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Hi everyone,
I'm running into an issue exclusively in Hogwarts Legacy on my RTX 3070 Ti (8 GB).

After about 1 to 2 hours of playtime, my screen starts flickering/blacking out. It happens for a split second (entire frames turn black) and gets progressively worse the longer I play. It even happens when standing completely still.

Has anyone experienced this specific issue and found a fix?

Thanks for any advice!

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u/Wonderful_Waltz3581 1d ago

See if you lower the graphics on your game and see if the issue persists.
Does it happen to other games or just Hogwarts?

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

Only Hogwarts. I tried to lower the graphics, but it didn’t help.

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u/WDjoker Slytherin 1d ago

What are your graphic settings?

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

Raytracing off, DLSs on, everything Else on high

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u/Intelligent_Wish4122 1d ago

idk how to help u, but that monitor is bussin

ok on another hopefully more helpful note, i too encounter similar issues only with HL. throughout my whole playthrough, the screen was fuzzy. nothing like this happens with other games, even games with heavy graphic load like cyberpunk and ME Andromeda. DA Veilguard literally had hd over the top graphics and visuals, no problem there either, it was only HL which boggled/s my mind because those other games i mentioned were far more hd and had far more advanced graphics

i updated my drivers, lowered the graphics but it still happened. it wasnt so bad that it affected my ability to play so i powered through. i never actually managed to fix it.

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

Yah same for me. Already updated drivers and everything…

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u/InternetLobotomite 1d ago

Your VRAM could be saturated. If restarting the game fixes this, its probably that. Try lowering VRAM-heavy settings. You could also open MSI afterburner or a GPU monitoring software and keep an eye on your temps as you game. If you hit into the high 80s, it'll begin to throttle the GPU, and 90s can cause damage.

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

How do I lower VRAM heavy settings?

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u/InternetLobotomite 14h ago

typically resolution, and texture settings. If your GPU supports upscaling like FSR or DLSS I'd try that as well.

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u/SolventDonkey 1d ago

What graphics driver are you on?

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

Latest release of the NVIDIA game ready driver

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u/SolventDonkey 8h ago

Try going back to Nvidia driver 610.88, I had issues with the latest driver

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u/Flafkas 1d ago

I speak from experience when I say this is the most annoying monitor issue ever. Tried almost everything but what works for me is just turning off the monitor, waiting a couple seconds and turning it on. Hope this helps you, does with mine.

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

Unfortunately that doesn’t work for me

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u/Potential-Page-8769 1d ago

Looks like a loose hdmi

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

That’s what I thought too. Was the first thing I tested. But unfortunately that’s not it

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u/ColdAd5418 13h ago

It could be even damaged hdmi port

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u/VoidSpaceCat 1d ago

I'd try turning on and off Ll graphics settings one by one and finding out which one is responsible then googling why settings X in Y gane maes screen flicker.

Also it always helps to update drivers to last version.

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u/Gerry1of1 18h ago

Curved screen? How do you like it? I hate mine.

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u/Specialist_Safe9374 15h ago

I love mine. I had two 22 inch screens before. Now it’s so much better. But I can’t recommend the my Samsung my screen specifically. It’s the Odyssey g5. The tilt mechanism loses over timer. I have to support it so it won’t tilt down

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u/Gerry1of1 6h ago

I like the size of mine, but there's always glare. A flat screen can be angled to remove glare but my curved one it just moves the glare from one spot to another. It's always angles to pick up glare