Screen tearing is a visual artifact in video display where a display device shows information from multiple frames in a single screen draw. 1 The artifact occurs when the video feed to the device is not in sync with the display's refresh rate. Enabling V-Sync with NVIDIA Control Panel. Click the Start button or Windows icon. Type 'NVIDIA control panel' into the search bar. Press Enter on your keyboard. Click Manage 3D settings. Under I would like to use the following 3D settings scroll down until you see Vertical sync. Select Vertical sync choose Force on from the drop down.
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General rule of thumb is leave it on. Coz if your video cards refreshes faster then you monitor settings you are not getting any better results e.g: If your crt 17' monitor is set to 85hz (and it should be) and your card is getting 100fps it is not doinng anything for you as your monitor cant refresh faster then its settings. But some games dont support this. Other option is leave the application preferance.Regards,i5 2500K @ 4.8Ghz- Corsiar H50 WaterCooler- Coolermaster Realpower 1000w- Asus P8P67 Deluxe - Asus 6990 4GB - 8GB Corsair DDR3 2000Mhz - X-Fi Sound - 7.1 Surround Speakers - BenQ 24' TFT - G9x Mouse- G19 KeyboardApr 30, 2005, 04:20pm EDT- -Re: vertical sync on or off. 'why doesnt windows automaticly set the refresh rate as high as it can?' Some monitors can't handle high refresh rates. If a monitor reports that it can support 100Hz and in actuality it can't, then there will be damage to your equipment if Windows forces it to the max.
Also, higher refresh rates means more heat, more hardware stress, etc.-It is said that when it comes to life, those who feel see it as a tragedy. Those who think see it as a comedy.Apr 30, 2005, 08:49pm EDT- -Re: vertical sync on or off. I always use Vsync.
No matter what.I use Vsync purely to avoid ' tearing' of the graphical display.In other words, when I strafe left or right, part of the screen will tear and be out of syncor lag behind. Picture a cube moving from left to right of the screen but with part of thebox torn, and that part of the box lagging a bit behind hit. That's tearing. I don't like it.So Vysnc for me will always be on.
A lot of MultiPlayer gamers swear by turning it offas it gives you mouse lag, etc. But that depends on various factors such as a lesspowerful GPU/CPU, etc or even just lag on the bandwith.Some games I have played recently aren't affected by tearing whether the Vsync isOn or Off. Games like Crysis & Farcry have been good for this. So it's a bonus.I'm back, but only as a part-timer.Jan 30, 2009, 08:54am EST- -Re: vertical sync on or off.
This gives a pretty decent explanation, with some pics.TBH, I never turn it on, it makes little to no difference unless you're frame rate is ALWAYS above the refresh rate - if it drops below, you get a stutter rather than a screen tear. (as it throws away frames to bring the frame rate down to a fraction of the refresh rate, usually 50% or 33.3%)Lancool PC K62Phenom II x3 @ 3.5Ghz4GB DDR2-800ASUS GTX570 DirectCU IIJan 30, 2009, 09:00am EST- -Edited: Jan 30, 2009, 10:20am ESTRe: vertical sync on or off. This gives a pretty decent explanation, with some pics.TBH, I never turn it on, it makes little to no difference unless you're frame rate is ALWAYS above the refresh rate - if it drops below, you get a stutter rather than a screen tear. (as it throws away frames to bring the frame rate down to a fraction of the refresh rate, usually 50% or 33.3%)Not entirely 100% true. Depends on the power of your GPU too.All my current & new games (Bar Crysis & Farcry) are sitting at 55-60fpswith vsync on which's good enough for me.Obviously vsync caps to 60fps max. Most of my games are above 60fps (without Vsync on)anyways.
So I can handle the pace of 50+fps in my games.Just read some of that link Dubs. Tearing on my 8800GTX will be no longerthese days since newer games will give me less than 60fps so having vsync on or offwill make no difference at all as the gpu can't work any faster than the monitor sotearing will be non existant.I'm back, but only as a part-timer.Jan 30, 2009, 11:18am EST- -Re: vertical sync on or off. I have noticed that most games have the option to turn it on/off I always have it on as I hate the tearing effect.and if I get stutter I turn it off.60FPS is plenty for a FPS to run smooth thats why I leave it on as I unlike other that state they notice the difference between 100 and 200 FPS.fookin owl's eyes you would need.i5 2500K @ 4.8Ghz- Corsiar H50 WaterCooler- Coolermaster Realpower 1000w- Asus P8P67 Deluxe - Asus 6990 4GB - 8GB Corsair DDR3 2000Mhz - X-Fi Sound - 7.1 Surround Speakers - BenQ 24' TFT - G9x Mouse- G19 KeyboardJan 30, 2009, 11:19am EST- -Re: vertical sync on or off.