Extreme screen tearing and choppiness (no fps drops)

[a.panebianco1]

I'm having issues with my GTX 670 graphics card. Orignally the card was in SLI with another 670 but i was facing micro stutter so I decided to go back to a single card. Now, It's showing extreme screen tearing across all games almost unplayable and extremely sore to the eyes until V-sync is enabled. FPS drops only occur when no FPS cap is set, eg. 200fps cap will lead to sometimes drop to 170. Temps only reach 60-75c.

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[aquielisunari]

I'm having issues with my GTX 670 graphics card. Orignally the card was in SLI with another 670 but i was facing micro stutter so I decided to go back to a single card. Now, It's showing extreme screen tearing across all games almost unplayable and extremely sore to the eyes until V-sync is enabled. FPS drops only occur when no FPS cap is set, eg. 200fps cap will lead to sometimes drop to 170. Temps only reach 60-75c.

GPU-z screenshot:

I don't see an issue. Let's assume you have a 1080p 60Hz monitor or TV. See that 60Hz? That's how many times the monitor refreshes its screen per second. A movie is many times displayed at 24FPS. Other times it's not. Can't cover all that stuff I've no clue about. Enter your PC. It's sending 170-200FPS and the monitor is capable of 60 FPS. This is how your monitor looks

. Now vsync comes to the party and this

happens. Vsync brings the framerate down to match the monitor's refresh rate so it's only displaying 59-60FPS at any time.

In short - When you over populate your screen with images you will notice and vsync helps with that.

Then there is the adaptive sync which you might know by G-sync(Nvidia) or Freesync(AMD). But, that's a story for another day.

 

[a.panebianco1]

I'm having issues with my GTX 670 graphics card. Orignally the card was in SLI with another 670 but i was facing micro stutter so I decided to go back to a single card. Now, It's showing extreme screen tearing across all games almost unplayable and extremely sore to the eyes until V-sync is enabled. FPS drops only occur when no FPS cap is set, eg. 200fps cap will lead to sometimes drop to 170. Temps only reach 60-75c.

GPU-z screenshot:

I don't see an issue. Let's assume you have a 1080p 60Hz monitor or TV. See that 60Hz? That's how many times the monitor refreshes its screen per second. A movie is many times displayed at 24FPS. Other times it's not. Can't cover all that stuff I've no clue about. Enter your PC. It's sending 170-200FPS and the monitor is capable of 60 FPS. This is how your monitor looks

. Now vsync comes to the party and this

happens. Vsync brings the framerate down to match the monitor's refresh rate so it's only displaying 59-60FPS at any time.

In short - When you over populate your screen with images you will notice and vsync helps with that.

Then there is the adaptive sync which you might know by G-sync(Nvidia) or Freesync(AMD). But, that's a story for another day.

Hi, thanks for your feedback! Are you suggesting to buy a new monitor? or try adaptive sync? What bothers me the most is i dont remember it being this bad (but it has been awhile since ive gamed on it). I play the game on ps4 with vsync off and theres almost 0 screen tearing...what could be the difference?

 

[aquielisunari]

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Hi, thanks for your feedback! Are you suggesting to buy a new monitor? or try adaptive sync? What bothers me the most is i dont remember it being this bad (but it has been awhile since ive gamed on it). I play the game on ps4 with vsync off and theres almost 0 screen tearing...what could be the difference?

The PS4 is an orange. You have an apple. The in-game settings, the balance between CPU and GPU are different, your PC has a different performance level. There are so many differences and some lend themselves to tearing such as the aforementioned GFX card. You seriously can't compare a console and a PC. Nope.

Just keep V-sync enabled. Or go ahead and buy a new 1440p 144Hz monitor with G-Sync( No clue what PC hardware you have so I can't offer an appropriate solution.) and you will certainly notice a difference. You go back to 60Hz gaming and it'll feel like crud just like it does right now. But with a 670 this 100+FPS is only with not very taxing games and varying in-game settings. A 670(and the rest of the parts) can't support a 144Hz monitor with all the games on the market.

In short, it's best to keep your FPS as close to your refresh rate as possible.


Hey Ginfadil? Yes, Danhanshen? MSI AB is showing that I'm getting 300FPS on CS:GO!

That means diddly. It's akin to a car moving at 30mph in second gear but you have the pedal "to the metal(or carpet)" with RPM's exceeding 8,000. A bit unbalanced that is.

 

[a.panebianco1]

I would try to Reply again. If that doesn't work, scroll down and click on Post an Answer.

Hi, thanks for your feedback! Are you suggesting to buy a new monitor? or try adaptive sync? What bothers me the most is i dont remember it being this bad (but it has been awhile since ive gamed on it). I play the game on ps4 with vsync off and theres almost 0 screen tearing...what could be the difference?

The PS4 is an orange. You have an apple. The in-game settings, the balance between CPU and GPU are different, your PC has a different performance level. There are so many differences and some lend themselves to tearing such as the aforementioned GFX card. You seriously can't compare a console and a PC. Nope.

Just keep V-sync enabled. Or go ahead and buy a new 1440p 144Hz monitor with G-Sync( No clue what PC hardware you have so I can't offer an appropriate solution.) and you will certainly notice a difference. You go back to 60Hz gaming and it'll feel like crud just like it does right now. But with a 670 this 100+FPS is only with not very taxing games and varying in-game settings. A 670(and the rest of the parts) can't support a 144Hz monitor with all the games on the market.

In short, it's best to keep your FPS as close to your refresh rate as possible.


Hey Ginfadil? Yes, Danhanshen? MSI AB is showing that I'm getting 300FPS on CS:GO!

That means diddly. It's akin to a car moving at 30mph in second gear but you have the pedal "to the metal(or carpet)" with RPM's exceeding 8,000. A bit unbalanced that is.

Hi again! thanks for your reply it's much appreciated. If it helps Im running a sandybridge i5 3500k (2011 model) with 8GB of ram paired up with my 60hz monitor (which can be overclocked to 70hz) which i thought I might add. ATM a 144hz monitor isnt feasible, would you suggest just using vsync/adaptive sync to help the imbalance? Also if i were to eventually buy a 144hz monitor, would my specs support the games im trying to play? (Im not big on graphics either, as long as the gameplay is smooth im happy).

 

[aquielisunari]

ATM a 144hz monitor isnt feasible, would you suggest just using vsync/adaptive sync to help the imbalance?

V-sync or manual cap through Steam or other app. You can enable vsync for every game, including those you don't have by navigating to your Nvidia control panel and find Manage 3D and click on that. In the Global settings list you will find V-sync. If it's enabled there it'll default games to have v-sync enabled.


Also if i were to eventually buy a 144hz monitor, would my specs support the games im trying to play? (Im not big on graphics either, as long as the gameplay is smooth im happy).[/quotemsg]

That single game? Yes. All games? No. A 144Hz monitor is too much for the 670. By that I mean that your average FPS should be right at144Hz and the 670 just ins't capable of keeping that FPS consistently across most/all games. A light bump up to a 75Hz monitor wouldn't get you where you want to be.

Overclocking the CPU might help. THe 25 and 3500 were both great chips. The(read my) 2500K OC'd so beautifully. It was THE gamer chip. Sadly it does need an OC to really stay at the gaming party in 2017. It's been handed its hat.