horizontal line distortion

[kazar123]

I'm not sure how to explain the problem I'm having. It is similar to screen tearing but I don't think it actually is.

Basically whenever I play something on my TV from my PC I get one horizontal distorted line whenever there is a lot of movement on the screen.

It's generally a single constant line and it sometimes moves up and down the screen.
I'm not exactly sure what this is or how to solve this problem.

I had the issue with The Witcher 3 but managed to solve it after messing around with some settings. I'm not sure what did it. Thought now I purchased Ori And The Blind Forest and I am having the same issue.

I have tried enabling v-sync in both Nvidia control panel and the game. Enabled triple buffering. But no luck.

Any advice on what this is or how to solve this issue would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I'm getting it on my 120hz monitor as well but it wasn't as noticeable.

 

[Clast]

Sounds like you're getting screen tearing if the fps you're getting is over the refresh rate of the TV (assusuming the tv is 60 hertz).


Edited with better grammar.

 

[kazar123]

Sounds like you're getting screen tearing if the fps you're getting is over the refresh rate of the TV (assusuming the tv is 60 hertz).


Edited with better grammar.

I don't think it is screen tearing. First of all V-sync does absolutely nothing. And it is one constant distorted line on the screen when there is lots of motion.

I'm not sure how to best describe it but it's kind of the same effect as the stealth camouflage from Predator. Except as a thin horizontal line across the screen. It isn't isolated to once section of the screen it will sometimes move to different portions of the screen but it is always one single line.

 

[Clast]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

 

[kazar123]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

I'm not noticing any artifacting at all. I thought it might be the cable but it is happening on both my TV and my monitor.

 

[Clast]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

I'm not noticing any artifacting at all. I thought it might be the cable but it is happening on both my TV and my monitor.

The common denominator so far is the cable, however could you use integrated graphics and see if the problem persists?
Also,
Do you experience the problem when you're not gaming?

 

[kazar123]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

I'm not noticing any artifacting at all. I thought it might be the cable but it is happening on both my TV and my monitor.

The common denominator so far is the cable, however could you use integrated graphics and see if the problem persists?
Also,
Do you experience the problem when you're not gaming?

I use a DVI cable for my monitor and a HDMI cable for my TV so I don't think it's the cable. It's hard to tell if the problem persists outside of games because it's most prominent when moving the camera around. I haven't noticed it while watching videos or anything though.

 

[Clast]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

I'm not noticing any artifacting at all. I thought it might be the cable but it is happening on both my TV and my monitor.

The common denominator so far is the cable, however could you use integrated graphics and see if the problem persists?
Also,
Do you experience the problem when you're not gaming?

I use a DVI cable for my monitor and a HDMI cable for my TV so I don't think it's the cable. It's hard to tell if the problem persists outside of games because it's most prominent when moving the camera around. I haven't noticed it while watching videos or anything though.

The settings you changed for Witcher 3, were they in-game? If so could you possibly replicate the settings over to the two other games (as close as possible) mentioned, and/or in general what did you change settings wise?

 

[kazar123]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

I'm not noticing any artifacting at all. I thought it might be the cable but it is happening on both my TV and my monitor.

The common denominator so far is the cable, however could you use integrated graphics and see if the problem persists?
Also,
Do you experience the problem when you're not gaming?

I use a DVI cable for my monitor and a HDMI cable for my TV so I don't think it's the cable. It's hard to tell if the problem persists outside of games because it's most prominent when moving the camera around. I haven't noticed it while watching videos or anything though.

The settings you changed for Witcher 3, were they in-game? If so could you possibly replicate the settings over to the two other games (as close as possible) mentioned, and/or in general what did you change settings wise?

I'm not sure but I think it was limiting the FPS to 30 that fixed it. Most games don't have that option and I wouldn't really want to limit my fps to 30 in other games anyway.

 

[Clast]

Are you also experiencing artifacts or weird colored pixels around the screen? If so, the GPU from your PC might be going bad (not completely sure). You could probably try using another video cable than the one you're using currently from your PC to the TV.

I'm not noticing any artifacting at all. I thought it might be the cable but it is happening on both my TV and my monitor.

The common denominator so far is the cable, however could you use integrated graphics and see if the problem persists?
Also,
Do you experience the problem when you're not gaming?

I use a DVI cable for my monitor and a HDMI cable for my TV so I don't think it's the cable. It's hard to tell if the problem persists outside of games because it's most prominent when moving the camera around. I haven't noticed it while watching videos or anything though.

The settings you changed for Witcher 3, were they in-game? If so could you possibly replicate the settings over to the two other games (as close as possible) mentioned, and/or in general what did you change settings wise?

I'm not sure but I think it was limiting the FPS to 30 that fixed it. Most games don't have that option and I wouldn't really want to limit my fps to 30 in other games anyway.

See if you can contact the developers (if it's an Indie developer) and ask if there's a way to limit the fps, even though there isn't explicit settings in game, there might be a way through some configuration setting that can be accessed through the game files and opened with notepad.
(Apologies for the late response)