Windows 10: Display flickers when game is running in background

My display flickers when a graphically intensive game is running in the background. I have an ASUS ROG STRIX G15 2022, RTX 3050 model, 2x 512GB SSD, 2x 8GB DDR5 RAM. Games like Wuthering Waves and The Finals make my display flicker when theyre in the background, however, games like Bloons TD 6 and Punishing Gray Raven does not. To be more specific, it flickers when the current maximized application is trying to update something in the screen highlighting a text, clicking on a dropdown menu, clicking on a different tab. Ive also found out that this flickering only happens on certain applicati

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Screen flickering while gaming

Hello,

My problem is that basically anytime I launch any game the screen with start flickering nonstop. It will work normal for a few seconds, than it will go black, come back for a few seconds in awhile then do the same thing over and over again. The game is running
in background without issue during this time. If I alt+tab from the game to desktop the flickering stops, once I go back into the game it will show me the game for a few seconds and start flickering again. For the games that allow to switch to windowed mode
by pressing alt+enter the flickering stops and I am able to play the game normally except from the inconvenience of having it in windowed mode.

I have a dual monitor setup and I read online that it is a common issue with windows for such setups but none of the suggestions I read there helped me to solve it. By the way, while the game if flickering on main display, the secondary monitor is running
mostly fine and will only flicker occasionally. I had the same issue in the past, when after a windows update the flickering started, the way I was able to solve it back then was to uninstall the update and stop windows from updating again. A month ago I had
to reinstall the windows and everything was working fine until I got this big October update installed. This time around I am not given an option to uninstall the update so I am stuck with the flickering problem...

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

Games won't launch and run in background.

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Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

Please do let us know with the following information for better assistance:

• What exactly do you mean by games does not run in the background?
• Which are the games you are trying to launch?
• Were you able to see any error code/ error notification while trying to launch the game?
• Have you tried any troubleshooting steps?

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I suggest you to run disk cleanup to free the memory: Free up drive space in Windows 10
and check.

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Screen Flickering While Playing Games.

Hi Hritik Kandari,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



In order to get clarity on this issue and assist you with appropriate troubleshooting steps, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

1. What is the make and model number of the motherboard?
   
2. What is the version of your Windows 10 computer? (To check the version of your Windows 10, you can refer
   See which version of Windows 10 you have).
   
3. What is the name of the game in which you are facing issues with flickering?
   
4. Are you facing the flickering issue while normally using Windows?
   

Meanwhile, try the below methods and check if the flickering persists.



Method 1:
Changing The Screen Refresh Rate.

1. Right-click on an empty area on the
   desktop > Click on Display settings > Click on
   Advanced display settings > Click on Display adapter properties
   for Display.
   
2. Go to the Monitor tab and click on the drop-down list under
   Screen refresh rate and select 60 Hertz.
   
3. Click on Apply > OK.
   
4. Then, go back to the Adapter tab and click on
   List All Modes > Select a display mode you want that has the screen resolution and
   screen refresh rate.
   
5. Click on Apply > OK >
   Restart the computer once and check if the screen flickering issue persists.
   

If the issue persists, then follow Method 2.



Method 2:
Troubleshoot Screen Flickering In Windows 10.



I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned in Troubleshoot screen flickering
in Windows 10 and check if the issue persists.



Write to us with the updated results and the required information for us to be able to assist you further.