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X35 flickering(Acer X35 monitor)
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The effect is actually relatively subtle I only notice it on the selected/grey taskbar icon for example (darker background can't really see it). If I scroll up/down while holding ctrl to get the zoom to flip I can recreate a flicker effect using it, but at a standstill I actually have to put my face closer to the screen to realize anything is "off", at normal sitting distance it's hard to tell.
If I leave it at 100% and ask someone "what's wrong" they'd likely say nothing. My interest in the scan-line issue is actually more due to me thinking this is relating to flickering. As quickly flipping between 90-100% makes things look like it's flickering (only the grey taskbar item, everything else is too subtle to make a real difference).
As for the OSD question, it had no effect. Scan-lines remained.
In game the flickering very visible. On the taskbar it is only noticeable if your face is like 1 inch from the screen, looks slightly flickery but if you focus enough you can tell with your own eyes that it's the scanline effect going on/off. On video closeup you can see the colors going on/off within a pixel on what should be a static image https://www.dropbox.com/s/nj5xb6khnax2txw/ffxiv-flicker-effect.mp4?dl=0
Same taskbar in part of game with no flicker effect going on, can see sub pixels stable as expected: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p4gxhlt2d8szgf4/ffxiv-no-flicker.mp4?dl=0
Chrome task bar when loading up forest image, and manually making scanlines appear disappear. I believe this is exactly the same thing that's happening in the first video only much much slower as I'm causing the action manually. https://www.dropbox.com/s/z0gjrcwr0ak8nmd/manual-forest-image.mp4?dl=0
While none of this says why it's happening hopefully it's a strong indicator as to what's happening for Acer's team to debug.
There u go, check the post by P4yn3( first few post) .
If Acer and Asus could do it then why cant other manufacturers like LG, Samsung dont have FALD in their displays yet ? its all nvidia doing the R & D. AUO provides the panel/backlight and Asus/Acer distribute them in a package.
Tinkerer
“Cannot” consistently reproduce the issue mean that you were able to see the issue but doesn’t happen frequently? If HQ saw it happen, it’s a real issue.
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I mainly play PUBG and when running through short grass the screen flickers quite badly. I noticed this in the first couple of games i played with this monitor.
I tried all the different options in the OSD to remedy this but nothing worked.
What i did find was that if i turned up "Digital Vibrance" up to 90 (which is where i had it set on my old monitor, pg348q) it is much better, only noticeable flicker if i deliberately go looking for it, but makes the game playable.
I know this is not a fix, but a workaround until ASUS/NVIDIA/ACER work out what is wrong.
Give it a try.
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This new information gives me hope that the flickering problem is something that can be solved through a Nivida driver update.
Tinkerer
Thats why on my old monitor i had Digital Vibrance set to 90% and for me on those games that setting carried over well to this monitor. But i know this is just papering over the cracks until the manufactures or Nvidia come up with a solution.
Obviously I'm not going to ship the monitor to acer if it's still within my return window for a full refund. But that experience and lack of meaningful replies on forums explaining the issue, expected fix date, or any information really, isn't looking hopeful.
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I think i will give it another week it to see if a fix is mentioned, if not it’s getting returned.
I do have a Microcenter in my city with the X35 on display. I took the forrest picture posted here up to the store and tested with it on their X35 and it has the same issues. While there I was explaining the issue to an employee and we hooked up a PC with WoW on it and it fired up to test.. same issues.
I think all of these monitors will have the scanline/flicker issue. Because it is happening with both Acer and Asus models, it has to be something to do with the panel, gysnc compnents, or driver support because those are all shared between both brands. I think reguardless if it is the panel or the gsync compenent, it is on the manufactuer, in my case Acer, to either resolve the issue, get Nvidia to resolve the issue, or provide a refund.
I understand that identifying and resolving an issue like this takes time. I would just like some communication or updates throughout this process from either Acer or Nvidia.