Notes:

 

• On Windows 1709, 3440x1440 @ 60Hz works perfectly fine.
• Using the Windows Basic Display Adapter driver removes flickering, but also 75Hz.
• 2560x1440 @ 75Hz shows the same flickering/corruption in the black borders, leading me to believe it's a GPU or a Monitor hardware issue.
• I don't have any other GPUs to test.

 

Thanks!

[KarathKasun]

Yep, I have seen this in the game Fractured Space.  But it only happens in native fullscreen on that particular game so far (and its not a single frame, its all of them), if I switch to windowed fullscreen it works properly.

 

Looks to be Windows or Driver related.

 

This is on a Sandy/Ivy era CPU and GTX 750 Ti using 390.77 driver.  Screen resolution is 1920x1080 @ 75hz.

[CyberneticTitan]

Update: Tested this display with an R9 390X and had the similar issue. 

 

I resolved this by setting the display to just 8-bit instead of 10-bit. The flickering disappeared immediately.