Windows 10: My laptop screen flickers in games if variable refresh rate is enabled.

Hello. I have an acer nitro 5 with a 165hz screen. If I enable variable refresh rate in windows graphics settings my screen starts flickering in games. Task Manager does not flicker. There is no flicker anywhere else, only in games. The flickering looks like I have the wrong refresh rate set. If I turn vrr off the flickering goes away but my fps gets blocked. I have tried different nvidia drivers and the flicker looks different with different driver versions. I have a driver Intel corporation display 30.0.101.1273. Why is this happening? Is it related to the intel graphics drivers? https:

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Variable Refresh Rate

Hello William, *Smile

Does your PC meet the requirements below for Variable Refresh Rate?

You won’t see the slider unless your system has all of the following. If any of these are missing, you will not see the toggle and the feature will not be enabled for you.

• Windows 10 version 1903 or later
• A G-SYNC or Adaptive-Sync capable monitor
• A GPU with WDDM 2.6 or above drivers, that supports G-SYNC / Adaptive-Sync and this new OS feature

*Arrow Turn On or Off Variable Refresh Rate for Games in Windows 10

 

Refresh rate Problem

Hi Robert,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Screen refresh rate is the rate at which the data displayed on screen is refreshed; it may be an image or some text document. Most of the users would like to set it to a higher rate but this also depends on the capacity of graphic
card and monitors. If the refresh rate is slow, the images on the display looks as flickering to the user eye and makes it uncomfortable to work.

Nowadays the latest monitors available in market will have minimum 60 Hz of refresh rate and it is very good option to set it to 70 Hz if you your monitor is compatible. Normally a high performance or quality monitors can reach
120 Hz of refresh rate. So I would suggest you to set your monitor refresh rate as higher as possible, below given steps describes how to access this feature on your Windows 8.1/10 PC.

• The default refresh rate setting is 60 Hertz (HZ); however, your monitor may support a higher setting. Check your manufacturer's documentation for information about the settings that your monitor supports.
• If you use a higher refresh rate, you can reduce the rate that your screen flickers; however, if you specify a refresh rate that is too high for your monitor, your screen may become unusable and your hardware may be damaged.
• Changes to the refresh rate affect all users that log on to the computer.

I would, as of now, suggest you to visit the computer manufacturer's support website and install the latest display and chipset drivers available for the latest operating system (currently it would be 8.1 in the list).

Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.

 

Screen flickering while gaming

Hi Lane,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



What is the make and model of the computer?

Is this issue specific to a particular game?

When was the last time your computer worked without this issue?



The problem could be caused by the GPU or cables.



I suggest you to try with the steps mentioned in the article below.

Troubleshoot screen flickering in Windows 10.



If the above steps do not help, try with decreasing the monitor refresh rate.

Go to Settings->System->Display->Advanced display settings->Display adaptor properties for Display 1->Monitor->Screen refresh rate.

Click on Apply and then Ok.



Hope it helps.



Peer Samie

Microsoft Community-Moderator