Screen tearing

On Holiday · 19 Jan 2013 at 04:23

Bit of an odd one here.

I've got my Samsung 27" TA550 (click for link) plugged into PC to watch movies on, but I'm getting a lot of screen tearing, could be anything from BBC iPlayer to watching movies on VLC Media Player.

Example (clip has been slowed down):

However, if I put the same movie onto a USB Drive and plug the usb into the tv and play it that way then it's fine.

What settings do I need to change? If anything?

On Holiday · 25 Jan 2013 at 01:41

BUMP.

Do I really need to go out and buy a 100hz TV ? Surely 60Hz shouldn't cause this (that's if refresh rate is the problem)..

Mole · 25 Jan 2013 at 02:39

Do you have another monitor plugged into the PC at the same time? If so, what is the setup?

I ask because I get screen tearing like that when running my laptop cloned onto an external display with lower native resolution. The laptop screen lowers to match the external display, but for some reason I get tearing on both screens when watching YouTube or even scrolling around windows. It almost looks like a VSync issue.

Martin

CaNsA · 25 Jan 2013 at 03:03

Mole said:
It almost looks like a VSync issue.

It is.
Enable VSync in the gfx settings.

DarkTheSupreme · 25 Jan 2013 at 03:06

Try limit your FPS to match your refresh rate / force v-sync

On Holiday · 26 Jan 2013 at 00:44

No option for V-Sync on the TV itself unfortunately..

Setup is currently:
Primary: BenQ XL2410T 120Hz
Secondary: Samsung TA550 (Cloned with primary except not at 120hz)

Orcvader · 26 Jan 2013 at 01:32

Is it possible to connect the screen via something else like DVI or VGA? My friend had a similiar problem with a Samsung monitor when connected via HDMI, but it was perfectly fine on DVI/VGA.

On Holiday · 29 Jan 2013 at 19:43

Running it without the other monitors works fine, annoyingly.. Must be driver related I suppose.