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    DELL XPS M1710 - Weird tearing effect in full screen video?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tinTTi, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. tinTTi

    tinTTi Notebook Enthusiast

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    During recent travel I have noticed that while watching videos on fullscreen with VLC Player or Media Player Classic on the laptops own monitor, there seems to be a weird tearing-like effect on the screen. That "problem" however does not exist with Windows Media Player, or on an external monitor (as at home).

    Any ideas what might cause this? I'm running Windows XP SP3 with all the recent updates and my video card is GF 7900 GTX 512MB.
     
    tinTTi, Apr 15, 2009
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    the tearing is the screen, it is 60hz and the videos can interfere and make it look like athat
     
    Tinselworm, Apr 15, 2009
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    tinTTi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright thanks, just wanted to make sure there is nothing wrong with my laptop. Do you have any idea why it doesn't happen on WMP though, or at least as noticeably?
     
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    hardware acceleration
     
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    GPU problem.
    I had the same issue in past. Just change the drivers, if not contact your manufacturer, and ask for a GPU replacement.
     
    spradhan01, Apr 15, 2009
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