680 question

fantasticCG · 13 Apr 2012 at 21:33

I have an LG w2486 monitor 60hz and a 680.
when i play battlefield without v sync i end up getting screen tear.
when v sync is on im still not 100% happy with the smoothness.
Im not sure what to think about Adaptive at the moment.
Should i just buy a new monitor???
As i know its not my rig letting me down.

spankingtexan · 13 Apr 2012 at 21:42

What cpu?

fantasticCG · 14 Apr 2012 at 01:15

i72700k oc to 4.6

spankingtexan · 14 Apr 2012 at 12:12

Your right, deffo not your rig, you should be running bf3 maxed averaging 70 _ 80fps.

I would go for the 120hz monitor though, I did and noticed a big difference, it just feels much smoother and for some reason with my 60hz monitor fraps would never show above 60fps. Good luck

Rusty0611 · 14 Apr 2012 at 12:15

spankingtexan said:
Your right, deffo not your rig, you should be running bf3 maxed averaging 70 _ 80fps.

I would go for the 120hz monitor though, I did and noticed a big difference, it just feels much smoother and for some reason with my 60hz monitor fraps would never show above 60fps. Good luck

Vsync.

fantasticCG · 14 Apr 2012 at 14:56

yeah i do get upto 90+ sometimes with the 680 thats not the problem i just get screen tear. I Just need to switch to a 120hz monitor i think.
I do put vsync on still not saw its 100% smoothness. Maybe im just splitting hairs

fantasticCG · 14 Apr 2012 at 14:57

Rusty is your 680 under water for your overclock???

Rusty0611 · 14 Apr 2012 at 16:05

Nah. Air only - but it does have a side case fan blowing right on it.

James J · 14 Apr 2012 at 18:48

When you enabled adaptive vsync in the drivers did you disable vsync in BF3?

DIZZY DAZZLER 2 · 14 Apr 2012 at 21:30

Dood with that card you need to invest in a 120hz monitor like the Benq xl2420t like me and rusty. Smoooooooth!

fantasticCG · 14 Apr 2012 at 21:57

james j do you have to disable vsync in battlefield 3 if you have ad vsync in the nvidia control panel?

fantasticCG · 14 Apr 2012 at 21:57

using the evga tool for the oc?

Crackatoah · 14 Apr 2012 at 22:29

Are you turning on Vsync in the actual game?

Sometime turning Vsync on in the drivers doesnt work for certain games

James J · 14 Apr 2012 at 22:32

fantasticCG said:
james j do you have to disable vsync in battlefield 3 if you have ad vsync in the nvidia control panel?

yup!

Crackatoah · 14 Apr 2012 at 23:37

Maybe your monitor is just poor then... I used to have an old Dell monitor that no matter what I did used to get screen tearing, once I upgraded it was all good.

fantasticCG · 15 Apr 2012 at 10:30

James J said:
yup!

After what you told me it runs a lot smoother thank you.
So 1 more question if i have fxaa turn on in the ncp, should i turn off msaa in the bf3 in game options?

Rusty0611 · 15 Apr 2012 at 13:12

You can apply FXAA on the in-game settings. I would use that if I were you. It's called Post Processing.

fantasticCG · 15 Apr 2012 at 14:26

Rusty im thinking of getting the benQ XL2420t a good buy????

Rusty0611 · 15 Apr 2012 at 14:33

Definitely. I don't think they're ideal for Surround (3 screens) due to the thick bezel but for a single 1080p monitor for gaming, I don't think it gets any better. The screen response is superb.

chipachap · 15 Apr 2012 at 15:17

You really can't beat 120hz for BF3 and the likes, It's like a new game altogether. The bezels aren't even that wide on them, I have one myself and I've seen a lot worse.