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    Screan tearing after updates NEED some assistance

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by tmcsgrady, Apr 27, 2013.

  1. tmcsgrady

    tmcsgrady Notebook Enthusiast

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    i recently got my alienware and everything about this machine just awesome, however in last 2 days, i am having screen tearing issues which i think is caused by a driver update... can it be a GPU related issue or did i really messed up somewhere during driver update. i really doubt its GPU related because my bench scores seems perfectly fine (6700ish at 3dmark 11)
    -screen tearing is only in games and at the same horizontal spot.
    -i uninstalled old drivers and installed new ones, all with mcAfee off so i need some1 to tell me what might gone wrong

    it is really annoying having 60+ fps in every game and yet not enjoying the graphics so i would appreciate any assistance
     
    tmcsgrady, Apr 27, 2013
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    darkdomino Notebook Deity

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    Screen tearing has nothing to do with drivers. You need to enable vsync in your games, or force it on via the control panel.
     
    darkdomino, Apr 27, 2013
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    vsync is already eneabled both in control panel and ingame menus.
     
    tmcsgrady, Apr 28, 2013
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    tried factory restore and it failed around %60, i got 0x40010013 error
    i cant boot/restore, windows trying to find what is wrong and attempting to fix it which also fails.
    now what i have is a big black good looking brick on my desk and I am beggining to worry a bit
     
    tmcsgrady, Apr 28, 2013
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