Solution: Flickering Screen or UI Elements in Mavericks

Lots of threads and videos about flickering screens and UI elements in apps, especially with multiple displays going around. Various solutions from clean install, clean install with time machine backup, installing AutoCAD 360 (?!? LOL), and using SwitchResX to tweak your refresh rate have been reported as various fixes, at least temporarily.
I already own SwitchResX, because it still allows me to shift between thousands/millions/billions of colors, which the Mac OS X Display Prefs used to offer once upon a time but is now missing.
Simply toggling color count fixes the flickering, at least through a reboot. Since my Mac Pro is typically going 24/7 unless I'm swapping out hardware, it is more or less a permanent fix for me.
While Apple needs to fix this bug, $10 will both save your sanity in the meantime, while supporting an awesome independent Mac developer.
Interested in feedback from others if the toggling solution works for you.
Cheers
HTH
Frederico

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