My video games are tearing

[PigletFromHell]

I've had my PC for over a year now, here are my specifications:

GeForce GTX 950 SC
ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Motherboard
16 GB RAM
i7-6700 (6th Gen)
Windows 10 Home
HP 2311x Monitor--connected to graphics card via DVI cable

I play several games, those including For Honor, GTAV, Roblox (and more). When I go into the game and actually start playing, I get horrible screen tearing (obviously not in cut scenes). Once I've played for about 5 mins the game crashes. Even when I play Roblox with my younger brother it tears (but does not crash). I've tried putting all these games in the lowest settings possible (through the Nvidia Control Panel/Geforce Experience), and it still tears the same as it was before. My friend, who plays the same games as me and has a less powerful graphics card, has no tearing.

Could this be a compatibility issue? Should I connect my monitor via HDMI instead of DVI?

Please help as soon as you can, thanks.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Screen tears are caused by video frames not syncing edge to edge. Enabling Vsync should fix it. You can also enable various types of frame syncing in the Nvidia Control Panel of your GPU, like Adaptive Sync.

 

[PigletFromHell]

Still not working. I have Vsync turned on all my games, and still same problem. GTAV's cursor is lagging in the menu. Could it be my monitor or my DVI cable? Did you read my specifications and could be a compatibility issue?

 

[Frag Maniac]

I would check for mouse driver updates if it happens only when using the mouse. However you should check your monitor cable too.

 

[PigletFromHell]

Ok. I am going to put in a HDMI cable and see how it works.

 

[PigletFromHell]

I put in the HDMI and have had not luck, GTAV still tearing the same way it was before. What could the problem be?

 

[Frag Maniac]

It could be any of a number of things. You also never said if this problem was always there, or just started recently.

 

[PigletFromHell]

I have found the solution. My monitor refresh rate is 60hz and GTA is going to 60-62 FPS. This is over my refresh rate. I am going to get a new monitor. Thanks for the help!!

 

[Frag Maniac]

I am going to get a new monitor.

Before doing that I would try installing RTSS and cap your FPS to 59 or 60 with it to see if it goes away.

 

[PigletFromHell]

Ok, will do, can you give me the link to where I can install it?

 

[Frag Maniac]

You can get it here.
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download.htm

It's just a small low RAM usage tool that you can monitor or cap FPS with. Click the large grey + button at the bottom, browse to your game's exe, and add it in. Then click on Framerate limit on the right, enter the target FPS cap, and hit Enter.

You'll also want to set it to never check for updates. Otherwise it is slower to launch and always genrates an error sound and popup when trying and failing to connect to their server. Do this via clicking the wrench in the upper right, then on the General tab under check for updates set the drop down box to never.

You can also set the size of the FPS counter via the onscreen display zoom slider, their position onscreen via the corner tabs of the display on the tool's panel, and even the color of fonts and whether they have a shadow via the display shadow and palette tabs.