Relentless screen tearing

[yellort]

I am using a 4070 and 2 60hz monitors but i had the same screen tearing issue with my 1660 super

I have tried capping frames all the different v sync options low latency mode and changing the hz of my monitors on eveyr option provided but no matter what im getting screen tearing. its become a lot more noticable with my 4070 than with the 1660 super any suggestions? or is it most likely my very old monitors?

 

[johnt]

What monitors are they? If they are "old," then do they even support VRR?

[yellort]

8 minutes ago, johnt said:

What monitors are they? If they are "old," then do they even support VRR?

theyre both benq 2270s but ones from 2016 the others from 2018

[johnt]

30 minutes ago, yellort said:

theyre both benq 2270s but ones from 2016 the others from 2018

That era needed a separate chip in the monitor for variable refresh rates. Free sync wasn’t widespread yet. 
 

I scoped the specs on Benq’s site and I don’t think your monitors support VRR at all. The only thing you can do is use v sync to control tearing and that is only useful if your GPU can render at least 60 fps in the games you’re playing. 

[yellort]

12 minutes ago, johnt said:

That era needed a separate chip in the monitor for variable refresh rates. Free sync wasn’t widespread yet. 
 

I scoped the specs on Benq’s site and I don’t think your monitors support VRR at all. The only thing you can do is use v sync to control tearing and that is only useful if your GPU can render at least 60 fps in the games you’re playing. 

thanks thats really helpful i definitely do need a monitor upgrade at some point. another question which i completely forgot to mention is, my screen tear shows up for friends on discord screen shares what does this mean?

[johnt]

8 hours ago, yellort said:

thanks thats really helpful i definitely do need a monitor upgrade at some point. another question which i completely forgot to mention is, my screen tear shows up for friends on discord screen shares what does this mean?

I don't have discord so this is based on some quick research, but several forum posts say it is happening because of a mismatch between GPU output and screen refresh rate. Some say it is outdated drivers, and a few say they fixed it by disabling "hardware acceleration" in discord. A few say to enable v-sync, which basically forces the game and GPU to render at the monitor's refresh rate, or half the rate if it cannot sustain 60 fps. V-sync isn't a great answer to everything unfortunately even though I previously suggested it. It fixes the tearing issues and makes your games visually smoother, but it adds a very noticeable delay to your inputs.