Streaming Movies, motion momentary loss of 2-3 lines horizontal sync

edporch

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Hi,
I've checked the forum archives and not found anything that gives me a definitive idea what the problem is.
I'm wondering if a dedicated graphics card may help, but am not sure.

When I stream movies from Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, whenever there's motion, I get about 2-3 places on the screen that appear to be momentarily losing horizontal sync.

I have a Comcast Business Class solid 25/5 wired Internet connection that tests consistently at 30/5-6.

My computer graphics is
Intel HD Graphics 530 Memory 1024 MB, on an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz.
(I would think this should be enough graphics to handle this)

Windows 7 64-bit SP1
Asus PRIME B250M-A motherboard 64GB of Ram

I'm running the latest Intel Graphics driver, 21.20.16.4860

I get this same behavior on BOTH my
desktop monitor (using DVI-D) and
my TV, a Samsung Series 8 (using HDMI).

I've tried swapping a different known good HDMI cable, no difference.

I'm open to any answers or suggestions.
 

edporch

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Yes, it does it on the latest Firefox and Chrome.
I've also tried disabling hardware acceleration.

I would think Intel HD Graphics 530 should be able to handle this OK.
That's why I'm wondering if I'm missing something?
 

edporch

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Yesterday I got a EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SSC Model# 04G-P4-6255-KR graphics card.
Updated to the latest driver.
Set Vertical Sync to "Adaptive".

The problem has been greatly eliminated, but still happens sometimes with motion.
At least it's now watchable.
 

arnuld

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It is bit of too much but what about trying Windows 10 ? It is available for free, legally from Microsoft itself. Why not try this for once ?

 

edporch

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Since my last post on this, I changed my BIOS settings to use my onboard processor for just my desktop monitor, and the external graphics card for just my big screen TV.
Did a little more tweaking on the graphics card settings and it now streams great!

As to Windows 10, I'm just not sold on it yet.