[MC-7381] Screen flickering in windowed mode Windows 8 64-bit Created: 13/Jan/13  Updated: 03/May/15  Resolved: 24/Jan/13

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w02a, Snapshot 13w02b, Snapshot 13w04a
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Matt Rothtauscher Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Invalid Votes: 1
Labels: rendering
Environment:

Intel Core i7-3820 3,6Ghz
8192MB RAM
Windows 8 Pro 64-bit
Java 7 Update 10 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 1GB (Shared Memory: 4037MB)

Current Minecraft version: 13w02b


Attachments: Text File crash-2013-01-13_14.28.52-client.txt    
Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-8212 Flickering on screen while maximized ... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-9632 GUI and entities are flashing randomly Resolved
is duplicated by MC-10085 Screen Flicker Resolved
is duplicated by MC-14476 Flickering Resolved
Confirmation Status: Unconfirmed

 Description   

Strange screen flickering if I'm playing MC in window mode. Switching to full screen will solve the problem. Anyways, annoying. I have this bug since I use this new PC with Windows 8 64-bit. So it is not depending on the MC version.



 Comments   
Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 30/Jul/14 ]

Sorry Megabytes of course, though the ticket is solved I corrected it But would be nice to have 8000 Gigabytes of RAM

Comment by Quinn Hood [ 30/Jul/14 ]

8192GB RAM??? That's 4 Exabytes!

Comment by Kumasasa [ 25/Sep/13 ]

Please use the Mojang Support Center.

Comment by mbcx2 [ 25/Sep/13 ]

@Kumasasa Installation failed, Searched everywhere for fix, Also the Nivida control panel wont open.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 24/Sep/13 ]

@mbcx2 Download and install the latest Geforce drivers from here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/66884

Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 24/Sep/13 ]

It's gone here on my PC. There's no flickering since 13w38 Just a big thank you.

Comment by mbcx2 [ 24/Sep/13 ]

Tested on 13w38c, Still flickering, Very annoying and never stops.
Manual crash report: http://pastebin.com/Fau35zxb
Vanilla 13w38c.
Tested on 1.6.4, Still flickering, Also does never stop.
Manual crash report: http://pastebin.com/5SuBfAtY
Vanilla 1.6.4.
Edit: Windows 8 Pro 64bit, Nivida GeForce GT 630 (Can go up to 60 fps, not very bad), Java 1.7.0_25, 16 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Dual monitor.

Comment by John Koh [ 09/Aug/13 ]

Same problem with the new launcher and 1.6.2. Windows 8 64 bit here as well.

Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 23/Apr/13 ]

Right, I have absolutely the same thing. 13w16a Java 7 Update 21 and latest nvidia drivers which is 314.22. And Win 8 PC is re-installed recently.

Comment by Rohan Singh [ 23/Apr/13 ]

Still happens for me as well. Minecraft 13w16a (new launcher, of course), Java 7 Update 21, with nvidia driver version 314.22. This was tested with threaded optimization completely disabled (not only for java).

Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 23/Apr/13 ]

Yep, it does, at least on my pc

Comment by [Mojang] Grum (Erik Broes) [ 23/Apr/13 ]

Does this also happen in the latest 1.6 snapshot (new launcher?)

Comment by Ultimate Omicron [ 30/Jan/13 ]

Disable threaded optimization globally, not just for javaw.exe. Fixed for me.

Comment by Rohan Singh [ 25/Jan/13 ]

There is also a topic on the forums which contains a good video of the issue: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1629985-flickering-gui/#entry20291371

A few posts below that shows a very similar issue happening on OS X.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 24/Jan/13 ]

You wrote

I have this bug since I use this new PC with Windows 8 64-bit.

thus not a Minecraft problem.

Try to get decent graphics card drivers.

Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 24/Jan/13 ]

It's not a technical support thing. This is just in Minecraft not in other games. So I think the problem is somewhere in the code.

Comment by Kumasasa [ 24/Jan/13 ]

This is a technical support issue; this site is for bug reports only. For technical support please use the Mojang Support Center.

Comment by Huskehn [ 24/Jan/13 ]

Same issue here. Intel i7-3770, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (driver 310.90), Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, Java 7 Update 11 64-bit.

Comment by Rohan Singh [ 18/Jan/13 ]

I have been experiencing the same issue. I have disabled threaded optimization for javaw.exe (made sure I selected the correct exe, too) in the nvidia control panel and still see the flickering. Temperatures are well below 60C for CPU and GPU. I have never had these issues with unmodded Minecraft until I tried it on Windows 8. To better describe the flickering, I can see water, far terrain, or the HUD go invisible for a very short period of time. As for switching to fullscreen, that does seem to fix it but it also looks like switching back to windowed will keep the flickerng away.

Intel i5-3550, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB (driver 310.70), Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, Java 7 Update 10 64-bit

Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 13/Jan/13 ]

Where can I disable Threaded optimization?
Well, my video card is okay. GTX 555 I wasn't over 70°C.

Comment by Ultimate Omicron [ 13/Jan/13 ]

Try disabling Threaded Optimization.

Also check if your video card isn't overheating, Minecraft can generate a lot of load even on the best cards and nVidia cards tend to flicker when they're above 65C. And they pass that barrier way too easily.

Comment by Matt Rothtauscher [ 13/Jan/13 ]

Added

Comment by Kumasasa [ 13/Jan/13 ]

Shortened "Summary"

Comment by Kumasasa [ 13/Jan/13 ]

Please force a crash by pressing F3 + C for 10 seconds while ingame and attach the crash report here.

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