some sort of ripple effect on screen?

[watters1996]

Hey guys, i dont know why but for the last few weeks ive been able to see some sort of refresh rate type thing on my pc screen? its hard to explain, i can see like the bars going across but they move down, it used to work fine but over the last few weeks it looks crap. help please

 

[Azn Cracker]

maybe your monitor is dying how old is it? also try resetting all the monitor settings to factory.

 

[Paul Raver]

Seems you have some tearing on your monitor with the horizontal refresh rate.
Most cases the monitor is getting old and is at the end of it's life span.
The other side of the coin could be your GPU is glitchy, old or dust is hampering cooling etc.

 

[watters1996]

the monitors only a year old. ive reset to factory settings and everything. the monitors menu says
"67KHz H freq" &"59KHz" V freq whether thats any use to you i dont know.

Its been like this since my power supply went a bit weird so maybe my graphics are damaged??

ive plugged it into my laptop and those frequencys are the same and it doesnt seem to be doing it anymore.

this is annoying

 

[Paul Raver]

the monitors only a year old. ive reset to factory settings and everything. the monitors menu says
"67KHz H freq" &"59KHz" V freq whether thats any use to you i dont know.

Its been like this since my power supply went a bit weird so maybe my graphics are damaged??

ive plugged it into my laptop and those frequencys are the same and it doesnt seem to be doing it anymore.

this is annoying

If your PSU goes wonky i would strongly advice to change that, might be faulty power supply messing up the rest of your components.
1 year old monitor would not be the problem, at least it would be very rare.

 

[watters1996]

the monitors only a year old. ive reset to factory settings and everything. the monitors menu says
"67KHz H freq" &"59KHz" V freq whether thats any use to you i dont know.

Its been like this since my power supply went a bit weird so maybe my graphics are damaged??

ive plugged it into my laptop and those frequencys are the same and it doesnt seem to be doing it anymore.

this is annoying

If your PSU goes wonky i would strongly advice to change that, might be faulty power supply messing up the rest of your components.
1 year old monitor would not be the problem, at least it would be very rare.

Yeah the PSU died on me a few months back and i sent it back to OCZ RMA and got a brand new one back. so its a new PSU in at the moment. since that PSU died the graphics have been a bit weird and i dont know why.

The monitor is an AOC 21.5" 1080p connected thru VGA and the card is an ASUS HD6670.

might try and put my old graphics card back in tomorrow and see if it still happens, hopefully the card is damaged then i have an excuse to buy a new one and thatll be the end of it 😉

 

[watters1996]

i say 1080 'p' i dont know if it is or not. all i know is it is 1920x1080... i have no idea if its progressive or interlaced

 

[Paul Raver]

Might be that your PSU gave your GPU a kick in the precious parts.
But yeh swapping out with your old card could be easily answer that question.

P= Progressive
I= Interlaced

 

[watters1996]

Might be that your PSU gave your GPU a kick in the precious parts.
But yeh swapping out with your old card could be easily answer that question.

P= Progressive
I= Interlaced

yeah i know what the p and i stand for i just dont know which one my monitor uses.. lol

 

[Paul Raver]

p = digital
i = analog

 

[watters1996]

p = digital
i = analog

ohh ok, so am i right in saying vga is analog so im using 1080i?

 

[Paul Raver]

p = digital
i = analog

ohh ok, so am i right in saying vga is analog so im using 1080i?

nope vga is still digital.
i is for like video's like those tapes you had back in the days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p

 

[17seconds]

You need to be using a DVI or HDMI cable. If you are using VGA, it doesn't support the full 1080p resolution.

 

[watters1996]

You need to be using a DVI or HDMI cable. If you are using VGA, it doesn't support the full 1080p resolution.

The monitor only has a VGA input?

 

[Paul Raver]

You need to be using a DVI or HDMI cable. If you are using VGA, it doesn't support the full 1080p resolution.

The monitor only has a VGA input?

Your GPU and monitor can use a HDMI or DVI cable.
But make sure your GPU works properly first.

 

[watters1996]

You need to be using a DVI or HDMI cable. If you are using VGA, it doesn't support the full 1080p resolution.

The monitor only has a VGA input?

Your GPU and monitor can use a HDMI or DVI cable.
But make sure your GPU works properly first.

right im confused about this now.

my current GPU has display port, dvi and hdmi outputs BUT my monitor only has a VGA input, so at the moment I am using a DVI 2 VGA adapter...

 

[Paul Raver]

Says here in the specs : http://www.aocmonitorap.com/root/hk_en/product_display.php?id=20
It might be a different release then your current monitor.

 

[watters1996]

Says here in the specs : http://www.aocmonitorap.com/root/hk_en/product_display.php?id=20
It might be a different release then your current monitor.

oh my monitor is the e2250swnk which only has vga and power ports on it...

http://www.aoc-europe.com/PDF-Generator/aoc.pdml.php?uid=176

 

[watters1996]

also i looked on the back to find the model of it and it also says 'made in may 2012'.. i brought the monitor from argos in july 2012..

 

[17seconds]

There's your problem.

 

[watters1996]

There's your problem.

whats my problem??

if VGA was unsuitable for 1080 resolutions then the manufacturer wouldnt of used that connection..

just to help you understand mate it worked fine and looked great UNTIL my PSU went bang a few months ago and since then its looked a bit wavy. Im going to reinstall my old GPU tomorrow and see if that cures the problem, then I'll know that my gpu is defective.

ill keep youinformed with the results.

 

[17seconds]

VGA cables are susceptible to interference or "cross-talk".

 

[Azn Cracker]

hmmm if what matto says is true try turning down the resolutions as well. come of the lesser know brands tend to stretch their specs a bit. I know AOC is not crappy but maybe its just quality control.

 

[watters1996]

hmmm if what matto says is true try turning down the resolutions as well. come of the lesser know brands tend to stretch their specs a bit. I know AOC is not crappy but maybe its just quality control.

i dont want to turn the resolution down because then itll look crap and not as clear. but this really did work great until that psu broke. so im hoping its just my GPU thats damaged. the gpu cost about 50 quid less than the monitor

 

[Paul Raver]

hmmm if what matto says is true try turning down the resolutions as well. come of the lesser know brands tend to stretch their specs a bit. I know AOC is not crappy but maybe its just quality control.

i dont want to turn the resolution down because then itll look crap and not as clear. but this really did work great until that psu broke. so im hoping its just my GPU thats damaged. the gpu cost about 50 quid less than the monitor

Test it out with the old GPU, your monitor is okay.
To bad about the VGA output of your monitor perhaps one day get a screen with DVI.