Visual Tearing, my computer or my monitor? Hmm.

When i play ANY game on my computer its unplayable because of textures flickering. I doubt its my comp because..

[ I believe its my monitor because i had this moniter since...1999. LOL >_> Yeah so which one do you guys think it is? ]

Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 2009 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
RDTSC: Supported
CMOV: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE: Supported
SSE2: Supported
3DNOW: Supported

Network Information:
Network Speed:
IP Address: 192.168.1.XXX

Windows Version:
Windows Vista (32 bit)
NTFS: Supported

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum
Driver Version: 7.15.10.9686
DirectX Driver Version: 7.15.10.9686
Driver Date: 14 Oct 2006
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405 (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x3d1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Desktop Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Primary Display Size: 17.80" x 14.21" (22.76" diag)
45.2cm x 36.1cm (57.8cm diag)
Primary Display Type Not Detected
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary AGP GART Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 256 MB
Primary Monitor Vendor Not Detected
Primary Monitor Model Not Detected
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x

Game Display Settings
Half-Life 2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 (Windowed)
Half-Life 2 MSAA Disabled
Counter-Strike: Source Resolution: 1024 x 768 (Windowed)
Counter-Strike: Source MSAA Level: 2x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

Memory:
RAM: 766 Mb

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UI Language: English
Microphone: Not set
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 231475 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 115468 Mb

turn on vsync. say good bye to decent fps.

Or try different drivers and check your refresh rate.

turn on v-sync

that will put your fps to around the refresh rate of your monitor.

that is the best visual experience

VSYNC should help...update your drivers at nVIDIA.com

The monitor really won't have much of an effect on your performance...up until 3 months ago, I was using a monitor I got back in '95...CRTs are awesome for gaming ;-) because of their higher refresh rate. But I finally gave into getting an widescreen LCD.

Another thing you might want to consider is getting an actual video card instead of using the integrated video chipset on the motherboard.

From the specs, I'm assuming you have a fairly new HP desktop. From my experience with those PC's, you need to replace the power supply if you want to use a better graphics card though.

Good Luck!

How do i turn on my vsync? >_>Knivez0r

vsync does not lower fps, it caps it at your displays refresh rate. Meaning you can get 60 max at 60, or 75 max at 75 and so on and so forth.

60 fps is more then enough, there will be no other effects aside from capping your fps. there is a setting that alows it to go higher if it's a big deal to you though. It's called tripple buffering I beleave.

in short though you wont lose performance, you will gain image quality though!

vsync does not lower fps, it caps it at your displays refresh rate. Meaning you can get 60 max at 60, or 75 max at 75 and so on and so forth.

60 fps is more then enough, there will be no other effects aside from capping your fps. there is a setting that alows it to go higher if it's a big deal to you though. It's called tripple buffering I beleave.

in short though you wont lose performance, you will gain image quality though!

VaioAS

were both right, lets settle it at that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vsync does not lower fps, it caps it at your displays refresh rate. Meaning you can get 60 max at 60, or 75 max at 75 and so on and so forth.

60 fps is more then enough, there will be no other effects aside from capping your fps. there is a setting that alows it to go higher if it's a big deal to you though. It's called tripple buffering I beleave.

in short though you wont lose performance, you will gain image quality though!

VaioAS

I read something in PC Gamer that said that basically it harms your framerate not because of the cap on your frame rate, but because of the fact that in order to perform a "sync" it requires the game to slow down in order to catch up.

Don't quote me on that because that's not a very technical explanation. That's just how I understand v-sync.

[QUOTE="VaioAS"]

vsync does not lower fps, it caps it at your displays refresh rate. Meaning you can get 60 max at 60, or 75 max at 75 and so on and so forth.

60 fps is more then enough, there will be no other effects aside from capping your fps. there is a setting that alows it to go higher if it's a big deal to you though. It's called tripple buffering I beleave.

in short though you wont lose performance, you will gain image quality though!

D9-THC

I read something in PC Gamer that said that basically it harms your framerate not because of the cap on your frame rate, but because of the fact that in order to perform a "sync" it requires the game to slow down in order to catch up.

Don't quote me on that because that's not a very technical explanation. That's just how I understand v-sync.

Don't CRT's show all the colors unlike LCD's?_SKatEDiRt_

lcds cant show pure black.

[QUOTE="_SKatEDiRt_"]Don't CRT's show all the colors unlike LCD's?ForlornHope

lcds cant show pure black.

that's because of the backlight i think. But I love my new LCd widescreen much more than my 2002 CRT, i think the picure is so much more crisp.

[QUOTE="ForlornHope"]

[QUOTE="_SKatEDiRt_"]Don't CRT's show all the colors unlike LCD's?JSDempsey

lcds cant show pure black.

that's because of the backlight i think. But I love my new LCd widescreen much more than my 2002 CRT, i think the picure is so much more crisp.

me too mine is miles better than the 17crt i had before. way way softer on the eyes too i have eye problems and bright like hurts.