screen tearing

[shert73]

Just a question, but why do I get tearing in The banishing of Ethan Carter when transitioning to the sky? I don't set my fps to anything(let it do what it wants) I run it with everything maxed out @144hz 1080p. I'm using a BenQ XL2420Z and pc specs are in sig. I just don't understand the whole fps thing.

[tmlhalo]

Could be a couple of reasons but it should be fixable by turning on Vsync. Is it during a cutscene?

[Enderman]

when your fps is higher or lower than 144 you will get tearing

 

if you enable vsync you wont get tearing but you will get stuttering

 

if you use gsync/adaptive sync you wont have these problems

[shert73]

Could be a couple of reasons but it should be fixable by turning on Vsync. Is it during a cutscene?

Nope only happens when looking straight to looking up. Just don't think it should happen with 2 980s on a 1080p display.

[tmlhalo]

Nope only happens when looking straight to looking up. Just don't think it should happen with 2 980s on a 1080p display.

It is actually more likely to happen when using two 980s on a 1080p display. As anything higher or lower than 144Hz (in this case much higher) can produce screen tearing. The monitor refreshes the screen 144 times a second aka 144Hz, the gpu could be throwing out 250 frames a second. The frame the monitor is getting isn't in line with the frames the gpu is throwing out. Vsync, Gsync, and Freesync are the only things to combat this. If you turned on Shadowplay's fps counter you'd probably see staring at the sky is letting your gpus pump out much higher fps than at the ground. If you enable Vsync, I would strongly recommend forcing on triple buffering. Both can be found in Nvidia control panel, manage my 3D settings.

[shert73]

It is actually more likely to happen when using two 980s on a 1080p display. As anything higher or lower than 144Hz (in this case much higher) can produce screen tearing. The monitor refreshes the screen 144 times a second aka 144Hz, the gpu could be throwing out 250 frames a second. The frame the monitor is getting isn't in line with the frames the gpu is throwing out. Vsync, Gsync, and Freesync are the only things to combat this. If you turned on Shadowplay's fps counter you'd probably see staring at the sky is letting your gpus pump out much higher fps than at the ground. If you enable Vsync, I would strongly recommend forcing on triple buffering. Both can be found in Nvidia control panel, manage my 3D settings.

Thank you. I didn't know going above would also cause problems. Ill be upgrading to gsync as soon as a 34" ultra wide (with gsync) or the 4K Swift hits the market.

[blu4]

I have two 970 in SLI running Ethan Carter at 4K 60FPS. Bit of tearing but after I turn on V-sync, tearing is gone and no stuttering! Dat #60fpsmasterracewithnotearing