Mykro Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Hello, I have quite a weird issue ongoing with my Affinity Designer on Windows 10. I'm experiencing screen flicering whenever I use Affinity when moving the mouse on my main monitor (2160x1440p, 144Hz) but not on the 2nd monitor (1920x1080p, 60Hz). I was down to think it was an hardwaire failure, but outside of Affinity, the flickering is completely gone. I tried to reinstall the app, to no avail. I checked my drivers, all up to date. As this bug don't reflect directly when recording, I recorded it with my phone. Hope you have a solution, the flicking is killing my eyes for now. Regards 20210125_161741_1.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I experience myself a light / faint flicker when moving the mouse from the panels into the canvas and back. Moving the mouse only over the panels do cause no flicker. In my case the flicker is very subtle and my drivers are up-to-date. soapman 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykro Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Joachim_L said: I experience myself a light / faint flicker when moving the mouse from the panels into the canvas and back. Moving the mouse only over the panels do cause a flicker. In my case the flicker is very subtle and my drivers are up-to-date. Yep same, and bigger flicker if I use Artboard in the main composition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mébisis Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) Same here, flickering due to the last update of graphic card : have we to wait v1.9 ? Meanwhile, we can uninstall the new update to reinstall Nvidia driver 460.x Edited January 27, 2021 by Mébisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted January 29, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hi Mykro, Can you please provide us with some information about your setup, what graphics card are you using and what is your current driver version? Also what is the make and model of your two monitors? Are they using G-Sync or Freesync? I'm not seeing any flickering or behaviour you're getting. I've been using a Dell U2718Q 4k screen (at 150% Display DPI in Windows) at 60hz and a Benq GW2470H at 1080p (100% Display DPI in Windows) 60hz monitor connected to a Geforce 1080 using the 461.40 Studio Drivers. Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykro Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 31 minutes ago, Sean P said: Hi Mykro, Can you please provide us with some information about your setup, what graphics card are you using and what is your current driver version? Also what is the make and model of your two monitors? Are they using G-Sync or Freesync? I'm not seeing any flickering or behaviour you're getting. I've been using a Dell U2718Q 4k screen (at 150% Display DPI in Windows) at 60hz and a Benq GW2470H at 1080p (100% Display DPI in Windows) 60hz monitor connected to a Geforce 1080 using the 461.40 Studio Drivers. Hi Sean, Sure thing. My setup is a RTX 2080Ti with latest NVidia Drivers (461.40 at date of recording, issue still occuring). I'm using an AOC Q27G2G4 1440p screen (at 100% Display DPI) at 144Hz (using G-Sync) and an ACER GN246HL at 1080p (at 100% Display DPI) 60Hz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted January 29, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 29, 2021 Thanks for that, We've had a few similar sounding reports and there are a few things in common: namely the 461.40 drivers, 1440p and possibly G-Sync. Could you try disabling G-Sync and see if that helps with the behaviour? If not does setting that monitor to 60hz stop it from happening? Unfortunately I don't currently have any G-Sync supported monitors or 1440p screens to try locally as we're all still working from home right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykro Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 I'll try to see if it change anything. May I mention that if I swap Affinity window to my 60Hz monitor, the flicker is completely gone, but since they have also 2 different resolution and the 60Hz isn't using any Sync at all, there's still all the culprit in the equation. EDIT : Swapping my 1440p monitor to 60Hz (and let G-sync enabled) fixed it. I'll try the other way around now, Remove Gsync and stay at 144Hz. EDIT 2 : The other way around fixed it too (remove Gsync and stay at 1440p 144Hz) No idea why it act like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted January 29, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 29, 2021 7 minutes ago, Mykro said: I'll try to see if it change anything. May I mention that if I swap Affinity window to my 60Hz monitor, the flicker is completely gone, but since they have also 2 different resolution and the 60Hz isn't using any Sync at all, there's still all the culprit in the equation. EDIT : Swapping my 1440p monitor to 60Hz (and let G-sync enabled) fixed it. I'll try the other way around now, Remove Gsync and stay at 144Hz. EDIT 2 : The other way around fixed it too (remove Gsync and stay at 1440p 144Hz) No idea why it act like this Wonderful thanks for conforming that! It sounds as though something in the new drivers is causing this behaviour - seems suspect to have similar issues from multiple users from newly released drivers! I'll