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Screen stuttering up and down, observed in Arma 3 map, and Civ 5 loading screens.

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May 6, 2014 1:35:02 PM

I'll cut to the chase.

I started playing Civ5 again a few days ago and noticed that in the loading screen and sometimes in the main menu the entire screen would stutter/flicker wildly up and down until I alt-tabbed out which would fix it. I didn't think much of it, other than it must be a Civ bug.

Started playing Arma 3 yesterday and the same again, but much worse. It happens in the loading screens intermittently and in the maps almost constantly (is still for a moment when I first open map and then starts and doesn't stop until I close map which temporarily fixes it).

I want to emphasize this is not a frame issue, it is not frame-stuttering I am referring to, the screen moves up and down very quickly. To show you what I mean I tried to record using DXtory, but the recording came out perfectly still even though I am 100% certain whilst I was recording it the map was doing the stutter. So I recorded it with my phone and uploaded it to youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhEWq5H09Fw
You still can't see the full effect, I suppose because of the framerate of the camera on my phone, but you can probably get the idea.

Things I have done already:
Switched my secondary monitor with primary to see if it was a monitor issue.
Upgraded to newest AMD beta drivers (14.4)
Looked all over the Arma 3 bug report forums, haven't found any mention of such a bug so it can't be Arma 3 specific.

My specs:
Spoiler
CPU: Intel i5 2500k @3.5GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO w/ Arctic Silver 5 paste
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68 V-LX
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz CL9 4x4GB
Storage: 120GB Samsung 840 SSD, 1TB Seagate 7200rpm
Graphics Card: ASUS R9 280x Direct CU TOP
Power Supply: Corsair CX600w
OS: Windows 7
Displays: 2 x LG E2351 23" LED monitor


I'd greatly appreciate any help on this matter, thanks.

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May 6, 2014 2:22:56 PM

This is the first I've seen of this problem and since its not the monitor then it must be the card.

Just to be sure, drop down to lower resolutions and see if it still happens.
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May 6, 2014 2:42:48 PM

popatim said:
This is the first I've seen of this problem and since its not the monitor then it must be the card.

Just to be sure, drop down to lower resolutions and see if it still happens.


I took it down to 1280x720 and the stuttering stopped. Any ideas where this leaves us? RMA'ing is an absolute last resort.
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May 7, 2014 9:30:10 AM

I think it is fixed. I changed the settings around a bit and it seems to have stopped. Something must've caused it, no idea what.
Wish I could say what fixed it, but I don't know.
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May 7, 2014 10:13:30 AM

Okay. Officially 'unfixed', it came back after I rebooted.
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May 27, 2014 7:01:18 AM

OK. It hasn't happened for a few days now, I think I fixed it by going to borderless window, who knew? Guess I'm going to cancel my RMA soon, that's going to be awkward.
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