what is causing this flickering on my pc

[moddinggamer6646]

i have a issue with my pc which i can't solve myself

 

randomly (several times in an hour )

my PC screen does a flicker like jump sometimes twice in a row its usually small but occasionally heavier like a weaker version of a loose TV connection flicker

another more rare thing is that the screen flashes a color as quick as a blink 

 

here's what i don't get

 

i first had this issue when i bought the PC 2 years ago after a while when the flickering got on my nerves i went searching to try and solve it

don't know what i did but eventually something i did made the flickering and flashing

go from frequent to rarely occurring like once or twice a week.

unfortunately after upgrading to windows 10 it returned and its as bad as it was when i first got the PC

 

i can run games on it fine though the flickering also occurs in games

(it did this before as well but stopped after doing what ever i did)

it also occurs on the desktop when completely idle (nothing moving on screen)

i have stress tested my PC no problems while doing so

 

hope someone can help me out any questions let me know

[sila]

Have you tried using a different monitor?

[moddinggamer6646]

here's my specs graphics-wise

 

windows 8.1
AMD Radeon hd 7900
my current resolution is 1920x1080 which my pc says is the recommend resolution refresh rate is 60hz cant go any higher then that
my tv is samsung brand

Have you tried using a different monitor?

 

no but i have had a ps3 and currently a ps4 connected to it and the issue doesn't occur with them i also tried switching the ports and it still occurs

[gregathit]

I too have had this problem, from my googling to investigate it, there are various different causes.  In my case, it "seems" to be an OS issue.  For me, it seems to happen when my hard drives haven't spun up due to inactivity, or simply runs out of buffer memory.  Whatever I am doing flickers for a couple of seconds and then is fine.

 

For others it has been a bad graphics driver.

 

Some recommend turning off error reporting.  I did this myself and it seems to cut the occurrences down, but hasn't totally eliminated them.

[moddinggamer6646]

I too have had this problem, from my googling to investigate it, there are various different causes.  In my case, it "seems" to be an OS issue.  For me, it seems to happen when my hard drives haven't spun up due to inactivity, or simply runs out of buffer memory.  Whatever I am doing flickers for a couple of seconds and then is fine.

 

For others it has been a bad graphics driver.

 

Some recommend turning off error reporting.  I did this myself and it seems to cut the occurrences down, but hasn't totally eliminated them.

 

i uninstalled and wiped the graphics card drivers reinstalled them and now the frequency of the flickering occurs much less often

like it was before i installed windows 10

 

guessing it must be related to the graphics card or the drivers