monitor 144Hz Acer Monitor, Screen Tearing (SOLVED)

[KeroBuni]

Solution:
It was suggested that I enable Vsync along with triple buffering and I noticed a significant improvement. There is still jitter which I assume is just my game at that point. Either way, huge improvements ! BIG THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HELPED OUT !
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Hello, I'm new here so I'll try to keep this prompt. 
I recently purchased a new monitor, the Acer GN246HL BBID 24-Inch 3D Gaming Display with  144hz refresh rate to be exact.

I familiarized myself with the specs but as someone who's still very new to PC building and in-depth competency in general, I seem to have found myself in a bit of a bind.
I bought this monitor both for the price and generally good reviews although now that I've installed it I am noticing that my image is not quite as smooth as I expected.
I had a good reference point to go off of when I replaced my temp monitor (It was loaned to me by a friend with the intent to be returned once I got a new monitor).
The old Viewsonic I was using was a 60hz monitor, which the Acer obviously out performed.
I've gamed on my friend's pc before, he runs a BenQ monitor and the quality is superb on it, no tearing whatsoever.
So comparing that to what I'm currently using I've noticed that I still see choppy images, though not quite as bad as when I was using the 60hz. Still though, I paid for 144hz to get a buttery smooth experience. 

tl;dr
My monitor is 144Hz yet I am still experiencing a choppy picture, how can I solve this?
 A list of what I have tried to remedy this:

• I made sure both my Nvidia and computer display settings were set to the proper refresh rate.
•  I've adjusted a majority of the games I play to handle said refresh rate.
• Made sure that my dual link cable was properly plugged in and snug fit both in my pc and my monitor.

I've checked other forums for possible fixes but none seem to have a similar monitor so the process could not be replicated. 

I have a suspicion that perhaps my graphics cards are the culprits ? MAYBE ?
Running dual 660Ti's with an SLI bridge (currently disabled) 
 CPU is an AMD FX 8350 running at 4.42 GHz
 

Any help or pointers are greatly appreciated, my system was handed down to me by my friend, so I am fully prepared to be told it's just the age of my parts that might be causing problems but would still like expert opinions before I go buying new pieces.
 

Edited February 17, 2018 by KeroBuni
problem has been solved

[Guest]

no1. It is not a gsnyc monitor.

n02. You are running sli on ancient graphics cards.

no3. no1 and no2 combined equals your tearing.

[Glenwing]

22 minutes ago, KeroBuni said:

Hello, I'm new here so I'll try to keep this prompt. 
I recently purchased a new monitor, the Acer GN246HL BBID 24-Inch 3D Gaming Display with  144hz refresh rate to be exact.

I familiarized myself with the specs but as someone who's still very new to PC building and in-depth competency in general, I seem to have found myself in a bit of a bind.
I bought this monitor both for the price and generally good reviews although now that I've installed it I am noticing that my image is not quite as smooth as I expected.
I had a good reference point to go off of when I replaced my temp monitor (It was loaned to me by a friend with the intent to be returned once I got a new monitor).
The old Viewsonic I was using was a 60hz monitor, which the Acer obviously out performed.
I've gamed on my friend's pc before, he runs a BenQ monitor and the quality is superb on it, no tearing whatsoever.
So comparing that to what I'm currently using I've noticed that I still see choppy images, though not quite as bad as when I was using the 60hz. Still though, I paid for 144hz to get a buttery smooth experience. 

tl;dr
My monitor is 144Hz yet I am still experiencing a choppy picture, how can I solve this?
 A list of what I have tried to remedy this:

• I made sure both my Nvidia and computer display settings were set to the proper refresh rate.
•  I've adjusted a majority of the games I play to handle said refresh rate.
• Made sure that my dual link cable was properly plugged in and snug fit both in my pc and my monitor.

I've checked other forums for possible fixes but none seem to have a similar monitor so the process could not be replicated. 

I have a suspicion that perhaps my graphics cards are the culprits ? MAYBE ?
Running dual 660Ti's with an SLI bridge (currently disabled) 
 CPU is an AMD FX 8350 running at 4.42 GHz
 

Any help or pointers are greatly appreciated, my system was handed down to me by my friend, so I am fully prepared to be told it's just the age of my parts that might be causing problems but would still like expert opinions before I go buying new pieces.
 

Are you getting 144 FPS?

 

SLI combined with the 8350 means it's most likely just actual stuttering in the gameplay, not from the monitor. Even if your framerates are high there can be occasional hiccups.

[KeroBuni]

18 minutes ago, Almostbauws said:

no1. It is not a gsnyc monitor.

n02. You are running sli on ancient graphics cards.

no3. no1 and no2 combined equals your tearing.

I am aware it is not a Gsync monitor.
If you read carefully, you'd see that I mentioned my SLI is DISABLED.

[Guest]

Just now, KeroBuni said:

I am aware it is not a Gsync monitor.
If you read carefully, you'd see that I mentioned my SLI is DISABLED.

How many fps are you getting? Have you enabled triple buffering or vsync? 

[DJ46]

I'd check my fps if I were you. On my 60Hz monitor 55 fps and 75 fps both look terrible because it lacks G-sync and Freesync. Without those technologies you need to keep your fps as close to the native refresh rate as possible.

[KeroBuni]

11 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

Are you getting 144 FPS?

 

SLI combined with the 8350 means it's most likely just actual stuttering in the gameplay, not from the monitor. Even if your framerates are high there can be occasional hiccups.

According to my game's performance stat display it says I'm getting ~120, I initially disabled SLI because I had a suspicion it was causing a majority of the tearing, when I did the problem became less noticeable. I wouldn't put it past my pc if the old cpu just can't keep up, which will be getting replaced soon anyway either with an i7 or one of the newer ryzen cpu's ^^ Thank you for the insight though, I'll keep fiddling with it. It's definitely a learning process! 

[KeroBuni]

3 minutes ago, Almostbauws said:

How many fps are you getting? Have you enabled triple buffering or vsync? 

I have not tried triple buffering but I'll definitely try both of those options you mentioned and see if it works ! 

[Guest]

Just now, KeroBuni said:

I have not tried triple buffering but I'll definitely try both of those options you mentioned and see if it works ! 

Triple buffering is like vsync, but it uses a lot of vram and doesnt cause any stuttering unlike vsync.

[KeroBuni]

3 minutes ago, DJ46 said:

I'd check my fps if I were you. On my 60Hz monitor 55 fps and 75 fps both look terrible because it lacks G-sync and Freesync. Without those technologies you need to keep your fps as close to the native refresh rate as possible.

according to my games I'm getting close if not slightly above 120FPS, I do not have triple buffer or vsync enabled which is something another member suggested so I'll definitely be checking in once I play with that a bit.