hi i have a xfx nvdia 7950 graphics card and on high end graphics game the screen frame rate messes up wich causes like a ripples on the screen which im led to believe is called vertical sync, tearing i have the lastest drivers and tryed loads of old drivers and have messed about with nvdia control panel and turned off v sync turned it on left it to used the 3d application option and still get this annoying frame rate jerky ripples on screen is it something to do with microsoft, nvdia or direct x or is it my graphics card please can someone help me as im getting very annoyed with this as all games run smothly on the highest settings?
windows vista all lastest microsoft updates installed
amd 64bit 4800+ processor
3gb ram
200gb sata harddive
3 external hard drives
750w toughpower thermaltake psu
2007-03-23 11:21:34 · 4 answers · asked by Dean UK 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
i havent tried any other monitor i only have a cheap£100 14 inch tft which is 60hz
2007-03-23 11:32:21 · update #1
tryed lots of different games all have the same problem
2007-03-23 11:33:11 · update #2
all the games i play are all ran from my internal hard drive not external drives
2007-03-23 11:35:12 · update #3
If you are having tearing (horizontal lines), this is caused by the graphics refreshing at a different time than your monitor. Turning ON v-sync fixes this. Make sure, if you have it set to on in the main 3d settings, that in your program overrides it is also on for the games you play.
However, bad frame rate, jerking, is unrelated, and in fact v-sync can make that worse. Only solution for slow frame rate is better video card or turn down effects in the game, or turn down settings like AA/AF.
2007-03-23 11:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by Goldom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The other answers are more complete, but I notice that you mentioned that you have 3 -external- hard drives.
If you are attempting to run a game that is graphic intensive from an external harddrive - the jerkiness may not be due to your graphics system, but at the rate that your computer is able to access and transfer data from your external hard drive.
Many graphic intensive games run best on internal hard drives that spin @ 7200 RPMs . Even if an external hard drive can spin that fast, the transfer rate is limited by the type of connection the hard drive has to your PC.
2007-03-23 11:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by IW 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 07:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it only happen on one game or does it happen on all of them?
Have you tried a different monitor to see if this solves the problem?
We need a few more details.
2007-03-23 11:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