ROG SWIFT PG258Q Slight Flicker
Posted: 09 Jan 2019, 10:10
Hi all, so I’ve recently purchased a ROG SWIFT PG258Q Monitor and I can notice a slight flicker sometimes while doing non-gaming related things. (Browsing forums, using photoshop, even staring at my desktop background with nothing else open).
The flicker is kind of difficult to describe, it’s extremely subtle but once I started noticing it, it’s been driving me crazy. The flicker is like an extremely quick white flash. The flicker only lasts a few milliseconds and it almost looks like an extremely fast strobe flash. Sort of like the brightness of my monitor spikes for just a few milliseconds then goes back to normal. These flickers happen at seemingly random intervals, sometimes I won’t notice one for 20 minutes. Sometimes I’ll notice 2 or 3 in a row.
The weird part is, this flicker doesn’t exist while I’m gaming. (Or at least I’m not able to notice it). Does anyone have any idea what would cause this, or is this something normal with high refresh rate monitors or something? This is my first high end gaming monitor, prior to this I was using a 60 Hz Benq and never noticed the sort of flicker I’m talking about.
If it matters my setup uses 3 monitors. Monitor 1 is my PG258Q at 240hz connected to GPU via displayport. Monitor 2 is an older Dell 1680x1050 60hz monitor connected to GPU via DVI to displayport adapter. Monitor 3 is a 1920x1080 BenQ 60hz monitor connected to GPU via DVI to displayport adapter.
A few basic things I’ve tried that have not helped.
-Turned Off Gsync
-Turned On Gsync
-Purchase a new Display Port Cable
-Tried a different port on my GPU (2080 TI)
If anyone has any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. Could this be a problem with the monitor itself?
The flicker is kind of difficult to describe, it’s extremely subtle but once I started noticing it, it’s been driving me crazy. The flicker is like an extremely quick white flash. The flicker only lasts a few milliseconds and it almost looks like an extremely fast strobe flash. Sort of like the brightness of my monitor spikes for just a few milliseconds then goes back to normal. These flickers happen at seemingly random intervals, sometimes I won’t notice one for 20 minutes. Sometimes I’ll notice 2 or 3 in a row.
The weird part is, this flicker doesn’t exist while I’m gaming. (Or at least I’m not able to notice it). Does anyone have any idea what would cause this, or is this something normal with high refresh rate monitors or something? This is my first high end gaming monitor, prior to this I was using a 60 Hz Benq and never noticed the sort of flicker I’m talking about.
If it matters my setup uses 3 monitors. Monitor 1 is my PG258Q at 240hz connected to GPU via displayport. Monitor 2 is an older Dell 1680x1050 60hz monitor connected to GPU via DVI to displayport adapter. Monitor 3 is a 1920x1080 BenQ 60hz monitor connected to GPU via DVI to displayport adapter.
A few basic things I’ve tried that have not helped.
-Turned Off Gsync
-Turned On Gsync
-Purchase a new Display Port Cable
-Tried a different port on my GPU (2080 TI)
If anyone has any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. Could this be a problem with the monitor itself?