Weird 3D Game Flickering Problem

thebigdva · Sep 19, 2016

Hello Guys,
I have a problem;
In 3D Games, narrow light areas (for example, sides of windows etc.) are flickering/moving when I move which tire my eyes. It happens in especially horizantal and vertical. I experienced this problem in Skyrim and Assassin's Creed Syndicate. I don't think it's related to my build (I'm not sure though) because I recently bought new GPU, CPU, mainboard, RAM. I think's it might be related to my HDMI cable or my monitor?
My build is:
Intel i5 6500 3.2 MHz
Asus Strix Gaming 4GB 256Bit
MSi B150 Mainboard
Kingston 8GB Single Module DDR4 2133 MHz
PHILIPS 227ELH (Not sure about the model) LED Monitor
Here's an example of the problem:

You can see clearly these lines are not normal, and it moves when I move my character as well.
What may be the problem?
Thanks in advace.

helpstar · Sep 19, 2016

drivers installed from nvidia.com and up to date?

update BIOS in BIOS with its integrated tool M-flash. Don´t flash in windows!

thebigdva · Sep 19, 2016

Sorry I forgot to write my GPU is R7 370 and up to date.
As you mentioned, I've updated my BIOS via DOS and I can see performance increase but seems like the problem is still persistent.
Any other advices?

helpstar · Sep 20, 2016

The Philips monitor firmware is up to date?

try decreasing shadow detail and try again, play a bit with the graphics settings of the games

does your monitor even support 3d?

resolution is set to 1920x1080?

run 3dmark and post the link of the result which comes up at the end in your bowser

thebigdva · Sep 21, 2016

Yes it's updated.
Tried, no luck.
How can I understand if my monitor supports 3D?
Yes it is.
I can't affor 3DMark, is there any other benchmarks that I can run for free?

helpstar · Sep 21, 2016

3dmark basic edition is for free

What you are experiencing is most likely screen tearing which should be gone by activating vsync.

thebigdva · Sep 22, 2016

No I'm sure it's not screen tearing because it's still there whether I activate vsync or not. I believe it's related to my monitor or HDMI cable? Is there a such problem with cable or monitor?

helpstar · Sep 22, 2016

did you activate vsnc in game or in the driver?

set settings ingame to max/ultra. Still this effect visible?

thebigdva · Sep 22, 2016

It's activated in both of them.
I tried low and ultra high but this crap is still there.

helpstar · Sep 23, 2016

please run 3dmark

it´s definitely not the monitor or the cable

uninstall "raptr" if installed with the driver

the effect is very common and should be minimized by graphics options like antialiasing
http://www.tweakguides.com/Graphics_11.html

thebigdva · Sep 23, 2016

Okay I'm downloading 3DMark at the moment.
I can't see Raptr in Programs List.
I also noticed in AMD Radeon settings, my BIOS model is showed as 2015 version altough I've updated this to 2016 version and I can see the correct version in BIOS. Is that a problem?

helpstar · Sep 23, 2016

Did you eventually mix up BIOS of the MSI motherboard and vBIOS of the graphics card?
Which exact BIOS version and motherboard model do you have?

With GPU-Z you can read out the vBIOS version of your graphics card

thebigdva · Sep 23, 2016

I don't know how to do that. Are GPU BIOS and Motherboard BIOS separate? I didn't even know that, sorry.
My BIOS Version and Date is : American Megatrends Inc. 3.AO, 27.07.2016
Motherboard : MSi B150 Pro-VDH (MS-7982)
In GPU-Z BIOS version is shown as 015.048.000.057.000000
I've just run 3DMark but for some reason it gives me "Problem receiving your result, Error Code : 13; Problem ID: 52608832" error, I saved the result, I can uplaod it to google drive if you want. But I have to say that in CPU test I got 0-4 fps (screen was too blurry) and I was like WTF!?
OK that CPU thing is normal I googled it LOL

helpstar · Sep 23, 2016

Did the result open to in your browser?

helpstar · Sep 24, 2016

Update the motherboard's bios via m-flash directly in bios itself, not in Windows.

thebigdva · Sep 24, 2016

Finally 3DMark has worked here's the link: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm06/17918699
Yes, I did that way, I created a boot flash disk and flashed BIOS with that, isn't this the correct way you're mentioning?

helpstar · Sep 24, 2016

Where did you get the 3.AO version? Up to date version should be 3.A from 2016/8/03.
Can be found on the msi website.

Well, please use the latest 3dmark from futuremark. 3.9GB.

thebigdva · Sep 24, 2016

Yes I took that from MSi website and it's 3.AO version.
Oh okay I'm downloading that.
Bro, thanks for help so far btw, I hope we can solve this damned problem

thebigdva · Sep 25, 2016

Here's the latest version's benchmark: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/15065892
I have to say that I saw these lines in benchmark video too.
Also I don't know why but it shows my GPU as R7 270, but mine is 370. In program it's correct but on browser it's the wrong model.

helpstar · Sep 25, 2016

delete all graphics driver with ddu uninstaller and install the latest from amd.com

thebigdva · Sep 25, 2016

I did that already while I was updating my GPU driver.
I downloaded Radeon Software from this link: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%2010%20-%2064
And via DDU I uninstalled the old one and updated the driver.
Is there a wrong step I have done?

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