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    Video Tearing

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Jasilv21, May 18, 2011.

  1. Jasilv21

    Jasilv21 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone else getting video tearing at the top of the screen when watching videos? I set the refresh rate to 60Hz and it still tears at the top of the screen mostly when I'm watching videos on the internet with fast movement.
     
    Jasilv21, May 18, 2011
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  2. NerdsAreMyBrethren

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    Try enforcing VSYNC with your browser.

    what browser are you using?
     
    NerdsAreMyBrethren, May 18, 2011
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  3. Jasilv21

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    It happens in both firefox and IE
     
    Jasilv21, May 18, 2011
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    Doesn't happen at all with mine..
     
    takeabyte, May 18, 2011
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    How do I do that? lol
     
    Jasilv21, May 18, 2011
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    NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D Settings -> Program Settings -> [Your broswer] -> Vertical Sync -> Force On.
     
    Serephucus, May 18, 2011
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    Ok so I did that but it didn't work :(
     
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    Do you have the latest evidia driver?
     
    Jasilv21, May 18, 2011
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  9. NerdsAreMyBrethren

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    what video are you trying to watch? i'll test it out on mine.
     
    NerdsAreMyBrethren, May 18, 2011
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    All of them have the same problem :(
     
    Jasilv21, May 18, 2011
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    What media player are you using, and what codecs do you have installed?
     
    Serephucus, May 18, 2011
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    sounds like a software problem, not a hardware issue.
     
    mojorific, May 18, 2011
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    Instead of forcing it on for your browser, try forcing Vsync under the global setting. Video playback using a plugin (like Flash) may not be affected by settings for the browser.
     
    chris3145, May 18, 2011
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  14. Serephucus

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    AFAIK, plug-ins are treated as part of the app that calls them, but that's a good point. The reason I didn't suggest globally applying it, is the vsync in games that get consistantly less than 60FPS can have horrible results. (Which given that this is the M14x we're talking about, would be most games)
     
    Serephucus, May 18, 2011
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    Thax for the help guys but now it doesn't matter since I'm returning it and getting a new one
     
    Jasilv21, May 18, 2011
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    I'm not sure how it does it. I accidentally left FRAPS running when I went to watch a video online, and the FPS count showed up in the top left of the embedded video. That gave me the idea, but I have no idea if Nvidia treats them separately or not. However, global vsync would be a pain to enable and disable when switching between games and videos. Plus, this does sound like a hardware problem that wouldn't be fixed by particular settings.
     
    chris3145, May 19, 2011
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