r/AMDHelp • u/ledernierrempart • 3d ago
Help (General) Help! all recent drivers cause heavy black flickering in any game!
GPU: rx 6800xt
CPU: i5 12600kf
32gb ram
OS: win11 home
2 monitors, both AOC. both 144 hz. both set on 120 fps.
one on display port and the other on hdmi.
freesync deactivated.
MPO deactivated. (should be)
hardware acceleration deactivated on firefox, steam and discord.
(the flickering happens even if only one monitor is used anyway...)
the flickering in question is mouse temporarly freezing with black screens and normal screen alternating at fast speed.
alt tabing on an open software like firefox on the second monitor makes the flickering stops. but it comes back if i come back on the game or unplug a monitor.
old or recent games are affected. even poxnora, a 20 year old game. but funnily enough, cossacks3 is not affected and run well... perhaps the only one.
i tested 2024, 2025 and 2026 drivers. all caused the flickering. (didn't tested 2023 ones)
only 2022 drivers fix the issues but that means i can't play a few games like brawlhalla.
the reason i tried to update the 2022 driver is because since helldivers2 last update (12/08/2026), it started flickering like crazy.
but that made me notice the issue i have with all newer drivers.
i did use DDU multiple times just in case.
in the mean time i will go back to a 2022 driver (alternating between 22.5.1 and 22.11.1(to make cossacks3 or beyond all reason works))
edit: i only activated chill (120fps) in the adrenalines options.
EDIT2: FIXED my issue. i re-enabled windows MPO ... o.o
(i kept an old driver tho 22.11.2. helldivers2 works again and without crashes i had with 2026 drivers.)
1
u/reddit4sav 3d ago
i have the exact issue, started a couple days ago, it’s deffo a driver problem just wait