Tearing In-Game

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impuLsive

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E6600
1900xt
2 gigs RAM
AL1706 ACER Monitor

I get tearing in Source. To fix, I need to use Vsync. Problem with Vsync: It causes mouse lag. Ive tried everything, Ive posted on 5 other forums, and nothing is working. I ordered a 7950 (Nvidia) and Im going to RMA the Radeon 1900xt and see If that will get rid of it.Do you guys think that the card is the issue? My 1900xt has 256MB RAM and the 7950 I ordered last night has 512MB RAM. I just hope Its not my LCD. To do further tests, I tested another LCD I had on this PC and the same issue: Vertical tearing. Thats basically it. I want to know If the 7950 Im going to buy will fix it, or If Its something setting or something in my PC. I dont know. Ty.
 
I've always had tearing in Source games. It's extremely annoying, but I just live with it.

What refresh rate are you running?
 
taering happens because your getting more frames than your refresh rate and vsync is off. Better video card will only make it worse unless u intend to use vsync with it but its not recommended unless the minimum framerate you get is equal to your refresh rate.

bottomline is after a while of playing you dont really notice it as much and there's no fix aside from vsync so dont blow alot of cash trying to get rid of it.
 
Odd, if you get too high fps on an LCD you should get ghosting. You get tearing on a CRT no?
 
LCD, 75refresh.

P.S: What would be a fix then? Limit my FPS to 75 (Fps_max 75) or get a CRT or what?
 
Can you guys tell me If I need a new monitor or a new GPU to fix this? I have a LCD. Im planning to get a CRT that WILL NOT cause tearing if the monitor is the issue.
 
vsync wont cause mouse lag with that good of a gfx card, and if it did it would be no minuscule that it wouldn't affect you gaming on ANY noticeable level

so just do what i do, suck it up and turn on vsync if it really bothers you and wait to they implement triple buffering vsynce <-GOD
 
impuLsive said:
E6600
1900xt
2 gigs RAM
AL1706 ACER Monitor

I get tearing in Source. To fix, I need to use Vsync. Problem with Vsync: It causes mouse lag. Ive tried everything, Ive posted on 5 other forums, and nothing is working. I ordered a 7950 (Nvidia) and Im going to RMA the Radeon 1900xt and see If that will get rid of it.Do you guys think that the card is the issue? My 1900xt has 256MB RAM and the 7950 I ordered last night has 512MB RAM. I just hope Its not my LCD. To do further tests, I tested another LCD I had on this PC and the same issue: Vertical tearing. Thats basically it. I want to know If the 7950 Im going to buy will fix it, or If Its something setting or something in my PC. I dont know. Ty.
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You must be VERY new to graphics cards.....
It has nothing to do with your video card whatsoever. It's cause your card is pushing out frames faster than your monitor can render them, therefore YOUR MONITOR IS THE PROBLEM. It's an LCD, what do you expect, you're probably doing 60hz, and if your card is doing anything over that, tearing occurs.
You HAVE to enable vertical sync to avoid tearing, or better yet, use a CRT ;)
But dont RMA your card when it's the monitor that you need to correct.
 
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