Tearing on Xbox 360 with VGA

ic1male · 23 Dec 2006 at 11:09

Am I correct in saying that 50Hz display is not possible via VGA? So that any games that are purely 50Hz PAL for the 360 will always exhibit tearing because the 360 outputs at 60Hz only over VGA.

Would I be better off playing through the component cables with these sorts of games (Prey is a bad one).

ScoobyDoo · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:25

Not sure, but if your connecting the 360 upto a hdtv go component anyway, gives a better picture for most hdtv's.

tsinc80697 · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:26

i play through VGA on my 32" lcd as i think it looks better than component.
Just depends on what you personally think

dirtydog · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:28

ic1male said:
Am I correct in saying that 50Hz display is not possible via VGA? So that any games that are purely 50Hz PAL for the 360 will always exhibit tearing because the 360 outputs at 60Hz only over VGA.

Would I be better off playing through the component cables with these sorts of games (Prey is a bad one).

What display are you using which doesn't support 60Hz? I thought all modern TVs did, certainly ones which accept VGA input - I guess not then?

Phil99 · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:33

dirtydog said:
What display are you using which doesn't support 60Hz? I thought all modern TVs did, certainly ones which accept VGA input - I guess not then?

It's not a case of the TV supporting it, he wants to output games that were designed for PAL50 @ 50Hz, not the 60Hz the VGA cable defaults to

As for the original question, I don't think it's possible with VGA on the 360 I'm afraid.

dirtydog · 23 Dec 2006 at 14:43

Oops sorry my mistake

I didn't realise there were any 360 games which only outputted at PAL50.

Bigpops · 23 Dec 2006 at 16:10

How many 360 games are actually designed for PAL50? I wouldn't have thought any are.

ic1male · 23 Dec 2006 at 16:14

It looks like the opposite is true, mon ami. PAL-60 games are the exception, which really means us PAL users are getting shafted again by having only 50fps compared to NTSC's 60fps (in 720p HDTV).

EDIT: Saying that though, I'm guessing the norm is that the games run in 50 or 60Hz quite happily and there are the odd few that are only 50Hz or only 60Hz.