Random black screen flicker w/ RTX3060 + i7-11700K

[Zeusbottom]

Seeing occasional black screen flicker at random times during a game session. The black screen seems to persist only for one screen update or so; the flicker is very brief. Started today with the 1.8 update. Updated drivers do not fix the issue. DLSS Balanced seems to dampen the impact of the issue. I've tried toggling other display settings, none of which seemed to fix the issue.

* VSync off
* VRS off
* Borderless Full Screen off
* Dynamic Resolution on

I am sensitive to flicker, unfortunately.

[chipartist]

Same here, same GPU. I have rolled back driver to see if it helps but your report bodes ill for that. The game update seems very buggy.

EDIT: Good news. I rolled back the nvidia driver in Device Manager and opened the game. I happened to have quit to do the rollback while on an ice-covered planet, midday, where the flicker was extremely obvious. Back in the game I took a 3.6 km hike (round trip) and stopped at an abandoned something-or-other to snipe some Crimson Fleet flakes. During that time the sun set so things got very dusky. Over this whole sojourn, about 15 minutes or so, not a single flicker.

I wont claim this as a fix for anyone but me, as it's entirely anecdotal -- YMMV. But a driver rollback seems fairly easy and non-invasive (so to speak), so maybe worth a try. If it works for you as well, then it may indicate a dark synergy between the newer driver and the game update.

1.5 hours later: Seems the flicker is back, though not as frequent. Been playing since my last post, nothing until now, about 5 small-planet surveys later. Just one more fail to rack up against this patch, I guess.

Another hour passed: I'm on an ice [planet again where the flicker is unmistakable, Since I am doing surveys the game is very often in scan mode, and I've noticed two things:
1)Opening the scanner cause a flicker-like distortion across the entire screen -- translucent gray bands with a coarse texture. Their pattern is not consistent. Closing the scanner does not show these bands,
2) The generalized flicker seems to happen more often while in scan mode, but is not exclusive to that mode.

[Benzi]

Same thing happening to me, even with DLSS turn off, only started with the latest patch.

[Merrydoc]

Same thing for me. 4070 5800x3d and 32gb Ram.

[tkwoods]

I have a 4070TI coupled with a I7 13700K... I get an occasional flicker as well. Nothing bothersome but I do notice it on occasion.

[wtiger27]

Not seen this issue. On a RTX 3060ti OC. But I have Dynamic Resolution turned off. And am using a older version of Nvidia driver. I also have Depth of Field, Motion Blur off. And Film Grain. Using Max settings, Vsnyc on and DLSS Quality. Not sure if any of that will make a difference for you guys.

[Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ]

only happens to me when I use the scanner (gtx2080S)

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ:

only happens to me when I use the scanner (gtx2080S)

Which that is odd. I don't any of that using the scanner. Now if I turn Vsync off, I do get screen tearing.

[JimDFTW]

same here, its dlss. something isnt right

[chipartist]

Originally posted by Ace Rimmer:

same here, its dlss. something isnt right

I am not using DLSS, but still have the flickering. The patch that introduced DLSS is certainly at fault, though, something other than that particular feature.

[chipartist]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Originally posted by Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ:

only happens to me when I use the scanner (gtx2080S)

Which that is odd. I don't any of that using the scanner. Now if I turn Vsync off, I do get screen tearing.

It's not screen tearing. More like a single blank (black) screen during the refresh cycle, less than an eyeblink but still noticeable.

[JimDFTW]

Originally posted by chipartist:

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Which that is odd. I don't any of that using the scanner. Now if I turn Vsync off, I do get screen tearing.

It's not screen tearing. More like a single blank (black) screen during the refresh cycle, less than an eyeblink but still noticeable.

perhaps its gsync/adaptive sync? I refuse to turn that off though lol. Im not living in the 80s anymore

[TheCr33pur]

What brand is that video card? Some are not good or can be fake and need to update the video driver. Do you have enough PSU for it? Make sure it is not overheating, need good balance for gpu and cpu, otherwise something isnt right here.

[TrumX]

anybody found a fix?

[ShootUInTheKnee]

I have the same problem, don’t bother turning anything off or rolling back to a different driver because it’s the update that is causing this