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    Screen Tearing in games help me please ! ! !

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by benson881, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. benson881

    benson881 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey everyone,

    I have a question that i hope someone might be able to answer.
    When playing games I notice that the image seems to tear when moving around. Its hard to explain but i hope you know what i mean.
    I've just been play Assassins Creed and it seems to be the game worst for it. FPS are above 60 all the time so i know its not that. V sync is disabled, I've tried enabling it and it doesnt make a difference.
    I wasnt sure if it was something to do with the refresh rate of my screen which is 60Mhz
    Any help would be great.

    Cheers Jim
     
    benson881, Oct 25, 2008
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Do you overclock your video card? If so, it's probably not running very stable.
    What are the temps on your card? If they're too high, this can also be a culprit.
    Finally, drivers can cause issues. Update to the latest drivers for your video card.
     
    Hep!, Oct 25, 2008
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  3. benson881

    benson881 Notebook Evangelist

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    My card isnt overclocked.
    Temps are around the 80C mark so there fine.
    The drivers I am using are 179.13

    Its as if its not refreshing correctly. As if the screen is split into 3 and they are moving a millisecond apart from each other.
     
    benson881, Oct 25, 2008
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    crank up the details then untill the GPU settles down.

    Also try updating your drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com
     
    _radditz_, Oct 25, 2008
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  5. Dustin Sklavos

    Dustin Sklavos Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Enable Vsync in the game, then exit out and reload it.

    If that doesn't work, force Vsync in your control panel.
     
    Dustin Sklavos, Oct 25, 2008
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