Horizontal lines when I play games? Also known as tears? How do I fix this?

[sxie]

I recently move my pc components over to a new case. After that everything was fine until I started playing games such as max payne 3 and dayz, Horizontal lines - partly transparent flashed on the screen. I did a little research and found that they were known as tears? They said that the problem was that the monitor refresh rate wasn't syncing with the game's fps rate. That enabling v sync will solve the problem. However it didn't. The thing is that I had no problem with tears before and nothings changed except that I moved components to a new case. What could be the problem and how can I solve it?

 

[lonewolf7]

GPU fitted properly ? All the connections are fine ? Double check it first.

 

[jb6684]

Yes, turning on VSync should work... Check that you used the same cable and connection type (DVI, Analog, HDMI) from computer to monitor.

Download and install FRAPS. Check out the frame rates when gaming. IF they drop below 60 then change the graphic settings to lower level of detail. Usually just reduce the level of anti aliasing from x16 to x8 for example.

 

[sxie]

GPU fitted properly ? All the connections are fine ? Double check it first.

Gpu is fitted properly i think, i just checked and I have a d-sub to vga adapter fitted in fine too. Anything else I should check?

 

[sxie]

Yes, turning on VSync should work... Check that you used the same cable and connection type (DVI, Analog, HDMI) from computer to monitor.

Download and install FRAPS. Check out the frame rates when gaming. IF they drop below 60 then change the graphic settings to lower level of detail. Usually just reduce the level of anti aliasing from x16 to x8 for example.

Turning on vsync dosnt work, even if I watch a recorded video in media player the problem still occurs. Everything was the same as it was before when no tears were occuring so I doubt that it is a settings issue?

 

[jb6684]

Run FRAPS on some games, need to have some Data..... so see what's happening...

 

[lonewolf7]

What is your system specs ? And can you borrow a GPU from someone to test, if so do it.

 

[sxie]

What is your system specs ? And can you borrow a GPU from someone to test, if so do it.

msi gtx 660 twin frozr
western digital black 1tb
amd fx 4100 oc 4ghz
gigabyte 78lmt-s2p motherboard
8 gb ram
win 8

And I guess I can try my old 560

 

[lonewolf7]

Yes that would do. Try it and keep us posted.

 

[sxie]

Yes that would do. Try it and keep us posted.

actually I tested it on my tv monitor (second screen) which is connected with hdmi and now tears occur. Could it be that my vga to dvi cable is broke?

 

[lonewolf7]

So you are saying that tear occurs on TV with HDMI cable, not with a Monitor. It could be a broken HDMI cable or the length of the cable might have something to do. You can try with another HDMI cable.

Or you can adjust the screen resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, under NVidia's control panel, or there is something to tweak on TV menu.

You can try a monitor to see if the problem persists or not.

 

[sxie]

no no the tear occurs on my monitor which is connected to my gpu through vga - dvi connection. No tear occured when I used tv connected by hdmi

 

[lonewolf7]

Ok, you can try a direct cable without any adapters, eg : GPU VGA to Monitor VGA or GPU DVI to Monitor DVI. See what happens.