Screen Flicker on new monitor during hd movies in fullscreen

Diggs the Bayrab

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HELLO. I JUST BOUGHT A 32 SAMSUNG MONITOR (S32D850T) (LINK: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001971) FOR MY HP ENVY H8-1520t CTO RUNNING WINDOWS 8.1. SINCE I ALREADY HAD A PREVIOUS MONITOR (23'' HP X2301) I KEPT IT AS THE SECOND DISPLAY. THE OLD 23'' RUNS 1920X1080 AND THE NEW 32'' RUNS AT 2560X1440. EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECTLY SO FAR WITH THE DUAL MONITORS AND THE RESOLUTIONS ARE BOTH RUNNING AT THEIR RECOMMENDED SIZE. THEY BOTH RUN 60HZ REFRESH RATE WHICH IS GOOD TOO (RECOMMENDED).

THE PROBLEM OCCURS ON WHEN I STREAM HD MOVIES IN FULLSCREEN. THEY PLAY GREAT UNLESS I MOVE THE MOUSE ON TOP OF THE SCREEN WHILE ITS PLAYING. THE SCREEN STARTS CHOPPING UP AND PAUSING AND GOING FAST THEN SLOW. WHEN I STOP MOVING THE MOUSE IT GOES BACK AFTER A COUPLE SECONDS.

MY GPU IS A AMD RADEON HD7570. THE BIG SCREEN IS THROUGH A DISPLAY PORT BECAUSE I TRIED DVI AND HDMI AND THEY WONT PLAY THE FULL RESOLUTION ONLY 1080. THE SMALL SECOND SCREEN IS HDMI.

I ORDER MY SCREEN WITH A NEW GRAPHICS CARD A RADEON HD7750 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129306) BUT IT STILL NEED A FEW DAYS TO COME. IF THE FLICKERING IS CAUSED BY THE OLD GPU MAYBE THE NEW ONE WILL HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

A SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME IF I ORDERED THE CORRECT GPU FOR MY COMPUTER. IT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL WORK WITH MY COMPUTER BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE ONE SLOT EMPTY AND CANNOT PURCHASE A DUAL SLOT. SO THIS TURNED MY OPTIONS FROM OVER A HUNDRED CARDS TO JUST THIS ONE CARD (SUCKS).
 

yasserBasha

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1- check your monitor's cable , replace it with another one and see what happens .
2- check your cpu cooling , HD movie streaming puts a lot of strain on the processor and if it doesn't get proper cooling you may experience some lagging and stuttering in your machine's performance.

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Diggs the Bayrab

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I JUST GOT THE NEW GPU AMD HD 7750 INSTEAD OF THE 7570. I THINK IT WAS THE GPU WASNT HANDLING IT WHEN I STREAM HD. I DONT PLAY GAMES SO I CANT REALLY TEST IT FULLY. BUT SO FAR THE NEW ONE IS DOING GOOD. I GOT A SOUND BLASTER CARD ALSO BECAUSE I NEED TO RECORD MY MUSIC TUTORIALS SO I NEEDED A BETTER LINE IN THAN THE CRAPPY ONE THAT CAME WITH MY COMPUTER. SO NOW ALL 4 SLOTS ARE FILLED. FIREWIRE FOR MY PRO TOOLS MBOX. AC WIRELESS ADAPTER FOR MY NIGHTHAWK ROUTER. SOUNDBLASTER ZX AND THE AMD RADEON HD 7750. THANK GOD THEY ALL WORKED WELL WHEN I PUT THEM IN YESTERDAY. JUST HAD TO BOOT IN LEGACY AND I WAS GOOD. GOT THAT BEEPING WHEN I DIDNT FROM THE CPU. IF ANYTHING CHANGES I WILL UPDATE. THANKS FOR THE HELP YASSER.