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Screen Tearing?
Myiagros
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So I've had this issue for a while, it never really bothered me all that much, but if it can be fixed then I'll go for it.
While gaming, I get horizontal lines across the screen from time to time, typically when the graphics are moving, best example would be riding the elevators in Dark Souls. From what I could find it sounded like screen tearing which is what vsync should fix. No matter what I do though, I always have the tearing, with it on, or off.
At first I thought it was my video card which was a couple years old but after replacing it for a new RX 470, I still have the same issue, so I'm thinking it is the monitor now. I have an LG 24MB35 monitor which looks great for everything else. Is there something I could adjust that would improve the tearing?
While gaming, I get horizontal lines across the screen from time to time, typically when the graphics are moving, best example would be riding the elevators in Dark Souls. From what I could find it sounded like screen tearing which is what vsync should fix. No matter what I do though, I always have the tearing, with it on, or off.
At first I thought it was my video card which was a couple years old but after replacing it for a new RX 470, I still have the same issue, so I'm thinking it is the monitor now. I have an LG 24MB35 monitor which looks great for everything else. Is there something I could adjust that would improve the tearing?
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For a technical explanation:
Vsync should have fixed your problem except many games don't have a good vsync implementation. Windows itself has a good vsync implementation that it uses to prevent screen tearing on the desktop, so running a game in any form of windowed mode nets you vsync for free.
I know nVidia cards have the option and it solved my issue.
Doesn't always work well with every game engine, and I think Nvidia drivers are more successful with it. Also, Directx implemented triple buffering adds a lot of input lag if it's not a good custom implementation (like the one built into window's windowing system).