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I have been scratching my head out why are the menu under picture, Dark Boost & Auto brightness & SDR VARIABLE BACKLIGHT are all greyed out in the menu can’t seem to access those settings anything I’m doing wrong, or how do I access them.
Thanks
Changed to hdr again and that issue is now gone strangely enough changing to HDMI I do see like what seems to be pulsing but going back to DP it is gone so maybe the pulsing is because there is no signal and not a fault of the monitor so far I have no complaints with my monitor but is there a way or can someone show me how to recreate the flickering or scan lines just to be 100% sure.
I have set windows settings to H D R I have set the refresh rate to 144 Hrz overdrive is set to extreme. Thank you all for yoru timeCan I ask what monitor settings are you using in playing HDR games. My settings are 144Hrz overdrive extreme backlight response set to Desktop and windows HDR to on when on desktop I turn HDR off as I see the halo effect with HDR on.
Ive seen it in gears 5, battlefield 5, battlefront 2, resident evil 2 rm, shadow of mordor and division 2, assasins creed both latest ones and metro exodus.
But this monitor is supposed to be mostly about HDR gaming. Basically in every hdr title I have played I have seen it. -flicker + lines.
Needs to be fixed. No word yet Manny on whats going on?
Tinkerer
Tinkerer
Monitor Frequency: 200hz. (Nvidia display setting 144hz, RGB, Full, 10 bit)
Backlight response: Gaming (got used to blooming effect, annoys me sometimes)
Dark Boost: Off
Auto Brightness: Off
Auto Black level: Off
SDR variable backlight: On
Overdrive: Normal
Brightness: 40
Contrast: Default
RGB Color user: Same as PC monitor review
(All these settings are from PC monitor and it works for me)
I tested those games I mentioned on my first post briefly and at the time I tested it, Windows HDR is enabled. HDR gaming and video streaming enabled. Didn't bother messing with the rest of the windows display settings. Since I've been playing AC Odyssey for the last 3 and a half weeks, I found out on this game, even if Windows HDR setting is disabled, as long AC Odyssey is on fullscreen mode, you can play HDR or SDR by enabling the option in the in-game video option of AC Odyssey. I haven't tried it on the other games I mentioned if its possible just to activate the HDR option in the in-game video option and just leave windows HDR deactivated. But if you need to watch youtube HDR, windows HDR need to be enabled.
Forgot to mention, I have flickering on OSD menu if there is no signal. No flickering if monitor is receiving signal from Video card.
I'm happy with this monitor now. I hope I don't encounter anymore flickering that will bother my gaming experience. For now, the screen flickering I reported doesn't bother me. And Yes! Acer and Nvidia must address this screen flickering issue for a $2500 monitor and more than 2 yrs of R&D, they should have perfected this.
By the way, did Acer stop selling the x35? Its now unavailable at Amazon. Even my local Microcenter did not re-stock this monitor.
Thank you all to those who have replied. To be honest I have no HDR Games in my games library suppose I’ll have to go and purchase then download a HDR game to see for myself if I have a defective monitor I hate to say it I could not justify paying what I did for this monitor to see any flickering on game screen I doubt I would keep this monitor but instead I would return it for a complete refund but so far I do not see any flickering on the desktop is there any way to test this flickering without purchasing a HDR game someone uploaded a picture of green bamboo vista and there are already scan lines in that picture so that picture is as good as hopeless.
I don’t know my monitor seems to be 100% with no fan noise ramping up and down and it is perfect I have no complaints but honestly, I have not played any HDR games as I do not own any.
Is there a way to test for the flickering screen using a HDR without resorting to purchase a HDR game.
Thanks
On a side note, I can reproduce this issue with Far Cry 5 with HDR by waiting till the sun is overhead and looking directly at a white/light-colored dirt road.