Monitor keeps blinking off for a few seconds then comes back

every 10 to 20 minutes it goes black for 2 seconds. happens on desktop and in games. 144hz over displayport. is this the cable, the monitor or my gpu?
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mia_respawn Oct 21, 2026
rumpa
first thing to rule out is the cable. if it's HDMI or DP and it blanks for a couple of seconds then comes back, that's usually the signal dropping and the monitor re-syncing. swap the cable before anything else, cheap ones are the usual cause at high refresh rates. if a new cable doesn't fix it, try dropping the refresh rate one step and turning off adaptive sync / g-sync compatible for a day. if it stops, it's the panel not liking that mode. a clean driver reinstall is the last step.