feed that back to development. Mébisis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Dropping the refresh rate on my MSI Optix G24C down to 60 Hz in Windows 10's Advanced Display Settings (Settings - System - Display - Advanced Display Settings at the bottom of the right panel) corrected the flickering issue for me. (nvidia 461.4 drivers) I'm just thankful that my monitor isn't dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanClark Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hello, I stopped in here to read up on other's experiences with this issue. I was having this flickering too until I disabled G-Sync. I have almost identical settings as the original poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marroon Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 On 1/29/2021 at 4:10 PM, Sean P said: Hi Mykro, Can you please provide us with some information about your setup, what graphics card are you using and what is your current driver version? Also what is the make and model of your two monitors? Are they using G-Sync or Freesync? I'm not seeing any flickering or behaviour you're getting. I've been using a Dell U2718Q 4k screen (at 150% Display DPI in Windows) at 60hz and a Benq GW2470H at 1080p (100% Display DPI in Windows) 60hz monitor connected to a Geforce 1080 using the 461.40 Studio Drivers. Hi ! It works for me ! - Disable G-sync and stay in 144 Hz solve the problem - Enable G-sync and put one screen on 60 Hz solve the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 any update on a solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marroon Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 New Nvidia drivers solve the problem. ashf and Sean P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I'm still seeing it. GeForce Driver 461.92 on MSI Optix G24C with refresh rate set to 144 (143.992) Hz Switching to the Studio Driver to see if that solves the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapman Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 just updated everything for the BAR upgrade. Latest nvidia drivers. Also having flicker issue LG cx48 OLED 120hz. < 3080 FTW no flicker with Gsync off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, soapman said: just updated everything for the BAR upgrade. Latest nvidia drivers. Also having flicker issue LG cx48 OLED 120hz. < 3080 FTW no flicker with Gsync off. Did you try nvidia 's studio driver instead of their gaming driver? That's what fixed it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapman Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 i have not. I will look into it. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oatmeal Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Here's how you find it if you have GeForce Experience installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapman Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 yep, need to look into if i lose BAR support. Noticing today, in nvidia control panel. if you have it only selected for gsync in fullscreen and not windowed mode it works fine since im not using full screen on my lg cx48. never mind. Its bad after a full day of work. I left for lunch came back and now its flickering like a bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndixonja Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Sorry to report I am having the same problem on both my LG 27UK650_600 monitors 😞 Software: Affinity Designer 1.9.2 OS: Edition Windows 10 Pro Version 20H2 Installed on 3/11/2021 OS build 19042.867 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0 GPU: RTX 2060 Super Driver: Studio Drivers version 461.92 Monitors: 2 LG 27UK650_600 and 1 HUION KAMVAS PRO 22 Running at 4K Resolution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plopp Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 (edited) I'm experiencing the same thing. It is unbearable. Monitor: Asus PG279Q Resolution: 2560x1440 OS: Windows 10 Home 2004 (19041.928) G-SYNC: On Refresh rate: 165 Hz Windows Feature Experience pack: 120.2212.551.0 GPU: RTX 2080 TI CPU: AMD Nvidia driver: 466.27 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Edited May 9, 2021 by plopp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllAboutTheGeek Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I am experiencing this same issue... with a similar setup to plopp, just swap the CPU to an i7 8700. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marroon Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Hi, There is a lot of tips & tricks to solve the problem : - Disable G-sync and stay in 144 Hz for the screen or- Enable G-sync and put one screen on 60 Hz or - Installing Pilote Studio in the Geforce Experience As for me, the latest Nvdia driver solve the problem with my Nvidia 2080 RTX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mébisis Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Same problem here. All my pilote have their last update. RTX2070 with Nvidia Studio Driver, W10 last update. Affinity Design 1.9.2.1035. note: Same flickering with Photo or Publisher. Flickering are less present with the last driver Nvidia but still there, it come randomly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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